The great collection of sweet treat recipes

Cake recipes

American-style chocolate-and gold crinkles

15 minutes

Afternoon tea

Easy Belgian chocolate ice-cream cake with honeycomb shards

Berry recipes

Chocolate mousse, espresso sabayon with roasted strawberries

1 hour

Braai recipes

Chocolate cookies with braaied marshmallow centres

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Fruity dessert

Crunchy fried banana with salty caramel sauce

10 minutes

Fruity dessert

Roast figs in vanilla syrup with yoghurt mascarpone and salted pistachio sugar shards

20 minutes

Nut recipes

Peanut butter-butterscotch and caramelised banana tarts

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Sweet treat

Shortbread dippers with honey-caramel sauce

5 - 10 minutes

Chocolate recipes

Tart au chocolat

Serves 4-6 tarts

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes, plus 20 minutes setting time

Ingredients

3/4 cup cream
2 free-range egg yolks
1/2 vanilla pod or paste
225 g good-quality (±70% cocoa) dark chocolate
100 g butter, softened
200 g tennis biscuits
1 T cocoa
3 T butter, melted

Method

Beat 1 T cream with the egg yolks. Set aside.

Place the remaining cream and the vanilla pod in a saucepan over a medium heat and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and pour the vanilla cream over the chopped chocolate. Allow to stand for 30 seconds.

Using a whisk, blend the cream into the chocolate, then allow to cool for 1 minute.

Add the egg-yolk mix, then the butter to the chocolate.

Pour the mixture into the tart shells and allow to set for 20 minutes. Remove carefully from containers.

To make the tart shells, place the Tennis biscuits in a sandwich bag and crush using a rolling pin. Place the crushed biscuits in a bowl and add the cocoa and melted butter.

Mix well until combined, then, using your hands, mould into paper cupcake cases or a greased muffin pan. Refrigerate until hard.

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TASTE's take: These divine little French chocolate tarts are so easy to make, you should always have a batch in the home for when friends arrive. It's important to use the best quality chocolate you can find as that makes all the difference. For a taste sensation, use ginger biscuits instead of Tennis.

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Tart au chocolat

Tart au chocolat

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