The great collection of sweet treat recipes

Picnic recipes

Koesisters

30–40 minutes

Cake recipes

Vegan jam and coconut sponge pudding

Frozen yoghurt

Melon-and-coconut ice lollies

Sweet treat

Classic crème brûlée

40 minutes

Lunchbox recipes

Peanut butter-and-banana baked doughnuts

15 minutes

Cake recipes

Financier muffins

25 minutes

Christmas dessert

Nectarine trifle

30 minutes

Sweet treat

Banoffee pudding

Berry recipes

No-bake strawberry ricotta cheesecake

Cake recipes

Marbled sheet cake

3 hours

Air-fryer recipes

Air-fryer Hertzoggie slices

approximately 25 minutes

Afternoon tea

Mama’s tea biscuits

10–15 minutes

Mama’s tea biscuits

Serves Makes 40

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 10–15 minutes

Ingredients

500 g butter
225 g caster sugar
2 t vanilla extract
4 free-range eggs
975 g cake flour
3 t baking powder
1 t bicarbonate of soda
1 t cream of tartar

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a baking tray. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

2. Add the vanilla and beat in the eggs, one at a time.

3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar.

4. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet, stirring. Fill a cookie press with the dough and press out cookies onto the baking tray, 3–5 cm apart. Bake for 12–15 minutes until golden brown.

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Bianca Strydom
Food assistant: Ellen Schwerdtfeger

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