Swedish Cardamom Buns Please forgive me for this super delayed post. To say Working From Home got the better of me is an understatement. I’ve never been pre-occupied with work as much as I have since last year! I honestly miss going into the office and teaching students face-to-face, but alas what can one do? […]
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Cinnamon Swirl Loaf This cinnamon swirl loaf is a quick bread as it uses bicarbonate of soda to rise. It is fast and not to mention easy to make! The secret ingredient is Fair Cape Dairies Amasi, which they kindly sent me. This delightful treat combines the softness of a classic loaf with the enticing
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The Great Depression Cake The great depression cake is also known as crazy cake, but I prefer the name “the Great Depression cake”, because it has no milk, butter or eggs as these ingredients were scarce and expensive at the time. It’s a quick and easy recipe, very straightforward. Everything gets mixed in the pan
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Coconut and Yoghurt Loaf This coconut and yoghurt loaf recipe has been my saving grace whenever I find myself with that leftover cup of yogurt that seems to linger endlessly in the fridge. I’ve tried using it up in various ways, like my trusty two-ingredient dough, but stumbled upon this gem from a Donna Hay
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Blueberry Streusel Muffins I was in a baking mood, but not in a cleaning one so I made these blueberry streusel muffins using Golden Cloud Vanilla Muffin mix. I added a few handfuls of frozen blueberries and made a streusel topping to give these an extra oomph! It did not disappoint. In other exciting news,
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Day 118 of lockdown and my love for banana bread is still going strong. I haven’t baked or blogged in a while, due to moving apartments and being really bogged down with working from home. I’ve really missed my creative outlet of practical classes with my students and cooking/baking for fun. This made me realise
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Just like Neo, this cookie is The One. It’s a variation of my Choc Chip Cookies which would be great with oats too. There is less sugar to accommodate the sweetness of the smarties. Ingredients: makes 24 cookies 125g butter (1 cup), melted 1 egg 1/4 cup white sugar 1/4 cup brown sugar 80g Smarties (2x
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Inspired by my favourite cookies from Woolworths, I love that you can just throw anything that you have into this mixture, making it a different cookie every time. It’s great if you want to use up small bits of leftover things like cranberries, coconut, seeds, dried fruit, chocolate etc. Ingredients: 2 cups flour 1 tsp
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I asked my Instagram family what they would like to see me bake this week as I had cranberries, apricots and pistachios that I wanted to use. The choice was between biscotti and oat bars and biscotti won. I secretly wanted oat bars to win but after baking these I’m so glad it didn’t! This
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I really wanted to bake something with pineapple and carrot and so my hunt for a cake/loaf/bread began. It ended once I found this Hummingbird Slice from Food To Love. I used fresh pineapple instead of tinned but make sure you squeeze out the excess liquid. Mine was a bit too liquidy and moist because
