CHEESE & SPINACH MUFFINS

Ingredients

6 cups cake flour

3 tblsp baking powder

1 tblsp salt

2 tsp dried mixed herbs

2-3 cups grated Cheddar cheese

2 bunches (600g) spinach, washed, finely chopped, boiled and water drained

1 cup oil

1 cup milk

1 cup water
6 eggs, beaten

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180°C
• Grease muffin pan hollows
• Sift the dry ingredients together into a large bowl
• Add the cheese and spinach and mix
• Add the rest of the ingredients and mix
• Fill the hollows in the muffin pans three quarters of the way with batter
• Bake for about 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the muffin comes out clean
• Add a little more water (about 100 ml) to the remaining batter if it has to stand while you’re waiting for the muffins to bake. The batter stiffens when it stands for some time.

(Makes about 24 muffins)

RICE PUDDING

Ingredients

250 ml uncooked rice
400 ml coconut milk or cream
400 ml full-cream milk
125 ml sugar
2 star anise
5 cardamom pods, crushed
1 cinnamon stick
cinnamon sugar to garnish

Method

• Rinse the rice under running water and put it in a medium-size saucepan
• Add coconut milk or cream, milk and sugar
• Bring the mixture to the boil and add the star anise, cardamom pods and cinnamon stick
• Reduce the heat and simmer over very low heat until the rice is done. Stir occasionally to prevent the rice burning

Serve the rice pudding in individual bowls and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar to garnish
(Serves 4)

MALVA PUDDING

Ingredients

1. 2 cups sugar
2. 2 eggs
3. 30ml butter
4. 30ml smooth apricot jam
5. 2 cups flour
6. 10ml baking powder
7. Pinch of salt
8. 400ml milk
9. 30ml vinegar
10. 10ml bicarbonate of soda


Method

• Using an electric beater, beat 1, 2, 3 & 4 together
• Sieve 5, 6 & 7 and add to the beaten mixture
• Mix 8, 9 & 10 and add to mixture
• Pour into a greased baking dish and bake at 180°C for about 45 minutes
• When you take the malva pudding out of the oven pour the following sauce over it:

Boil the following ingredients together:
125g butter
1 cup sugar
250ml cream
250ml water
1 tsp vanilla
Serve with cream, ice-cream or custard

GINGERBREAD LOAF

Ingredients

75g butter or margarine
75g brown sugar
100mlk golden syrup
30ml treacle
150ml milk
200g cake flour
10ml ground ginger
5ml ground cinnamon
2,5ml bicarbonate of soda
2 eggs beaten

Method

• Lightly grease a 22cm loaf pan and line the base with grease proof paper
• In a saucepan, combine the butter, sugar, treacle, syrup and milk
• Heat over a moderate heat until the butter has melted and the sugar has dissolved, stirring occasionally
• Leave to cool
• Stir in flour, ginger, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda and eggs
• Pour mixture into the loaf pan and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C for about 35 – 40 minutes, until an inserted skewer comes out clean
• Allow to cool on a wire rack
• Ice with lemon icing

TUNA MOUSSE

Ingredients

2 tins tuna
20ml gelatin
30ml warm water
3 boiled eggs
375ml mayonnaise
60ml tomato sauce
1 onion chopped
Pinch of salt
30ml fish paste (optional)
Paprika (optional)

Method

• In a mixing bowl add tuna, eggs, mayonnaise, tomato sauce, salt, fish paste, paprika
• Dissolve gelatin in warm water and add to mixture
• Add chopped onion
• Liquidise all ingredients and dish into a jelly mould
• Refrigerate for 2 – 3 hours to set
• Remove from mould and place onto a serving platter decorate with olives and cocktail tomatoes
• Serve with melba toast or savoury biscuits

BUTTER BEAN & CHICK PEA CURRY

Ingredients

1 medium onion
1 tsp crushed garlic
1 tin chic peas (drained)
1 tin butter beans
1 cup plain yoghurt
2 Tblsp tomato paste
1 – 2 Tblsp curry powder
1 bunch fresh coriander (washed and slightly shredded)
salt

Method

• Fry onion and garlic for 2 minutes and add curry powder, fry for a few minutes
• Add drained chic peas and butter beans with brine, yoghurt and tomato paste
• Bring to the boil and reduce heat to simmer for 15 minutes. Stir occasionally
• Remove from stove top and add the coriander.

Serve as a side dish or as a rotti filling.

BOBOTIE

Ingredients

Meat Filling
1kg beef mince
2 onions
1 Tblsp butter
1 thick slice of bread
1 Tblsp curry powder
1 Tblsp brown sugar
1 Tblsp apricot jam
2 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
½ Tbllsp turmeric
2 Tblsp vinegar or lemon juice
6 almonds (optional)
½ seedless raisins
3 bay leaves
1 Tblsp chutney
1 grated apple

Custard
4 eggs
1 cup milk

Method

Meat Filling

• Fry onions in butter with curry powder and turmeric
• Add mince and brown
• Add the rest of ingredients

Custard

• Beat 4 eggs with 1 to 1 ½ cups of milk
• Add the mince to a greased oven dish and pour egg mixture over the top
• Bake at 180°C for 35 minutes

Serve with rice and sambles

CURRIED BAKED BEAN SALAD

Ingredients

1 onion sliced into rings
1 green pepper julienne
2 carrots julienne
2 cans baked bean in tomato sauce
2 Tblsp curry powder


Method

• Fry onion rings until light brown
• Add the green pepper and carrots and fry for 5 minutes
• Add the curry powder and baked beans and simmer for 5 minutes
  
  Can be served hot or cold, really nice for a braai/ barbeques
  

APRICOT CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Ingredients

4 chicken pieces
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup water
2 Tblsp apricot jam
1 packet brown onion soup
3 carrots (Peeled and sliced)
3 baby marrows (Sliced)
5 mushrooms (Sliced)


Method

• Grease a medium size casserole dish
• Layer the carrots, baby marrows and mushrooms in the dish
• Place the chicken on top on the vegetables
• Mix the mayonnaise, apricot jam and water together and pour over the chicken
• Sprinkle the brown onion soup over the top of the chicken
• Cover and cook in the oven at 180°C for 45 minutes
• Increase the temperature to 200°C, uncover and allow to brown for a few minutes.

Serve with rice
Optional : The vegetables that I have used in this recipe are optional, you may use any vegetables.

OVEN PAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Ingredients

Cake

750ml cake flour
20ml baking powder
500ml sugar
5ml bicarbonate of soda
80ml cocoa
Pinch of salt
500ml boiling water
250ml oil
10ml vanilla essence
50ml white vinegar

Icing

125g butter
375ml icing sugar
15 – 30ml cocoa
A few drops of vanilla essence
Stiffly whipped cream

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F)
• Spray a 27 X 39cm oven pan with nonstick spray
• Sift all the dry ingredients together into the pan
• Mix the remaining ingredients in a jug and pour the liquid evenly over the dry ingredients, whisking them together using a fork
• Spread the mixture evenly and bang the pan lightly to remove most of the air bubbles
• Bake for 20 minutes or until the testing skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the cake
• Cool in the pan

Icing

• Beat the butter until light and creamy little by little sift in the icing sugar and cocoa
• Beat continuously
• Add vanilla essence
• Spread cake with the icing
• Sprinkle a desired topping over the top

PEANUT BUTTER SPONGE CAKE

Ingredients

Cake
45g butter or margarine
45g crunchy peanut butter
170g castor sugar
2 eggs
170g self-raising flour, sifted
100ml milk

Icing
100g crunchy peanut butter
50g icing sugar
50ml milk
Topping
50ml chopped nuts (Optional)


Method

• Grease a ring mould and line the base with a paper towel
• Cream butter, peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy
• Add eggs, one at a time and beat well
• Fold in flour, add the milk to make a dropping consistency
• Pour into the ring mould
• Bake in pre-heated oven 180°C for 25 minutes

Icing

• Combine peanut butter, icing sugar and milk in a small bowl
• When the cake is cool, spread evenly on the cake and pat gently
• Sprinkle with chopped nuts if desired

MARBLE CAKE

Ingredients

2 extra large eggs separated
160ml milk
80ml oil
300ml cake flour
15ml baking powder
Pinch of salt
150ml castor sugar
5ml vanilla essence
15ml cocoa mixed with about 30ml boiling water and must form a paste

Icing

100g slab hazelnut chocolate, broken into squares
100g slab milk chocolate, broken into squares

Method

• Spray 23cm microwave baking ring, line the base with paper toweling
• Add all the ingredients except the cocoa to the egg yolks, beat well
• Whisk the egg whites till soft peaks are formed and fold into batter into the prepared baking ring
• Add the cocoa to the batter, mix and pour on top of the batter in baking ring
• Place the baking ring on a unturned saucer in microwave for 6 minutes on 100% power
• Leave for 10 minutes

Icing

• Place the chocolate squares in a glass bowl and microwave for 1 – 2 minutes on 100% power. The chocolate squares retain their shape even when they start melting so stir well after a minute and microwave slightly longer if necessary to just melted.
• Pour over the cake and decorate with mint leave if preferred

EASY HEALTH BREAD

Ingredients

3 cups nutty wheat
2 Tblsp brown sugar
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 pinch salt
500ml plain yoghurt or buttermilk or maas

Method
Mix all ingredients together and bake for 45 minutes at 180°C

CHOCOLATE FRIDGE BISCUITS

Ingredients

500g icing sugar
30g cocoa
500g margarine
5ml vanilla essence
2 eggs (beaten)
2 packets tennis biscuits (crushed)
Pinch of salt



Method

• Melt margarine
• Add icing sugar, cocoa, vanilla essence and salt – Mix well
• Add beaten eggs and mix
• Add crushed tennis biscuits and mix well to cover the biscuits
• Place mixture in a greased rectangular glass dish and refrigerate to set

CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER BISCUITS

Ingredients

½ cup peanut butter
125g butter or margarine
1 cup brown sugar
½ tsp vanilla essence
1 large egg
1 ¼ cups of cake flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
¼ tsp salt
50g chopped nuts


Method

• Using an electric beater, beat the peanut butter, butter/margarine and sugar together.
• Still using the beater, add the vanilla essence and egg (no need to beat separately).
• With a spoon mix in the following: flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt and nuts.
• Tip the dough out of the mixing bowl and wrap it in plastic cling wrap.
• Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes.
• Place walnut sized balls onto a greased baking tray. Press down with a fork dipped in flour. If you would like crispy biscuits then push the fork down quite hard making a thin biscuit, if you prefer chewy biscuits, push down lightly making a thicker biscuit.
• Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C for about 10 – 12 minutes. Everyone’s oven is different so times may vary, keep checking them. You are looking for a biscuit that is slightly brown along the edges.
• Place biscuits on a wire rack to cool as soon as they come out of the oven.
  
  Makes +- 3 dozen medium sized biscuits