african vanielje on Feb 20 2008 | Filed under: cake decorating, food blogging event, sweet kitchen
I truly believe this, as chocolate is one of the all time best foods ever invented/grown/made etc. But this time I’m not the only one who thinks so. Thanks to all of you who voted I am the winner of Holly’s First Art You can Eat competition for my Wildberry Mousse in a [...]
african vanielje on Feb 17 2008 | Filed under: baking, sweet kitchen, vkcb
Mix in a large bowl
500ml organic rolled oats
500ml dessicated coconut
250ml organic granulated sugar
50ml cocoa
10ml baking powder
500ml organic plain flour
Melt
250g organic unsalted butter
and add it to the dry ingredients, mixing well.
Press the mix into a greased baking dish and flatten until about 2cm thick.
Bake for 25 minutes @180*C, then cool.
Once cool add the topping and allow [...]
african vanielje on Feb 17 2008 | Filed under: Apples and Thyme, baking, food blogging event, kitchens, mothers, sweet kitchen
This month for our ongoing Apples & Thyme event I am going a bit further afield. Apples & Thyme is all about celebrating time in the kitchen with mothers and grandmothers, and today I am extending that to friends’ mothers.
From the day Dani and I first met when we were 12, to the [...]
african vanielje on Feb 14 2008 | Filed under: sweet kitchen, vkcb
This is quite a sweet, biscuity pastry. Make sure your butter never gets too warm and be sure to allow enough time for the pastry to rest before baking.
Cream together 250g diced, chilled unsalted butter and
250g organic golden caster sugar
Add 2 medium free range eggs, (1 at a time) beating well in between [...]
african vanielje on Feb 14 2008 | Filed under: Africa, baking, sweet kitchen
I have a weakness for Frangipane tarts that owes its origins, I suspect, to the name. Ever the romantic, I am swept up into a world of starched white linen and orange blossom scented monogrammed handkerchiefs just by the syllables fran-gi-pane dripping off my tongue. In my mind’s eye I can [...]
