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    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 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…

    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…