Onion soup

Ingredients
1 onion
1 beef stock cube dissolved in 300ml water
25g sugar
1tsp worcestershire sauce
1tsp dried thyme
Croutons

1. Fry the onions in butter on a low heat for about 10 minutes until they start to go soft

2. Add sugar and thyme and mix well. Cook for another 10 minutes until onions are brown and soft

3. Pour the beef stock over the onions, add the worcestershire sauce and stir

4. Cook for another 10 minutes until it has thickened

5. Add croutons and serve

Ginger biscuits

Ingredients

200g self raising flour
100g sugar

75g butter

2 tsp ginger powder

4 tbsp golden syrup

1 egg, beaten

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Mix the flour, sugar and ginger powder in a bowl

3. Rub in the butter to make breadcrumbs

4. Add the golden syrup and egg and mix well

5. Place lumps of the mixture on a greased baking tray and bake for 15-20 mins until brown

Makes approx 30

Biscuits

Ingredients
225 self raising flour
100g butter
100g sugar
1 egg, beaten
A few drops of vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°C / gas 4

2. Mix flour, sugar and butter to make bread crumbs

3. Add vanilla essence and egg and mix to make a dough

4. Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter

5. Place on a greased baking tray and bake for 10-15 minutes

Makes approx 30

Mini cupcakes with chocolate

Ingredients
50g self raising flour
50g sugar
50g butter
1 egg
Chocolate chips

1. Preheat over to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Beat sugar and butter together

3. Add flour and egg and mix well

4. Put mixture into small paper cupcake cases on a baking tray

5. Push 3 chocolate chips into the top of each one

6. Bake for 15 minutes and leave to cool

Chocolate cheesecake

Ingredients

200g digestive biscuits (crushed into crumbs)

2 tbsp cocoa powder

150g butter

900g soft cheese

4 eggs

200g milk chocolate

200g sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven to 150°C / 300°F / gas 2. Grease a loose bottomed tin and line the bottom with greaseproof paper

2. Melt butter. In a bowl, mix biscuit crumbs and cocoa powder together then add the melted butter. Press into the bottom of the tin

3. Mix the soft cheese, sugar and vanilla essence then add the eggs and mix, one at a time. 

4. Melt the chocolate then add the cheese mixture slowly and mix

5. Put the cheese/chocolate mixture into the tin on top of the base and bake for 40 minutes or until set (should still be a bit soft in the middle)

6. Leave to cool then refridgerate for 12 hours. Decorate as desired

Easter chocolate cakes

Ingredients
75g self raising flour
25g cocoa powder
100g sugar
100g butter
2 eggs

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Beat margerine and sugar together then add the eggs and beat in, one at a time

3. Add flour and cocoa powder and mix.

4. Put mixture into paper cupcake cases and bake for 20-25 minutes

5. When cooled, decorate with icing rolled into egg shapes.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients
225g self raising flour
100g sugar
100g butter
1 egg (beaten)
a few drops vanilla essence
100g plain chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Mix flour, sugar and butter to make breadcrumbs

3. Add vanilla essence, egg and chocolate chips and mix to make a dough

4. Pull off small balls of the dough and make rough cookie shapes

5. Place on a greased baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes