Tag Archives: kid friendly baking

Best Vanilla Cupcake

An all time favourite for kiddies parties are cupcakes, simply because the decorative options are endless and can be adapted to any theme.

I’ve made A LOT of cupcakes in my lifetime and this has by far been the best recipe! Quick and easy to make and just the perfect crumb texture and moistness – nothing worse than a dense and heavy cupcake!

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Roasted Banana Muffins

I’m sure many of you are just as shocked at how quickly this year is flying by, I mean good heavens, it’s February already?!

With my daughters growing up, equally as fast, I’ve been including them in most of my baking sessions, which has been fun, adorable, messy and oh my does it test my patience 🙂

One evening as a fun activity to do with my eldest, I decided to make these Roasted Banana Muffins. They are serious banana muffins, which purely derives from the delicious roasting process – you will love the smell that will be wafting through your house…absolutely divine! Continue reading

Doughnuts

Doughnuts…warm, soft and smothered in chocolate…this is definitely one of life’s greatest pleasures.

The doughnut culture has also recently fast tracked in South Africa, with the major names like Dunkin Doughnuts and Krispy Kreme and quite a few independent stores popping up all over the country.

This is the first time I attempted to make doughnuts and I will definitely keep experimenting with New recipes and variations because this like cookies is dependent on what your preference is, i.e. soft or doughy, etc. 

Ingredients

Recipe credit: Indian Delights

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 1 cup buttermilk/yoghurt
  • 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp nutmeg (optional)

Method:

  • Beat the eggs until frothy
  • Add the sugar, butter and buttermilk/yoghurt and beat well
  • In a separate bowl, sift the dry ingredients and slowly add to batter, mixing well.
  • Adjust the flour and liquid if required
  • Roll out the dough and press out into desired doughnut shape
  • Fry the doughnuts in deep, hot oil
  • Strain doughnuts once removed from oil on a paper towel
  • Decorate as desired: I coated the top with a milk chocolate ganache and sprinkles for the kids ofcourse 🙂 enjoy!

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