Tag: baking

Swedish Cardamom Buns {Kardemummabullar}

Swedish Cardamom Buns {Kardemummabullar}

Please forgive me for this super delayed post. To say Working From Home got the better of me is an understatement. I’ve never been pre-occupied with work as much as I have since last year! I honestly miss going into the office and teaching students 

Cinnamon Swirl Loaf

Cinnamon Swirl Loaf

This cinnamon loaf is a quick bread as it uses bicarbonate of soda to rise. It literally is quick and not to mention really easy to make! The secret ingredient is Fair Cape Dairies Amasi, which they kindly sent to me.   Ingredients 2 cups 

“The Great Depression Cake”

“The Great Depression Cake”

This cake is also known as crazy cake, but I prefer the name “the Great Depression cake”, because it has no milk, butter or eggs and these ingredients were really scarce and expensive at the time. Its a quick and easy recipe, very straightforward. Everything 

Smartie & Oat Cookies

Smartie & Oat Cookies

Just like Neo, this cookie is The One. It’s a variation of my Choc Chip Cookies which would be great with oats too. There is less sugar to accommodate the sweetness of the smarties. Ingredients: makes 24 cookies 125g butter (1 cup), melted 1 egg 1/4 

Everything But The Kitchen Sink Cookies

Everything But The Kitchen Sink Cookies

Inspired by my favourite cookies from Woolworths, I love that you can just throw anything that you have into this mixture, making it a different cookie every time. It’s great if you want to use up small bits of leftover things like cranberries, coconut, seeds, 

Apple Pies

Apple Pies

I recently shared this recipe on a segment of Ramadan Whisk with Radio 786. If you would like to listen, click play here:   INGREDIENTS: 1 x roll puff pastry (I use Today Puff) 2 Apples Cinnamon for sprinkling Brown sugar Lemon Juice Egg or 

Sarah Graham’s Sugar & Gluten Free Banana Bread

Sarah Graham’s Sugar & Gluten Free Banana Bread

The month of October brought a lot of changes in the MHH household. I started the first month of P90X3 and hungrybae and I started eating a lot healthier. What do I mean by healthier? Well I started making salads every single day and paired 

Hummingbird Slice

Hummingbird Slice

I really wanted to bake something with pineapple and carrot and so my hunt for a cake/loaf/bread began. It ended once I found this Hummingbird Slice from Food To Love. I used fresh pineapple instead of tinned but make sure you squeeze out the excess 

Choc Chip Cookies

Choc Chip Cookies

It has occurred to me that in all the time I have had my blog, I’ve never made choc chip cookies. I like to bake but mostly muffins, cupcakes, banana bread loaves etc. as I find cookies to be “too much effort”. I put those 

Savoury Cheese & Spring Onion Scones

Savoury Cheese & Spring Onion Scones

I whipped these up on the morning of Eid for breakfast! These are such a nice change from sweet scones, serve them with caramelised onion or tomato jam and a variety of cheeses. INGREDIENTS: 225g self raising flour 1/2 tsp salt 50g butter 1 tsp