african vanielje on Mar 17 2008 | Filed under: Africa, baking, meme, sweet kitchen
A week or so ago I was tagged for a MEME by Anne of Anne’s Food. She was one of the first bloggers I started reading and I’ve always been drawn to her clean clear style, so different from my wildly undisciplined ramblings. She has a few other points in her favour, not [...]
african vanielje on Mar 09 2008 | Filed under: Africa, awards, baking, sweet kitchen
This one’s for Marye, following her request for me to ‘post something yummy!’ And what could be more yummy than a chocolate profiterole. Okay, a whole pile of them! True! But only if you vote for me. Blackmail? I prefer to think of it as gentle persuasion.
First [...]
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 [...]
