This weekend was the birthday party for two friends of ours who got married just over a year ago. I made them these magnets as part of their wedding gift. Now these were for their birthdays: 1/2 cup butter 1/3 cup sugar 1 1/4 cups flour 1/2 tsp vanilla essence1/2 tsp baking powder Icing sugarLemon juice/cocoa &…
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Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns // recipe
Yes, this is my second chocolate chip recipe post. I like chocolate. A lot. So, in the Easter spirit, here is my hot cross bun recipe, with a yummy twist. I used the bread machine that I got for my 21st (Mellerware Ma-baker). It works very well, but the recipe book/instruction manual doesn’t work quite…
Rainbow cake with crystal white icing // recipe
Last weekend was my 21st birthday party. The theme: black and white with a splash of bright. Being a sweet-toothed girl, my focus was on the puddings. I made two batches of cake and did three colours (South African spelling) in each batch. A good gel food colouring gives a nice bright colour. For 1…
Chocolate chip chelsea buns //recipe
I like chocolate. I like chelsea buns. Why not put them together? 300g cake flour (625ml) 2ml salt 50ml castor sugar 10g instant dry yeast 60g margarine 50ml lukewarm milk 1 large egg, beaten 100ml lukewarm water filling: 60g margarine (can get away with cutting down on this) 50ml castor sugar 5ml cinnamon 75g chocolate…