When I was very young, whenever we would visit my paternal grandmother, I would be look forward to it with utter excited anticipation. I loved visiting her because, no only did she have a huge dog whom I adored, but she also had a beautiful parrot. I don’t remember the parrot’s name but I do remember the time he bit my finger. Above all of that though, I remember my gran’s house smelling of granadillas (passion fruit). This was due to the fact that she had a few granadilla trees her in backyard and in Summer, the aroma would be almost overwhelming. To this day, whenever I smell granadillas, I…
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Tiramisu is one of my absolute favourite desserts. I love the creamy mascarpone and I love the mellow coffee flavour but what I love most is that it was one of my moms favourite desserts, and one she made incredibly well! My dad always jokes that my mom put so much alcohol in her tiramisu, after 3 bites you were drunk as a skunk! I remember one year at Christmas she made a huge dish of tiramisu but I never even tasted it…none of the kids were allowed in fact. She confessed that instead of adding a few tablespoons of Tia Maria, she actually added half the bottle! I also…
This is one of those show-stopper cakes that will impress your guests to no end. It does take a little work but it’s all very worth it. I first saw a crepe cake on Martha Stewart’s site and have wanted to try it ever since but knew I needed a special occasion for it and Easter is just the occasion I’ve been waiting for. You can play around with the flavours and omit the Amarula if you wish but it definitely adds a lovely creamy taste and flavour. I would love to try it again with lemon curd as a filling and a lemony glaze drizzled all over the…
Last week I attended a blogger cook-off hosted by Canderel to promote their new product, Canderel Yellow. I have to be honest, I’ve never been a fan of artificial sweeteners as they always have a nasty aftertaste that I just can’t get over, so I very rarely use them. But I was pleasantly surprised to see the the new Canderel Yellow granules not only look just like caster sugar, but also taste just like sugar, just a little sweeter. It’s made with Sucralose and is bake stable, which is very exciting for me as I just love to bake. I decided that the recipe I would use the new Canderel…
When I was a little girl, I used to go with my gran to the University of Pretoria where both her and my mother worked (my mother was a lecturer in Criminology) and we would drink tea in the big conference rooms. Whenever I smell Rooibos tea I think of my gran. She used to add a cube of sugar and a good glug of milk to my dainty tea cup and she always had something baked for the occasion. I so long for those days of pretending to be all grown-up. My gran never actually baked this cake but I found this recipe in one of my mother’s old…
I’ve been craving good Chocolate cake for months now. Not the kind you buy at the Home Industry that’s already kind of dry but you eat it anyway. No, I wanted moist, rich, insanely chocolatey Chocolate Cake. And then a week ago I had this intense craving for Peanut-butter and I thought, why not put the two together. I have really great Chocolate Cake recipes but I wanted to try something a bit different and whilst browsing through Tastespotting I saw this amazing cake by Foodess. Now I’m sure you’ll agree with me that, THAT cake, is probably the best looking Chocolate Cake I’ve ever seen. I fell inlove instantly…
Before you decide this is too hard for you to do, hear me out. I know I’m pretty good at baking but I promise you, this is VERY VERY VERY easy! It took me exactly 9 minutes to make the batter for these brownies and it took 20 minutes to bake. Now don’t tell me you don’t have 29 minutes to rustle up some DIY Christmas pressies! What’s more, this recipe is pretty much fool proof. While baking it for this photo, I completely forgot to add sugar. I only realised when I bit into them and noticed they weren’t as sweet as the ones I normally bake, and they were…
And now, in the last of the birthday feast installments, I’m sharing the recipe for the gorgeous Coconut Cake with you. Although, it’s not much of a recipe because I committed one of biggest culinary ‘faux pas’ ‘ of my life. I used a pre-mix. Also known as Box Cake. I was very eager to bake my own vanilla cake but as I stood in the baking aisle of the supermarket packing the flour into my shopping basket, I spotted the box cakes and just instinctively grabbed 2 boxes. I mean, I’ve had it before and it’s pretty darn good AND I had so much to do. Lamb and chicken…
