This light and airy chocolate sponge cake is surprisingly moist considering there’s no butter in this cake. Top with luscious chocolate ganache and serve with freshly whipped cream for a celebration any day of the week. Ingredients: Chocolate Cake 250 ml water 75 ml vegetable …
Ingredients 450 grams icing / confectioners / powdered sugar, sifted 5 ml vanilla extract 2 large egg whites gel food colouring in your favourite colours Equipment Mixing bowl Whisk Spatula Piping bags Process Step 1: Combine icing sugar, vanilla and egg whites in a mixing …
This recipe combines warm spices like ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg into a chewy cookie that can be decorated by the kids. Make this versatile dough ahead of time and simply roll out and cut into any shape you desire, whether it’s gingerbread men or snowflakes for Christmas or the pieces of a gingerbread house.
Step 1:
Gently heat the butter and muscovado sugar in a saucepan over a low heat until the sugar has completely dissolved. Do not boil.
Step 2:
Pour the butter and sugar mixture into a mixing bowl, sieve in the flour, baking soda, ground spices and golden syrup. Mix to combine into a dough.
Step 3:
Cover the dough in clingfilm and rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
Step 4:
Preheat the oven to 170°C and line a baking tray with baking parchment.
Step 5:
Roll out the dough and use cookies cutters to cut out shapes and bake for 15 minutes.
If you’ve never heard of a “Gulab Jamun”, imagine a sweet Indian milk doughnut made with condensed milk and semolina with a hint of cardamom, dunked into rose scented syrup and then coated in coconut. Ingredients Doughnut 150ml condensed milk 2 tbs butter or ghee …
Endearingly known as “pampoen koekies” in South Africa, these fritters combine pumpkin in a sweet batter, fried until airy and cloud-like then covered in a rich salted caramel sauce. Ingredients Fritters 1 cup pumpkin puree 1 cup self-raising flour 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp …
Combine honey and butter to get a luxurious silkiness in this moist sponge, the cottage cheese cuts through the richness with enough acidity and the fruit adds a burst of sweet freshness. Perfect for any occasion ??
Top with fresh seasonal fruit and more honey ?.
Preheat the oven to 170 °C. Line and grease a baking tin.
Combine the buttermilk and honey in a small bowl and set aside.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until pale. Beat in an egg one at a time, whisking well after each addition.
Add the wet and dry ingredients alternatively to the buttery mixture, folding gently after each addition.
Pour into the baking pan and bake for 40 minute until slightly golden on the surface.
Once cooked, cool in the tin slightly before turning out to completely cool.
Ensure that the cottage cheese is room temperature before whipping slightly to aerate it.
To decorate the cake, spoon over dollops of whipped cottage cheese, arrange some fresh fruit and drizzle over a bit of honey.
