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Boil the peeled and chopped Carrots and Potato in the Stock . I used a simple 'OXO' Chicken Stock Cube, crumbled and stirred into about as much water as you would use to normally boil your Vegetables (the more water/stock you use, the more soup you get, but clearly the thinner it will be, I like mine reasonably thin, but this is all down to personal taste).
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Sweat the Onion and Garlic in a pan, with either Oil or Butter, ensuring they do not brown, add a little water if they start to do so, it will stop this happening immediately.
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Once they are softened, add to the simmering stock pot and leave simmering for a further 5-10 minutes (until the Carrot and Potato are soft).
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Take off the heat and pour everything into the blender - blend until smooth.
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At this stage, make sure you taste the soup, this will help you understand what seasoning it require and how much Cream Cheese to add.
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Season to taste, add the Cream Cheese and the Paprika (this gives a greater orange colour and adds an extra dimension to the flavour)
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Finally, roughly chop the Coriander and add to the blender. Pulse the mixture until everything is thoroughly mixed in.
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50g walnuts, chopped
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80g unsalted butter
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240 ml whole milk
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280g caster sugar
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1 tbsp baking powder
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240g plain flour
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1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
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¼ tsp salt
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2 granny smith apples
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2 large eggs
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At first, preheat the oven to 190degree C and line three 8” tins with baking parchment.
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To use a hand held electric whisk beat together the butter, flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt on a low speed until the total consistency of fine breadcrumbs.
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Keep the milk in a jug along with the eggs and whisk until it gets combined, then dispense three-quarters of the milk mixture into that dry elements and blend on a slow speed to mix. Now swell the speed to a medium and keep beating until the smooth and thick mixture, adding the scrapings from the sides of the baking bowl, then pour in the remaining milk mixture and continue to mix on a medium speed until all the ingredients are incorporated and the batter is smooth.
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Then peel, core and chop the fresh apples into 1cm pieces (the total weight should be about 200g) and stir into the batter with the chopped walnuts.
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After that spoon the batter into those tins and levels them with a spatula.
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Now bake the cakes in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until they rebound back when quietly pressed. Allow it to cool before just removing from the tins.
Source: secret-recipes