Name: Bollas (Doughnuts)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes about 50 servings
Cuisine: Desserts & Baking
Ingredients: sugar 150 g,free-range eggs 2,vegetable oil ¾ cup,vanilla essence 2 t,self-raising flour 560 g,buttermilk 2 cups ,sunflower oil, for deep-frying ,desiccated coconut, for sprinkling 250 g,For the syrup: ,water 2 cups ,sugar 400 g,cardamom pods 2,cinnamon sticks 2

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1 x 385 g can condensed milk
4 extra-large free-range eggs
60 g butter, melted
180 g self-raising flour, sifted
1 x 360 g can Caramel Treat (or make your own by boiling a can of condensed milk for 3 hours)
1 cup whipping cream (optional)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Using an electric mixer, beat the condensed milk, eggs, butter and flour until smooth.

2. Pour the batter into a greased 15 cm bundt cake tin. Bake for 30–35 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.

3. Allow to cool, then serve with dollops of caramel or some caramel swirled into whipped cream. Add some festive gold glitter if you’re so inclined. Which, of course, I always am.

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Photograph: Jan Ras
Production: Bianca Strydom
Food assistant: Emma Morey

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