Serves 6 Ingredients For the Pudding • 1 cup or 200g pitted dates, chopped • 1 cup boiling water • 1 tsp baking soda • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened • 1/2 cup coconut sugar (the twist) • 2 large eggs • 1 cup all-purpose flour • 1 tsp baking powder • 1/4 tsp saltContinue reading “Sticky Toffee Pudding with a twist”
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Chocolate dipped coconut cookies
Ingredients • 1/2 cup coconut flour • 1 cup desiccated coconut • 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted • 1/3 cup honey • 1/3 cup caster sugar • 2 jumbo eggs and 2 regular eggs • 2 teaspoons almond essence • 1/2 teaspoon salt • Strawberry jam for topping • 170g dark chocolate (two 85g slabs)Continue reading “Chocolate dipped coconut cookies”
Coconut Ice cream
Ingredients • 2 cans of coconut cream (refrigerated overnight) • 1/2 cup honey (adjust to taste) • 1 tsp vanilla extract Steps 1. Place the cans of coconut cream in the refrigerator overnight. This helps separate the cream from the liquid. 2. Open the cans of coconut cream and carefully scoop out the solid creamContinue reading “Coconut Ice cream”
Orange Vanilla Sponge Cake
Ingredients Icing Steps Preheat your oven to 180 degrees and grease and/or line 2 round cake pans with parchment paper. In a large mixing bowl, add together the sifted flour, baking powder, salt, castor sugar and orange zest. Rub the sugar and orange zest together with your fingers to help release the oils. Whisk allContinue reading “Orange Vanilla Sponge Cake”
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients Steps Sift the flour, baking soda and salt and set aside. Place the butter in the microwave for 25 seconds just until it’s semi melted. Add the sugar to the butter and whisk until light in colour. Add the egg and vanilla essence or extract and whisk until smooth. Add the dry ingredients toContinue reading “Chocolate Chip Cookies”
Chocolate strawberry cookies
Ingredients Steps Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa. Then add the oats and set aside. Add melted butter, 1tbsp oil and sugar to a bowl and whisk until well combined. Now add in the egg and vanilla essence and whisk until smooth and most of the sugar has dissolved. AddContinue reading “Chocolate strawberry cookies”
Apple, cinnamon, walnut cookies
Ingredients Steps Peel and chop your apple into small cubes. Place in a microwave safe bowl along with the honey and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Place into a microwave for 2 minutes until apples are just soft. Strain out any liquid in the apples and set aside to cool completely. Chop the walnuts and toast themContinue reading “Apple, cinnamon, walnut cookies”
Chocolate Date Brownies
Ingredients Glaze Topping (optional) Steps: Remove the seeds from the dates, add it to a bowl along with the combined warm espresso and boiling water and let it soak for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, blend everything until smooth. Melt half the dark chocolate (40g) along with 1 tsp of olive oil in the microwaveContinue reading “Chocolate Date Brownies”
Banana Oat Pancakes with Pomegranate Syrup
Ingredients Steps In a mixing bowl or jug, combine oats, baking powder, salt, 2 tbsp icing sugar, 2 egg yolks, oil and milk. Blend together until smooth. Add in the chocolate chunks. In a separate bowl, add the 2 egg whites and whisk just until almost stiff then add the remaining 1 tbsp icing sugarContinue reading “Banana Oat Pancakes with Pomegranate Syrup”
Carrot Cake
Ingredients Steps In bowl, combine grated carrots and brown sugar. Leave to rest for 15 minutes. Heat oven to 180 degrees c, and grease your cake tin or bundt tin. In a bowl, beat eggs until pale, then gradually whisk in the white sugar, oil and vanilla. In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda,Continue reading “Carrot Cake”
Apple crisp for one
Ingredients Steps Peel the apples, then slice them thin, you can use a peeler to slice them. Add the honey and cinnamon to the apples. Place the apples in the microwave for 2 minutes. Let it cool slightly while making the crumble. Combine the oats, flour, sugar. Crush the almonds and add this too, alongContinue reading “Apple crisp for one”
Kolaches
Ingredients: Cream cheese filling Strawberry Jam Steps: Heat up the milk for 30 seconds in the microwave or just until lukewarm, ensure it’s not hot. Add a tsp of sugar and the yeast. Stir together and set aside. In a bowl sift the flour, add the sugar, pinch of salt, egg and melted butter andContinue reading “Kolaches”
Orange & Almond Poppyseed Cookies
Ingredients: Passion Fruit Royal Icing: With an electric beater, whisk the egg whites until it is frothy and white, then add the icing sugar bit by bit, continuously whisking slowly. Before adding the last batch of icing sugar add the passionfruit juice, then the remainder of the icing sugar, whisking until the icing is glossyContinue reading “Orange & Almond Poppyseed Cookies”
Lemon Poppyseed Cake
Ingredients: Steps: Zest 2 lemons and add it to the sugar. Rub it in so that it combines with the sugar. Add the eggs and whisk until pale in colour, then add the yoghurt, milk, almond & vanilla essence, lemon juice and oil and mix well with a hand mixer or whisk. Fold in theContinue reading “Lemon Poppyseed Cake”
Lemon Meringue Cupcakes
Lemon Curd Ingredients: 2 large eggs 1 cup sugar 80ml lemon juice Zest from 2 lemons 1/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into cubes Pinch salt Steps: In a medium sauce pan, whisk the eggs and sugar together. Set over medium heat. Continue whisking until fully combined and uniform in consistency. Continue whisking and add the juice, zest, and a pinch of salt. Once thatContinue reading “Lemon Meringue Cupcakes”
Upside Down Apple Cake
Tip It’s best to use liberty red apples or golden delicious apples for this cake. Avoid using granny smith apples. Ingredients: 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour ⅓ cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 eggs ⅓ cup oil ⅓ cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup dulce de leche 3 libertyContinue reading “Upside Down Apple Cake”
Chocolate Banana Bread
Ingredients: 3 medium bananas 80ml oil 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1 pinch salt 150g sugar 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 40g cocoa 140g cake flour 65g coconut flour 30g icing sugar (for the glaze) 1 tbsp milk Steps: Mash the bananas in a bowl, and then add the baking soda, sugar and egg and whisk until everything isContinue reading “Chocolate Banana Bread”
Dark Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Makes 10 Ingredients: Steps: Gently melt your butter, either on the stove or in the microwave, and then add it to a large mixing bowl. Add the brown sugar to the melted butter and mix for at least 3 minutes, some of the sugar will have dissolved. Add the eggs one at a time, whiskingContinue reading “Dark Chocolate Crinkle Cookies”
Mini Apple Crumble Pies
Makes 30 Ingredients: Dough: 125g cup butter 15ml tbsp oil ¾ cup sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla essence 540g self raising flour Filling: 9 big apples 1 1/4 cups sugar 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp cinnamon 1 stick cinnamon 2 cups water 1 cup raisins/dried cranberries (optional) Steps: In a bowl, cream theContinue reading “Mini Apple Crumble Pies”
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Ingredients: Cake: 15 large dates pitted and chopped 215ml boiling water 1 teaspoon baking soda 70g butter 2 tablespoons molasses 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 large eggs 1 cup + 2 tbsp all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder Sauce: 60g butter 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar 1 tablespoon dark cocoa 250ml cream Steps: PreheatContinue reading “Sticky Toffee Pudding”
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