Cake recipes

Lacy pancakes with toffee-fudge sauce and strawberries

25 minutes

Milk recipes

Cardamom-and-rose almond milk rice pudding

35 minutes

Christmas recipes

Trout tartare with strawberries and exotic tomatoes

Berry recipes

Chargrilled chicken skewers with spiced berry glaze

20 minutes

Berry recipes

Macerated berries with white chocolate shards

Berry recipes

Buttermilk jelly with sticky strawberries

10 minutes

Cake recipes

Shortbread with custard and crushed candy

20 minutes

Shortbread with custard and crushed candy

By Siba Mtongana

Serves 4 to 6

Difficulty Medium

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

For the shortbread:

275 g cake flour
Salt, a pinch
175 g cold butter
125 g caster sugar
Cold water, to bind

For the custard:

1 cup milk
1 cup cream
4 free-range egg yolks
3 T caster sugar
3 T cornflour
1 t vanilla extract
Salt, a pinch

For the topping:

500 g strawberries, sliced
75 g pomegranate rubies
1 red-and-white candy cane, crushed
icing sugar, for dusting

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 28 cm tart tin with cooking spray and line with baking paper. Mix the flour and salt, then rub in the butter until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs.

2. Add the sugar and mix well. Add enough cold water to bind the mixture and gently press into the lined tart tin. Make a pattern around the edges of the dough using your index finger. Bake for 20–25 minutes, then cool.

3. To make the custard, place a sieve over a jug and set aside. Scald the milk and cream in a saucepan by bringing it to just below boiling point, then set aside. Mix the egg yolks, caster sugar, cornflour, vanilla extract and salt. Add a little of the milk mixture to the egg mixture, then pour the egg mixture into the milk mixture and return to the heat. Whisk until it starts to bubble and thicken.

4. Pour through the sieve into the jug, then allow to cool. Pour over the shortbread and top with the strawberries, pomegranate rubies and crushed candy cane. Serve dusted with icing sugar.

Discover more sweet treats here.

Sticky pork belly skewers with smoky BBQ glaze

Spinach lasagne

Home-made chips

No-bake cheesecake

Lacy pancakes with toffee-fudge sauce and strawberries

Cardamom-and-rose almond milk rice pudding

The best chopped salad

Trout tartare with strawberries and exotic tomatoes

Chargrilled chicken skewers with spiced berry glaze

Layered berry ice-cream cake

Choc-nut strawberries

Macerated berries with white chocolate shards

Buttermilk jelly with sticky strawberries

Red velvet delight

Shortbread with custard and crushed candy

Shortbread with custard and crushed candy

Ingredients

Method