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…
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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…
One of the fondest memories I have of my mom is that she always made such a fuss about anything related to High Tea. For my 6th or 7th birthday, she threw me a “Little Ladies Tea Party”. All the guests were told by fancy invitation to wear their mother’s hats, pearls and high heels. She transformed our living room into a stylish “Conservatory” fit for a Princess, complete with little tables seating 4 girls each. She took out her expensive china left to her by her Grandmother and made us delicious Cucumber & Cream cheese sandwiches, miniature Quiche Lorraine and dainty cupcakes. I was in heaven. Another one of…
If you don’t know that Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, you must be living under a rock. Every shop, TV channel or Radio Station advertises it. Even Anti-Valentine’s Day products are being advertised. And if you thought you were getting away from it here, you are, unfortunately, wrong. I have to clear up though that I am not a massive fan of Valentine’s Day. Firstly because I think it puts a lot of pressure on people (single and attached) to buy ridiculously expensive flowers and gifts and if you DON’T have a ‘Valentine’, you feel like a loser. I know you say you don’t, but I’ve been there,…
As a mom of toddlers, I feel very responsible (well, because I am) of what they put in their mouths (other than the dog hair, Christmas Beetles and old peas from under the couch). I’ve heard time and again that the first few years of a child’s life are the most important and forming healthy eating habits is to me, probably the most important. I guess the fact that I struggle with my weight doesn’t really help my absolute obsession with trying to get my kids to not have to follow down that same path. I know every child snacks and they should and don’t get me wrong, I still…
Whenever my brother or I walk in a mall and we smell buttery-cinnamon, all good intentions go out the window and we immediately follow the scent to the nearest Cinnabon. And we don’t only buy one Cinnabon each, we buy a few. Way too many to actually consume in one sitting, but the way they are lined up, all glistening, sugary and rich just makes us swoon. I know the proper cinnamon bun dough is made with yeast but I just could not be bothered with all that fuss so I decided to use some puff pastry instead. And it worked pretty well. They weren’t as bread-y as I’m used…
I’ve been intrigued by the idea of Cornbread for quite some time now. I absolutely love Mielies (sweetcorn) so the idea of this sunshine yellow bread always makes me think of summer, even though I’ve never tasted it before. So when I saw this idea in a food magazine, I knew this was the version I would try. The texture of this might be slightly grainy for some people as the polenta never completely softens, but I really like that about these muffins. And even though I added some chopped up chillies in my batter, next time, I’ll add more. I think the bite from the chillies along with the…
I am the type of person who believes that fattening foods shouldn’t be tampered with. I don’t like the idea of low-fat Macaroni & Cheese or Diet burgers and chips. I think there is a reason that these things are so fattening, you are only meant to be eating them once every 2-3 months. Making them low-fat/low-sugar etc. takes the indulgence away. But I did a shoot for Avocado Magazine last week and I was asked to develop baking recipes for special diets. Lactose intolerant, gluten intolerant, diabetic, etc. I cam across the most amazing yoghurt cake recipe that is so low in fat but is probably the most moist…
