There are few dishes as homely as a freshly baked apple pie, served warm with thick cream. It smells buttery, yet fragrant with cinnamon, the fruitiness of fresh apples filling …
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Lemon poppy seed cake
A lovely long Easter weekend has just gone by. To most of us, that meant eating lots of easter eggs, hot cross buns, proper Sunday roasts and other special treats. …
Chocolate mud log
If you were ever looking for a shortcut to make something truly indulgent, this is it: a rustic chocolate “swiss roll” made with Sasko Quick Treats Chocolate Muffin Mix, filled …
Hot cross scones
I’ll be doing a series of recipes for the Sasko Quick Treats range over the next few months, showing you how to change these versatile basic mixes into something spectacular …
Fig, goats cheese and onion marmalade pizza
I grew up in a beautiful family-home in Uniepark, Stellenbosch. I was the second of 4 kids, and we had many fruit trees in our garden: peaches, prunes, lychees, grapes, …
Crustless milk tart
It was only a matter of time before I would do a post on one of the most loved South African classic sweet treats: the dreamy milk tart. Being a …
Franck Dangereux’s oil bread
The smell of freshly baked bread never seems to lose it’s magic. It is probably one of the simplest ways to make people feel warm and happy – by sharing …
Cinnamon heart cookies
This morning I made Sasko’s “cinnamon hearts” from their cookbook, live on Expresso Breakfast Show on SABC3. Valentines Day is here, and it’s a great idea to give your loved …
Chocolate pumpkin cake
Tomorrow morning I will be making my cooking début on live television, whooohoooooo! The lovely people from SABC3 Expresso Breakfast Show and Sasko have invited me to be a regular …
Orange and almond biscotti
Every year before we went on our annual December holiday to Keurboomstrand on the Garden Route, my Mom would bake “holiday cookies”. But my Mom was not your average cookie …