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Hi everyone!
I can't believe that I have taken this long to
get to a "cake" theme! Sheessssh! I am mad about cake. Of course my
alltime fav is a nice moist (as opposed to dry) chocolate cake with nice
thick icing! Second choice is cheesecake! Then comes fruitcake and coffee
cake and then a long list of others!
Of course, "shop bought" cake doesn't even
come close to the real thing! I belong to the Senior Group at our church
and those ladies have been baking forever, so when they cater for teatimes
it's always a feast!
I get many requests as a result of my
website and newsletters. One regular request is for Afrikaans reading
matter on the Internet. I am busy getting together some Afrikaans
children's stories. I also send out a weekly Afrikaans newsletter which
usually contains an Afrikaans article, a traditional recipe, a joke
or two and the words of a traditional Afrikaans song. If you would
like to subscribe, please click
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and complete the subscription form! The page also contains links to some
archived newsletters.
Nearly every city and town in South Africa
now has it's own festival or two! I started doing some research and found
the list of festivals is never ending! The festival is usually named after
the main attraction or product of the area, for instance, Jacaranda
Festival in Pretoria, where you find lots of jacaranda trees. Let's see if
you can guess
where the following festivals are held.
Potato festival (Aartappelfees)
Oyster festival
Sardine fever festival
Dias festival
Green Season festival
Did the Voortrekkers have recipe books? If
anyone knows or perhaps has some of the recipes used by the Voortrekkers I
would love to have them for my collection! Please
email
me...
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Thanks to everyone who has mailed us fridge magnets depicting your
State, City or Country. If you collect fridge magnets, I will mail you
a South African one for every one I receive from another country.
Please
email
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Almond coffee cake
BATTER
45 ml instant coffee powder
225 g butter, softened
4 extra-;large eggs
250 ml castor sugar
30 ml milk
400 ml cake flour
15 ml baking powder
50 g ground almonds
100 g almond flakes, toasted
TOPPING
85 ml unsalted butter
85 ml castor sugar
30 ml honey
100 g almond flakes, lightly toasted
Preheat the oven to 180 ºC (350 ºF). Spray an 18 x 28 cm oven pan with
non-stick spray. Dissolve the instant coffee in 30 ml (2 T) boiling water
and set aside. Beat the butter, eggs and sugar together until well blended.
Add the dissolved coffee and milk and beat well. Sift in the cake flour and
baking powder, add the ground almonds and beat until well blended. Add the
almond flakes and fold in. Turn into the prepared oven pan, spread evenly
and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until done. Mix all the ingredients for the
topping in a saucepan and heat until the butter and sugar have melted. Stir
until the almonds are well coated with the mixture. Pour over the cake and
bake for another 10 minutes or until the almonds just begin to brown. Cool
completely and slice. Makes a medium-sized cake.
Amarula carrot cake
625 ml cake flour
10 ml baking powder
7 ml bicarbonate of soda
15 ml mixed spice
5 ml salt
4 extra-large eggs
315 ml castor sugar
315 ml oil
500 ml finely grated carrots
250 ml grated fresh pineapple or apple, well-drained
250 ml chopped pecan nuts
65 ml Amarula cream liqueur
125 ml apricot jam
Icing
60 g butter
500 ml icing sugar
20 ml Amarula cream liqueur
125 g cream cheese or creamed cottage cheese
Preheat the oven to 180 ºC and butter a 35 cm loose-bottomed cake tin or
spray with non-stick spray.
Line the base with baking paper and butter or spray once more.
Sift the dry ingredients together twice.
Beat the eggs and add the castor sugar by the spoonful, beating continually.
Beat well until thick and light.
Slowly add the oil and beat for 2 minutes.
Add the carrots, pineapple, nuts, liqueur and apricot jam, and stir until
well blended.
Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and fold in.
Turn the batter into the prepared tin and bake for about 1 hour and 10
minutes until done or a testing skewer comes out clean.
Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a
wire rack to cool completely.
Meanwhile make the icing.
Cream the butter and icing sugar together.
Gently stir in the liqueur and cream cheese.
Chill for at least 2 hours and cover the cooled cake with the icing.
Apple cake with cinnamon sugar
170 g self-raising flour
5 ml baking powder
80 g castor sugar
1 extra-large egg
90 ml milk
30 ml cooking oil
TOPPING
25 ml melted butter
3 apples
50 ml castor sugar
2 ml ground cinnamon
50 g walnuts, chopped
Preheat the oven to 200 ºC (400 ºF). Spray a 27 x 11 x 7 cm loaf tin with
non-stick spray. Line with wax paper and spray again with non-stick spray.
Sift the self-raising flour and baking powder together in a large mixing
bowl. Add the castor sugar and mix. Lightly beat the egg and mix with the
milk and oil. Add to the dry ingredients and mix well. Turn the batter into
the prepared loaf tin. Pour the melted butter over the batter. Core the
apples and slice thinly. Arrange the apple slices on top of the batter. Mix
the castor sugar, cinnamon and chopped walnuts and sprinkle over the apples.
Bake for 30 minutes or till the cake is done (a skewer inserted will come
out clean) and the top just begins to brown. Cool slightly and remove from
the tin using the wax paper to assist you. Remove the wax paper and slice
the cake. Makes a medium-sized cake
Banana and walnut cake
125 g soft butter
310 ml soft brown sugar
4 extra-large eggs
3 large bananas, mashed
150 g walnuts, chopped
1 ml nutmeg
625 ml self-raising flour
5 ml baking powder
300 ml thick Greek yoghurt
TOPPING
75 g butter
175 g brown sugar
30 ml thick cream
50 g walnuts
Preheat the oven to 180 °C and grease a 25 cm loose-bottomed cake tin.
Line with greaseproof paper.
Cream the butter and sugar together until light and creamy.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
Stir in the mashed bananas, walnuts and nutmeg.
Sift the flour and baking powder and fold lightly into the banana mixture.
Fold in the yoghurt.
Spoon into the prepared tin and bake for about an hour until risen and
golden brown and a testing skewer comes out clean when inserted into the
centre of the cake.
Remove from the oven and turn on the oven grill.
Heat the butter, sugar and cream together slowly until the sugar has
dissolved.
Bring to boiling point and stir in the nuts.
Spoon over the cake and grill until the mixture bubbles.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin.
Caramel cake
150 g butter
125 ml castor sugar
1 extra-large egg
2 egg yolks
500 ml self-raising flour
pinch salt
90 g instant caramel pudding
200 ml milk
2 ml caramel essence
2 ml vanilla essence
ICING
380 g Nestlé Caramel Treat
310 g cream, chilled
90 g caramel flavour instant pudding
Preheat the oven to 180 ºC (350 ºF). Spray two 20 cm loose-bottomed cake
tins with non-stick spray. Cream the butter until light and fluffy. Add
small quantities of the sugar at a time, beating continuously. Add the egg
and egg yolks one by one, beating well after each addition. Sift the dry
ingredients together and fold into the butter mixture, alternating with the
milk. Add the essences. Turn into the two prepared, loose-bottomed tins and
bake for 25-30 minutes or until the cakes are done - a testing skewer will
come out clean when inserted into the centre of the cakes. Cool on a wire
rack. Place one of the cake layers on a pretty cake platter. Spread
generously with caramel condensed milk. Place the other cake layer on top
and spread with more caramel condensed milk. Whisk the cream and instant
pudding together for 1 minute until thick. spoon into a piping bag and
decorate the cake with the mixture. Makes a small cake.
Cheesecake
CRUST
200 g tennis biscuits, crushed
125 ml butter, melted
FILLING
4 jumbo eggs
250 ml sugar
65 ml lemon juice
750 g smooth cottage cheese
250 ml cream
125 ml cake flour
TOPPING
250 ml sour cream
45 ml castor sugar
5 ml vanilla essence
Preheat the oven to 180 ºC (350 ºF). Spray a 23 cm loose-bottomed cake tin
with non-stick spray. Mix the crushed biscuits and butter and press onto the
base of the prepared tin. Whisk the eggs and sugar together until light and
creamy. Add the lemon juice while beating continuously. Add the cottage
cheese, cream and cake flour and mix. Turn the mixture into the prepared
tin. Bake for 10 minutes, reduce the heat to 140 ºC (275 ºF) and bake for
another hour or until the filling is firm, but still slightly soft in the
centre. Switch off the oven, but leave the cake inside to cool. Remove the
cake from the tin when cold and transfer to a serving platter. Mix all the
ingredients for the topping and pour over the cake
Chocolate cake
4 eggs
250 ml sugar
375 ml cake flour
60 ml cocoa powder
15 ml baking powder
2 ml salt
125 ml boiling water
125 ml cooking oil
Topping
250 ml fresh cream
200 g chocolate, broken into pieces
Preheat oven to 180 °C. Whisk eggs and sugar together until light and
fluffy.
Sift dry ingredients and gently fold into mixture with water and oil.
Pour into baking tin and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Let stand for a few minutes in tin before turning out onto a wire rack to
continue cooling.
To make topping: Gently warm cream, remove from heat and add chocolate.
Stir until smooth.
Cool for 20 minutes until mixture achieves a thick pouring consistency.
Spread topping on the cake, and dust with icing sugar.
Chocolate cake
2 extra-large eggs
250 ml sugar
125 ml cake flour
125 ml cocoa powder
10 ml baking powder
pinch salt
5 ml butter
125 ml hot milk
5 ml vanilla essence
Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
Grease a 22 cm square cake tin and line with baking paper.
Whisk the eggs until light and frothy.
Add the sugar a little at a time, beating well until thick and pale.
Sift the cake flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt over the egg
mixture and carefully fold in.
Melt the butter in the hot milk and add the vanilla essence.
Carefully mix into the batter.
Turn into the tin and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until done.
Cool and decorate as desired.
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