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APRICOT & ORANGE BLOSSOM SORBET RECIPE

APRICOT & ORANGE BLOSSOM SORBET RECIPE

I have incredible sponsors (HOMECHOICE) who give me great kitchen items to play with and test out in my home kitchen. Their ice cream maker is their best item i have laid my hands on to date. Yet the poor machine has been sitting in my kitchen for almost more than a month, neglected, but [...]

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LITTLE LEMON & LIME SYRUP CAKE RECIPE

LITTLE LEMON & LIME SYRUP CAKE RECIPE

It’s been a while since i have knocked a batch of these babies out. Back in the day when i was producing baked goods “on tap” for a little cafe in the sweetest (& snootiest ) neighbourhood  - tucked away in the leafy southern suburbs of Cape Town, this was a regular feature on the [...]

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TIRAMISU RECIPE

TIRAMISU RECIPE

This isn’t technically a Tiramisu. Whoever might be the originator of this ever popular dessert would be turning in their grave at the mere association between this recipe and their traditional work of gastronomic art. But, like most things in life things change and morph with time and adapt according to taste and what ingredients [...]

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CHOCOLATE FRIDGE-CAKE BARS RECIPE

CHOCOLATE FRIDGE-CAKE BARS RECIPE

My sugar coated youth came flooding back to me as i resurrected the recipe for these super easy chocolate treats. If memory serves me correctly, the recipe comes from one of my best friend’s of the time. I must have made these sweet bars about a thousand times back then and as i entered into [...]

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PASTEIS DE NATA :  THE BEST IN CAPE TOWN & A RECIPE

PASTEIS DE NATA : THE BEST IN CAPE TOWN & A RECIPE

It all started at 8am on a Monday morning with a simple agenda to go and taste ( supposedly ) the most authentic Pasteis de nata this side of Belem, Portugal (the home of this famous pastry.) Ultimately a custard tart, but when fresh out the oven with a superior flaky crust and vanilla but [...]

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