As a born-and-bred Afrikaans girl, Pancakes with Cinnamon Sugar is engrained into almost every child-hood memory I have of rainy days. My mom firmly believed that pancakes were to be made to soothe away the sadness of us not being able to play outside because of the rain. And to this day when it rains, I want pancakes with cinnamon sugar. I am now even carrying on this tradition with my kids. As I mentioned in my Milk Tart Cake post, cinnamon has some strange comforting quality that Afrikaans people are just drawn to. Most of our sweet comfort foods contain it. From Milk tart and pancakes with cinnamon sugar…
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Even though I posted last week, I consider this my official comeback into the blogging world. I’ve really missed it so much and what better way to make said comeback than with Churros. Yet again, my love for fried dough has won me over, and it’s won me over big time. I’ve always had a soft spot for a good doughnut but Churros are in a league of their own. I have always wanted to make them myself after once tasting them at a food festival but once I found out you have to make the batter, which is almost identical to making Choux pastry, I was hesitant. I have…
FOR AN UPDATED POST, CLICK HERE Recently, I’ve been on a real quest to cook as proudly South African as I can. It wasn’t actually a conscious decision, just something that kind of happened. It’s just so easy in the colder months to venture deeper into your roots and cook real home food. Especially as South Africa is famous for stews, curries and the type of comfort food you can only dream of. Malva pudding, Tamatie bredie and Pancakes with Cinnamon-sugar has to be the best of them all. Almost every person I know wants Pancakes with cinnamon sugar on a cold or rainy day. It’s just the way we…
