Make a delicate tea-time cake with this easy shortcut Makes 1 cake EASY 45 mins Take 1 box ready-to-mix vanilla cake. Add 5ml (1 tsp) allspice, 2,5ml (½ tsp) ground nutmeg, 2,5ml (½ tsp) ground cloves and 5ml (1 tsp) ground cinnamon to the dry ingredients. Prepare the cake according to the box instructions and leave to cool completely when done. To make the white ganache, melt 250g milk chocolate over a double boiler, remove from the heat, add 200ml fresh cream and whisk until well combined. Pour the white ganache over the sponge cake, smoothing the surface by quickly…
These are the perfect sweet treats to serve this Mother’s Day. Recipe by Nomvuselelo Mncube Photograph by Dylan Swart
If you want a huge hooray, make pastry the French way… Recipe by Anna Montali Photography by Graeme Wyllie
Craving chocolate? Try these healthier cashew and chocolate slices. Recipe and styling by Claire Ferrandi Photograph by Dylan Swart
This dessert is quick and easy and perfect for the whole family this Easter. Recipe and styling by Claire Ferrandi Photograph by Dylan Swart
“Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity n the heart.” Washington Irving Recipe, styling and photography by Katelyn Allegra Assisted by Cassandra Upton
Halloween isn’t Halloween without candy so M&M’s and Skittles are running THE TREATS THAT DO THE TRICK in-store competition until the 4th of November, where you can stand a chance to win a share of R3 million in Ster-Kinekor vouchers to gorge yourself on movie marathons. Talk about a scarily good prize! Recipe by Lorna Maseko
The perfect accompaniment to any campfire, marshmallows have long been a summertime favourite. This chocolate peanut butter marshmallow mousse pie will be your new go-to dessert this summer. Photograph, recipe and styling by Katelyn Allegra
These pots are somewhere between a mousse and a custard, and are lovely for your next dinner party (you can make them up to two days ahead, cover each pot with a piece of cling film and simply store in the fridge). Add a sprinkling of chopped praline or nut brittle to the top of each pot just before serving, if desired. Recipe and styling by Claire Ferrandi Photograph by Dylan Swart
Born in Riversdale in the southern Cape, Dalene Matthee studied music, and was a staunch conservationist, particularly regarding the reckless destruction of indigenous forests, with specific affection for the Knysna elephants, the “forest people” and the yellowwoods. She swapped the piano for the pen with no less than 13 literary works coming from it. The roots of her “forest novels” are deeply entrenched in the upbringing of Afrikaans youth and South African literature. With Circles in a Forest reprinted 22 times, her works were translated into 14 languages and won numerous literary awards. She’s the only Afrikaans author who has…
These naughty-but-nice, creamy, ganache-like treats are the perfect marriage of caramel and salt, and make for delicious morsels of after-dinner sweetness, instead of an elaborate dessert.
A quick and easy shortbread biscuit Makes 18 EASY 45 mins Preheat the oven to 160°C and line two baking trays with baking paper. Combine 250g soft butter and 110g castor sugar in a food processor, and blitz, 1 minute. Blitz in 375g cake flour and 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla essence. Mix until combined. Roll the dough by hand, into 18 evenly sized balls. Arrange on the baking trays, make a deep thumbprint in each and bake, 15 minutes. Cool, 5 minutes, and transfer to a wire cooling rack. Melt 160g chopped white chocolate and 15ml (1 tbsp) butter in…
As good as it gets!
This recipe is adapted from Tina Bester’s BAKE, and combines two things that should never be separated – almonds and chocolate. It is rich but light at the same time.
We gave you fluffy banana bread. And now we present you with chocolate chip banana bread!