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 [...]
African Vanielje on Mar 25 2009 | Filed under: baking, breakfast, sweet kitchen, vkcb
Waffles have a fond place in my memory as a very rare wimpy treat when on one of our holiday roadtrips as children. In my mother’s book it was definitely considered junk food, especially when paired with soft serve ice cream and maple flavoured syrup. I mean is any of that actual food?
Well, these are [...]
African Vanielje on Mar 18 2009 | Filed under: vkcb
If you do not have any sour cream, try substituting creme fraiche or even buttermilk, or put 1teaspoon white wine vinegar into a cup and top with 250ml milk. Allow this to stand and curdle, then use in place of the sour cream.
Cream 250g unsalted butter and 1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar, until pale [...]
African Vanielje on Jul 12 2008 | Filed under: bread, chocolate, vkcb
This is a very quick and easy loaf, enriched with a little butter and sugar and flavoured with cocoa powder and dark chocolate chips. It is not as sweet as you might think, and is delicious as toast or with cream cheese or mascarpone as a snack.
Sift 3 cups of organic strong white flour (bread [...]
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