Mug cakes were all the rage last year and the year before and the year before. Their ongoing popularity has meant that recipes have slowly evolved into amazing, single serving cakes to be enjoyed by single-non-bakers. Yup, BakedLawyer is doing a mug cake but this is not the eggy, rubbery mess that usually comes with microwave baking. This is a legit cake,… Read more →
I absolutely love soft pretzels coupled with a little mustard. These pretzels are so simple to make and require very little in the way of ingredients. If you’re not a fan of pretzels, this dough can be used for pretty much anything and always produces a light, fluffy bread. Yield: 8 Pretzels Ingredients Dough 2 1/2 cups cake flour (2.5 cups)… Read more →
Hi everyone. Hubby loves having something sweet after every meal. Thankfully this is his favourite dessert. It’s so easy to make and the ingredients have a long shelf life. This quick and easy dessert will have you licking the container clean #truestory. If you find it too sweet feel free to adjust the amount of condensed milk. … Read more →
Level of Difficulty: District Magistrates Court (2/5 gavels) I couldn’t decide on which recipe to post first. Since Candidate Chef is doing such an amazing job with the site, here is her favourite. The inauthentic and fairly easy pap and chakalaka sausages. This is a… Read more →
Credit to the guys at Sorted for the original recipe I adapted I don’t know how well understood the concept of a churro is in these parts. In Washington Heights, Manhattan, churro carts replace the summer italian ice carts as soon as the weather begins to cool. These churros are massively long, narrow and heavily ridged. They are dipped into… Read more →
I always like the idea of edible holiday gifts if you need to give these sorts of things. With a little bit of time and elbow grease, you can create something beautiful and homemade. The traditional rocky road dessert is a mixture of biscuits, marshmallows, raisins and chocolate but this variation changes things around a little to make a cute red, white… Read more →
Level of Difficulty: Supreme Court of Appeal (4/5 gavels) Preamble At the moment, I am embarking on a quest to learn to make bread, any bread, all bread. The Crumby Goods series of recipes will chronicle the various recipes I take a shot at and whether I had any success. The first recipe is Cinnamon Buns in a Cinnabon style… Read more →
Level of Difficulty: Supreme Court of Appeal (4/5 gavels) As part of the crumby goods series, I am trying to perfect the basics of bread and pastry making. This week’s mission: a sweet short crust pastry. While the pastry itself wasn’t a rousing Fair warning, the tart is intense and definitely for someone who appreciates the darker side of delicious…. Read more →
Level of Difficulty: District Magistrates Court (2/5 gavels) Corndogs are not exactly prolific in South Africa nor are they celebrated which I feel is a grave transgression. The only “corndog” I’ve ever had here was a bar-one corndog. Don’t get me wrong, it is every… Read more →
Level of Difficulty: High Court (3/5 gavels) The recipe that set me off on my baking journey back in 2008 was one clipped from a newspaper that purported to be the recipe the Waldorf Astoria used to make their Red Velvet cake. The Waldorf Astoria has long since been recognised as creating some of the most iconic… Read more →
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