I found this recipe in an old foodtown magazine lying around the house. It stared at me for a couple of days before I gave in and made the cupcakes. Fantastically delicious! Chocolate Cupcake: 125g soft butter 2/3 cup caster sugar 2 eggs (room temperature) 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 cup self-raising flour 1/4 cup … Read more
As this recipe doesn’t use pectin, it’s won’t make a thick thick jam, but it does make a nice jam. Makes about 250ml 400g Golden Kiwifruit 240g Caster Sugar 4 Limes 1. Roughly cut up kiwifruit into chunks and juice limes. 2. Put kiwifruit and lime juice into a medium sized saucepan, mash slightly and … Read more
I had been eyeing up making this for a while, and going to the High Tea last weekend gave me the perfect opportunity to make it. 150g butter 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup treacle 1/2 cup golden syrup 1 1/2 cups high grade flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 3 teaspoons … Read more
As a kiwi, mince and cheese pies are something I grew up with and what myself and many others would consider a kiwi classic. I will admit that I’m not a big pie eater in general, as compared to my husband who will easily eat a couple a week. But when I saw a recipe … Read more
I was wandering aimlessly around the house the other day when I decided to do some baking. This was fine, until I realised that actually, I couldn’t be bothered. So Rob decided he was going to make some Russian Fudge instead. This recipe is very simple and easy to make, and tastes great! 3 1/2 … Read more
Serves 4+ 450g strawberries 1/2 cup caster sugar 1 1/4 cups cream 1 tbsp lemon juice 1/3 cup boiling water 2 tsp gelatine 2 egg whites 1. Placed washed and hulled strawberries, sugar, lemon juice and cream into an electric blender 2. Place boiling water into small bowl, add gelatine and stir until disolved. Add … Read more
These are very simple to make. You will need: 10 Mallowpuffs (equivalant to 1 pack) 20 Jaffas 10 Spearmint Leaves (I couldn’t find any so I used green jellybabies as a substitue Thick White Icing To make: 1. Create a thick white icing mixture, thick enough that it won’t dribble down the sides of the … Read more
These are incredibly simple to make and look great 1 box Vanilla Cupcake Mix Cocoa Powder Icing (sometimes comes in cupcake mix, else use icing sugar and water with consistancy on icing sugar package) Red, Green and Yellow Food Colouring Seasome Seeds 1. Make boxed cupcake mixture 2. Divide mixture into 2 seperate bowls – … Read more
Makes approx. 4 150g Gingernut Biscuits 500g Cream Cheese Lemon Rind from 1 lemon 1/4c lemon juice 1/2c orange juice 1/2c caster sugar Fresh fruit to top 1. Crush the gingernut biscuit into small pieces. There are two ways to do this, first is to put the biscuits into a bag and crush with a … Read more
125g unsalted butter, softened ¾ cup caster sugar 2 eggs 1 cup canned apples ½ cup strawberry yoghurt 1 cup self-raising flour ½ tsp ground cinnamon 1 large green apple, peeled 2 tsp melted unsalted butter 1 tsp cinnamon sugar 2 tbs strawberry jam, warmed, sieved Extra strawberry yoghurt and sliced strawberries, to serve 1. … Read more
Modified by Red Strawberries