Flavors & textures of South African desserts range from sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, rich, creamy, smooth, grainy, chewy flaky & crispy.
A few well-known desserts of South Africa are namely milk tart, soji, vermicelli, pineapple tart, peppermint tart, malva pudding, snowballs, Chelsea buns, sweet rice, kheer, mielie cake, Madeira cake & more.
ROMANY CREAMS CUSTARD DESSERT This Dessert Recipe Serves 1-2 This Romany Creams Custard Dessert is so refreshing & delicious. The texture is creamy & smooth, almost like a pudding without all the effort & mess. In South Africa, Romany Creams is a traditional coconut infused chocolate biscuit (cookie) which is sandwiched together with milk…
PUMPKIN FRITTERS This Recipe Makes ± 30 Fritters Pumpkin Fritters are a heavenly snack or dessert. These sweet & savoury treats are also known to many South Africans as Pampoen Koekies which is the Afrikaans word for Pumpkin Fritters. A fritter is basically a portion of batter that is fried. Fritters can be filled with a…
MALVA PUDDING CUPPIES This Malva Pudding Recipe Makes 12 Cuppies These Malva Pudding Cuppies are amazingly delicious. They are also easier to handle because they are made in a cupcake tray as apposed to making this as a cake in a cake tin/casserole. The kids are going to love this concept. Malva pudding is…
SOUTH AFRICAN CHOC-KITS BISCUITS This Recipe Makes ± 1 Dozen Choc-Kits ( ± 12 Pieces) South African Choc-Kits Biscuits has been in South African’s households for decades. It is a delicious biscuit (cookie) that is sandwiched with chocolate, making this biscuit super addictive. If you live outside of South Africa & have never tried these,…
MARIE BISCUIT CHOCOLATE BALLS This Recipe Makes ± 30 Chocolate Balls These Marie Biscuit Chocolate Balls are super easy to prepare. It is a cold dessert that even the kids will love. The ingredients are basic & most people already have these items lying around in their cupboard. Marie Biscuit Chocolate Balls Ingredients: 250 grams…
FLAKY BANANA PURI This Recipe Makes ±18 Banana Puri’s This Flaky Banana Puri recipe takes some time to prepare, it isn’t difficult & you’re bound to perfect it on the first try. It consists of layers, rolled up like a swiss roll, cut into logs & deep fried to a crispy sweet perfection. The origin of the…
CUSTARD BISCUITS This Recipe Makes ± 1 Dozen ( ± 12 Pieces) These very elegant & beautifully flavoured custard biscuits (cookies) were introduced to me by my mum as she always prepared them for us. Custard biscuits are stunning shortbread’s having a fantastic texture yet delicately made with a custard powder blend. These are also known…
CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE This Recipe Makes 1 Mug Cake A chocolate mug cake is a basic cake whereby ingredients are consolidated in a mug to be cooked in the microwave very quickly. If you’re craving a cake & don’t have the time to prepare & bake one, then this recipe is ideal. It…
