The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs.

Aesop's Fable: The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs.

There once was a man who had a magical goose that laid golden eggs. Each day the goose would lay one golden egg. One egg a day was not enough for the greedy man. He killed the goose, thinking that he would get all his gold at once but there was no gold inside the goose.

    For the mini doughnuts.

In a saucepan, put in

-50g butter, with

-125ml milk.

Cook on low heat until the butter has melted.

Leave to cool for 10-15 minutes.

Dry ingredients.

In a large bowl, put in

-380g plain flour, with

-25g caster sugar,

-1 1/2 tsp dried yeast,

-pinch of salt.

Mix well to combine.

When the hot milk has cooled down, add it to the dry ingredients.

Add 2 whisked eggs.

Bring together with your hands.

Tip on to a floured surface.

Knead for around 5-10 minutes or until elastic and smooth.

Place in a greased bowl and put in a warm place for 2 hours.

When ready roll out with a rolling pin to 1cm in thickness. 

Use a 5cm cookie cutter to stamp out 30 rounds.

Leave to rest on floured surface for 15 minutes.

Deep fry in batches in 500ml vegetable oil.

Drain well.

      Orange Icing.

In a large bowl, put in

-400g icing sugar, add

-juice of around 2 oranges (you may not need all the juice, the sugar mixture shouldn't be too runny).

Dip warm doughnuts in the orange icing and leave aside.

Spoon the rest into a piping bag fitted with a small round piping tip.

      For the cake.

Equipment:

30x17cm cake tin.

   or

23cm springform cake tin, lined with baking paper.

In a large saucepan, add

-3 washed oranges, with

-1 litre water.

Bring it up to the boil and cook for 30 minutes.

Leave to cool.

Once cooled enough to handle.

Cut the oranges into segments.

Discard any pips.

Process into a pulp in the food processor.

Use an electric mixer, beat

-250g butter, at room temperature, with

-300g caster sugar,

-150g self raising flour,

-150g ground almonds,

-2tsp baking powder,

-4 eggs,

-pinch of salt.

Beat to combine the ingredients, stir through 

-orange pulps.

Oven 180c fan forced.

Spoon into the prepared tin.

Bake 30-35 minutes, skewer should come out clean.

Leave to cool in the cooking tin.

Once the cake is cooled.

Pipe the orange icing on the cake and the doughnuts.