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baking

  • Basic Banana Bread

    This good old fashioned Banana Bread is basic…… and by that I mean it is easy to make, without any frills, but delicious nonetheless.  It is a great moist loaf and almost…

  • Blackberry Pies with ice cream

    Blackberry Pies

    I would like to say that these are quick and easy to make, and yes they are, if you buy frozen shortcrust pastry, which unfortunately is not available to us in South…

  • Mascapone Buttercream vanilla cake

    Vanilla Buttermilk Cake with Berries

    Everyone needs a great vanilla cake recipe and I love how this one is firm enough to hold any type of frosting.  It has a classic vanilla flavour and it bakes up…

  • Bundt Cake with almond

    Traditional Bundt Cake with an Almond Twist

    This is a delicious traditional bundt cake with a subtle almond flavour.  With it’s simple ring shape and elegant curves a bundt cake needs no additions to make it a show stopper. …

  • Nigella’s Clementine Cake – Gluten free

    I love Nigella’s Clementine Cake, which can be decorated with a sprinkling of icing sugar, or an icing drizzle.   I have added dried clementine slices which add an extra tang to the…

  • Chocolate Slab Buttermilk Cake

    There is nothing more comforting than chocolate and cake, and this chocolate slab buttermilk cake ticks all the boxes.  It is quick and easy to make, and can be made in one…

  • Lemon shortbread cookies

    Lemon Shortbread Cookies

    These light buttery lemon shortbread rounds are perfect to serve with tea or coffee.  Don’t be fooled by their simplicity, as they have a wonderful lemon tang to them, and sometimes that…

  • Devil food cake

    Devil Food Cake revisited

    Isn’t it amazing that you can do things over and over again without a problem, but the minute you are asked to do something that you want to be extra special, everything…

  • Christmas Food Roundup 2017

    If you are planning a party this festive season, make sure you cater for everyone , vegetarian,  seafood lovers,  meat and chicken eaters, and of  course those of you addicted to delicious desserts…

  • Vanilla cake with chai buttercream

    Vanilla Butter Cake with Chai Spiced Frosting

    The sweet smell of cinnamon, mixed spice and ginger are such a perfect complement to this vanilla butter cake.  I love to make vanilla cakes, as the choice of frosting is endless and this beautiful…