African Vanielje on Apr 29 2009 | Filed under: Press, breakfast, kassie's kitchen, my life
A little while ago a multi-talented and extremely stylish friend who happens to love food, steered a journalist friend of hers my way. And so, via Morne (many thanks Morne) I met Gill Cullinan. She arranged to come and meet me and my family for a laid back brunch, bringing along a very talented photographer, [...]
African Vanielje on Apr 25 2009 | Filed under: Kassia & Figg, Press
…and of course, my mom. Because the deli is both mine and my mom’s. But wait! Let me start at the beginning.
The wildly talented and extremely astute, not to mention gorgeous Louise McCann, features editor at South African Elle Deco, has included our deli, Kassia & Figg, in her Deco Taste page of the May [...]
African Vanielje on Apr 25 2009 | Filed under: Kassia & Figg, baking, sweet kitchen, vkcb
I am fairly certain I have posted the recipe for choux pastry before, but when my blog went down I lost all the tags and links. Being the highly organised person that I am I have only redone about six weeks worth so find it easier to repost a choux pastry recipe at this point.
Preheat [...]
African Vanielje on Apr 18 2009 | Filed under: baking, sweet kitchen, vkcb
I have two friand sheets with 9 moulds each. This recipe usually makes twelve so I do six in each to ensure things bake evenly.
Butter your moulds well, then
SIFT:
1/2 cup cake (plain) flour with
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
MIX WITH:
1 cup freshly ground almonds
ADD:
1 tspns vanilla extract
175g of butter, gently melted
6 lightly beaten free range egg whites [...]
