Posts in baking
Coffee, Cranberry and Nut Bread Recipe

This is a moist nutty coffee and cranberry loaf. The diverse textures are interesting on every mouthful and there is an exciting burst of sweetness from the cranberries.

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Coffee Muesli Recipe

I can’t imagine why I’d never thought of coffee muesli before this. It successfully mixes two of my favourite breakfast combinations into one making an ideal start to any morning.

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Spicy Coffee Risotto Recipe

Risotto need not be always savoury. Thinking rice pudding, this sweet and spicy coffee risotto was born. Serve with fresh berries, chunks of chocolate and thick dollops of cream for a quick dessert option.

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Christmas Apple Puff Tart Recipe

Christmas means fruit-preserved, crystallised, fresh, baked, grilled for hot Summer menus. Serve this rich buttery dessert with a homemade Amarula ice cream.

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Christmas Chocolate Fridge Tart Recipe

Can be made beforehand and kept for guests, if this is possible... a South African kids' Christmas favourite because of it chocolate sweetness.

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Christmas Mince Pies Recipe

My desired delight over the Christmas period, a family tradition, to always make a wish on the first eaten. The orange and Van Der Hum flavours of the mince-meat add an interesting and un-expected flavour within the mouth.

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Christmas Biscotti Recipe

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a full cookie jar. Chocolate locally sourced from Madagascar or Ghana and Zambian coffee makes this an African pleasure.

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Christmas Panforte Recipe

A Sienna, Italian, Christmas Cake-very different from the typical English cake. More like a spicy-nutty-chocolate dense nougat. The South African Flair instead of using traditional hazelnuts and flaked almonds... think Mozambique an Cashews.

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Buchu Flavoured Christmas Shortbread Recipe

Buchu - ( Agathosma Betulina)is a historical healing herb and belongs to the fynbos plant kingdom. This treasure occurs naturally in the mountainous area of the Western and Southern Cape and is endemic to South Africa. It grows in virgin soil on the southern slope of the mountain

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Christmas Cake with an African Twist Recipe

Can be made twelve months or twelve days before-hand, pretty much the longer this cake has to stand and absorb as much brandy as possible the more richer and more intensely licentious.

Christmas Cake with an African twist together with a cream cheese frosting and Butternut Powder.

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