This beautiful ombre layered cake with subtle scents of rose and Turkish delight is just heaven on a plate. The crumb is pillowy soft, and oh so buttery and rich this cake is the perfect dessert to have on your dessert table this Eid. Here is how you can make it. Turkish Delight Cake Ingredients […]
Raspberry Marscapone Swiss Roll
What a beautiful morning it is, I got up bright and early this morning and went for a walk, got home and sulked because I have to go to Home Affairs to apply for a passport. I’m not sad about the passport it’s the actual process of waiting in line that is somewhat annoying. Now […]
Banana and Caramel Pancakes
I don’t know about you but I love the combination of bananas and caramel, and when combined into pancake batter well that’s just pure heaven to me! But undoubtedly starting my day with pancakes is always such a treat and these pancakes in particular are just amazing! Soft and fluffy, great banana flavour and then […]
Peppermint Crisp Tart Baked Alaska
Brownie baked Alaska combines fudgy homemade brownies with South Africa’s favourite dessert and is topped with toasted marshmallow swiss meringue for a truly memorable and impressive treat. Here’s how you can make it! Method Ingredients Chocolate fudgy brownies 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted 1 tablespoon vegetable pil 1 1/8 cup white sugar 2 large eggs […]
Doughnut Bouquet
Mom, I donut know what I’d do without you. No better way to spoil mom this mothers day than with a gorgeous doughnut bouquet. These doughnuts are pure perfection paired with a glaze and edible flowers. Doughnut Batter 2 packs 1/4 ounce packages yeast or 4-½ teaspoon yeast 1/3 cup water 105-115F / 40-46C 1 […]
Sansa’s Lemon Cakes
I’ve always been a huge fan of lemon cakes, lemon glazes, syrups and candied lemon slices. For this weeks GOT inspired treat I decided to pay tribute to one of my favourite Stark sisters, Sansa. Lemon cakes happen to be a firm favourite of Sansa Stark so I obviously had to recreate it! I whipped […]
The Incredible Hulk Rice Crispy Treats
To celebrate Avengers End Game releasing today I’m sharing these extremely addictive and incredibly divine Hulk rice crispy treats with you.I don’t know about you but since watching Infinity War I’ve been awaiting End Game just to see the Hulk in action, I was one of the many nerds googling like crazy about why he […]
Hot Cross Scones
I just took these gorgeous hot cross scones out the oven, and boy oh boy do they smell heavenly. I couldn’t resist slicing one open and smothering it with salted butter and I have to say they did not disappoint. I used a scone pre-mix for these as a base, I swopped the milk for […]
Easter Birds Nest Cake
This gorgeous Easter nest cake is an absolute crowd pleaser, the chocolate cake is one of my best topped with a super luscious chocolate ganache topped with a nest filled with chocolate eggs. Nothing beats a good old homemade chocolate cake, this has got to be the best and simplest chocolate cakes I’ve ever made, […]
Banoffee banana bundt cakes
Adorable banana bundt cakes topped with creamy caramel, sliced bananas and hazelnuts. These were so cute, cute enough that I never even got to taste one!!! They were all gone within a few minutes so I guess they were pretty good. I’m always looking for new ways to re-invent the classic banana loaf and so […]
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