INSTANT RICE COOKER SWEET RICE This Recipe Serves 4-6 Instant Rice Cooker Sweet Rice (Easy South African Dessert Recipe) If you love traditional South African sweet rice but want an easier, hands-off method, this Instant Rice Cooker Sweet Rice recipe is for you. Made with fragrant cinnamon, cardamom, butter, milk, and sugar, this comforting dessert…
NO-BAKE BANANA PUDDING This Recipe Serves ± 6-8 No-Bake Banana Pudding: The Perfect Festive Dessert for Christmas When the festive season rolls around, desserts should be delicious, comforting, and let’s be honest, easy to make. That’s where no-bake banana pudding steals the spotlight. Creamy, sweet, and layered with nostalgic flavors, this classic dessert is…
MUM’S VANILLA TEA CAKE This Recipe Makes 16 Small Squares A Slice of Home: Mum’s Classic Vanilla Tea Cake There are some recipes that don’t just feed your body—they nourish your soul. For me, that recipe is Mum’s Vanilla Tea Cake. Simple, comforting, and filled with love, it was the cake that greeted…
OLD FASHIONED TRIFLE This Recipe Serves 4-8 This Old Fashioned Trifle is one of the classics in our household. It is fairly simple to prepare & it was how my late grandmother prepared it. Trifle is basically glorious layers of fruit, jelly, custard, cream & cake – there are many variations to this…
SEMOLINA CAKE This Indian Dessert Recipe Serves 6-9 This Semolina Cake is scrumptiously simple to make, yet extraordinarily great. Semolina cakes have a fluffy texture that is particularly unique in relation to cakes made with plain flour. It is also referred to as Soji cake in South Africa, Basbousa or Hareesa in the Middle…
COCONUT MACAROON NESTS This Recipe Makes ± 45 Macaroons If you are a coconut lover then these Coconut Macaroon Nests are a must try. This is a great Easter idea that both kids & adults will enjoy. It is a quick & easy recipe that is so delicious & fun to make.…
SWEETIE PIES This Recipe Makes 7-8 Sweetie Pies also known as Cutie Pies are little melt in your mouth treats. They usually retail for about R12 at local South African supermarkets. Sweetie Pies are by the Beyers brand which is whipped crème on a wafer biscuit, covered in chocolate & the Cutie…
RIVIERA CHOCOLATE LUVBITES BISCUITS This Recipes Makes ± 36 Biscuits Riviera Chocolate Luvbites Biscuits were created by Kraft Foods & were a hit in South Africa. Growing up in the 90’s, these packs of biscuits (cookies) were always in our home. There are different varieties but the chocolate ones were my favourite. Unfortunately, these…
NO BAKE MARIE BISCUIT BROWNIES This Recipe Makes 9 Squares These No Bake Marie Biscuit Brownies are such a fun & easy treat for those sweet tooth cravings. Marie Biscuits are basically tea biscuits or cookies that originated in London. Due to the British colonization in South Africa many years ago, this biscuit…
MADEIRA LOAF This Recipe Makes 1 Loaf If you love anything that’s baked, especially cakes & loaves then this Madeira Loaf is a must try. A madeira cake is basically a sponge cake which is airy, moist & traditionally includes lemon in the recipe. This cake gets it’s name from the Portuguese wine “Madeira”…