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Chocolate Cherry Lamington recipe Cherry Jam Ingredients 500g fresh cherries, pitted 1/4 cup caster sugar Juice of 1/2 lemon 1 tsp cornflour Butter Cake Ingredients 125 g butter, softened 1 cup caster sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 3 eggs, room temperature 1 3/4 cups cake flour 3.5 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup […]
Chocolate Swiss Roll (Bûche de Noël) With Cherry Jam, Caramel Cream Filling & Chocolate Bark Dry Ingredients 157 g cake flour 10 g unsweetened cocoa powder (natural or Dutch-process) 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt Wet Ingredients 6 large eggs, separated, at room temperature 200 g granulated sugar (divided: 100 g for whites, 100 […]
Chocolate Linzer Cookies with Caramel Centres Ingredients Dry 200g cake/plain flour 30g unsweetened cocoa powder (sifted) 60g ground almonds ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp fine salt Wet 150g unsalted butter, softened 100g icing sugar 1 large egg yolk 1 tsp vanilla extract Optional: ½ tsp almond extract Filling Store-bought caramel (like Nestlé Caramel Treat […]
Gulgula Recipe Ingredients 190g Cake flour 50g Granulated sugar ¼ tsp Bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp Baking powder 1.5 tbsp Desiccated coconut 1 tsp elachi powder 150ml Cold milk Vegetable Oil, for deep frying Method In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, desiccated coconut, cardamom powder, and sugar. Mix well. […]
Eggless Snowballs Recipe Ingredients 125 g butter (room temperature) 125 g sugar (about ½ cup) 120 g plain yoghurt 5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla essence 15 g (3 heaped tsp) baking powdr ±375 g flour (about 750 ml / 3 cups) → add gradually until soft, non-sticky dough forms For rolling: ±100 g desiccated coconut […]
Smoked Salmon & Cream Cheese Tart Serves: 4 Ingredients: 1 x 250g sheet ready-rolled puff pastry 1 egg, beaten (for egg wash) 1 tsp sesame seeds ½ tsp chilli flakes ½ tsp salt 1 tsp fresh chives, finely chopped 200g cream cheese 200g smoked salmon ½ small red onion, thinly sliced 2 tbsp capers Fresh […]
Traditional Cape Malay Koesisters (Log-Shaped) Makes about 50 Ingredients For the koesisters: 3 cups (750 ml) milk 60 g butter 2 eggs ½ cup (125 ml) sugar 6 cups (6 x 250 ml) cake flour 1 tsp (5 ml) baking powder ½ tsp (2.5 ml) salt 1 x 10 g packet instant yeast 1 Tbsp […]
Baklava Honey Cake Ingredients For the Baklava Layer– 6 sheets filo pastry– 75g butter, melted– 130g walnuts and almonds, coarsely chopped– 1 tbsp ground cinnamon For the Syrup– 300g sugar (1 ½ cups)– 375ml water (1 ½ cups)– 170g honey (½ cup)– 10 whole cloves– 1 cinnamon quill For the Honey Cake– 125g unsalted butter, […]
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pistachio Kataifi Filling Makes 16–18 cookies Ingredients For the Cookie Dough: 258g salted butter 230g brown sugar 110g granulated sugar 2 large eggs, at room temperature 2 tsp vanilla extract 350g cake flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 300g chocolate chips For the […]
Serves: 6 | Prep Time: 15 min | Cook Time: 50 min | Chill Time: 4 hours Ingredients For the Caramel: Ingredients For the Caramel: 150g (¾ cup) granulated sugar 60ml (¼ cup) water For the Custard: 4 large eggs 1 can (397g) sweetened condensed milk 1 can (375ml) evaporated milk 1 tsp vanilla extract […]
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