African Vanielje on May 15 2009 | Filed under: Kassia & Figg, baking, breakfast, food blogging events, light meals
Man cannot live on bread alone, he needs the odd muffin to keep him sane. I don’t think anybody ever said that, but they should have. Muffins are like mini breads. Quicker to make and quicker to eat, and just as satisfying for a host of different reasons.
You don’t need to make a sandwich out [...]
African Vanielje on May 15 2009 | Filed under: Kassia & Figg, baking, breakfast, food blogging events, light meals, vkcb
This mix will make 12 muffins, or six bounteous buxom beauties like these.
Butter and flour your muffin tins.
Sieve:
4 cups flour
8 Tbspns flat baking powder
1 teaspoon mustard powder
A good pinch of flavoured or Maldon sea salt and some fresh black pepper.
Add 100g butter and blend with your fingertips until crumbly.
Mix 1 ½ cups of grated cheddar [...]
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 18 2009 | Filed under: baking, breakfast, sweet kitchen
This morning when I got up, I already knew what kind of a day it was going to be. All night the wind howled as our timber frame house creaked and rocked around me like a reaver’s lugger. I didn’t actually need to open my eyes as I rolled out of my berth (sorry, bed) [...]
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