Birthday cake

Hot-milk sponge cake with lemon cream-cheese icing

30 minutes

Birthday cake

Any-colour-you-like velvet cupcakes

20 minutes

Birthday cake

Cereal milk cake (Strawberry Pops cake)

35 minutes

Birthday cake

Banana-and-pineapple carrot cake with honeycomb-and-Clemengold icing

1 1⁄2 hours

Beef recipes

Tender beef shortrib with carrot salad

2 1⁄2 hours

Dip recipes

Smoked mackerel and cream cheese dip

Braai recipes

Grilled spice-rubbed chicken thighs with crunchy salad

20 minutes

Avocado recipes

Genius banana skin cake with avo frosting

30 minutes

Braai recipes

Smoky corn with spring onion cream cheese and maple syrup

15 minutes

Birthday cake

Natural rainbow cake with cream cheese frosting

45 minutes

Canned food

Posh sardines on toast

30 minutes

Christmas dessert

Meringue cake with cream cheese icing and caramel cornflake crown

40 minutes