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amarula spoons – simple seduction spoon by tempting spoon
Amarula, dark chocolate, almonds, pears … These ingredients are the shortest route to seducing my husband in the foodie sense, taste bud for taste bud. I wanted to make something that he could pop into...
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baked fruit salad
by lifeisazoobiscuit.com I felt like a fruit salad the other day but because it was freezing cold and wintery outside I did not feel like cold fruit. I decided then and there to make a baked fruit...
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rice pudding with caramel sauce + pistachio nuts = for dad
If I had to ask my father what pudding he would like me to make for him he always had the same reply – rice pudding with caramel sauce … *i miss him so much* … This was his ultimate favourite dessert...
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strawberry + pomegranate carpaccio with fennel infused watermelon sorbet
{watermelons² #squared} Did you know that the Japanese grow square watermelons since the early 2000’s? Space is a priority in Japan so the farmers have cultivated these square-shaped watermelons in...
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robben island #christmas cake
{honour + understanding} I was so honoured when Expresso asked me to demonstrate the Robben Island Christmas Cake on the day that Cape Town are going to have a memorial service. After reading this...
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macerated cherries with crème fraiche for the new year
{2013 roller coaster} What a year 2013 was? It was like one of those runaway roller coaster rides that takes you to the highest of highs and lowest of lows and as it winds its way to the end of its...
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rick’s flourless chocolate pots and the beer … make it or fake it…
A weekend away with my wonderful foodie friends is always full of culinary adventures. A recent getaway was no exception. My dear hubby was commissioned to make a dessert for supper one evening. He...
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peanut butter + rice krispies blocks in just 6 minutes = #microwave magic
Inspired by my friend Herman Lensing’s article in die Sarie recently I decided to make something in my microwave. Life is just so fast these days that I think we need to relook this genius kitchen...
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cinnamon #pancakes
{my childhood food festival} Every year in the small town of Wepener in the Free State where I grew up there was always a big farm show. For all the “tannies en omies” in the district and surrounding...
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one minute #banoffee pies
{my front teeth for anything caramel} Everyone who knows me well, knows that I would swap my front teeth for any dish that has caramel in. Whether it is the old favourite; the peppermint fridge tart...
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rainbow blueberry #cheesecake
I always wanted to make this blueberry cheesecake from No-Bake baking, however I have always had a fear or should we rather say trepidation when it comes to working with gelatine and ended up never...
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red velvet #fig cupcakes for my #valentine
If there ever was anyone who knew how to lure a man, it would have to been the exotic and ever-seductive Cleopatra, the historic queen of Egypt. Let’s face it, she knew a thing or two about casting...
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fruit + vegetable salad with white chocolate mousse
I was introduced to this extraordinary fruit and vegetable salad with white chocolate mousse this past week by Italian chef, Leonardo Vescera at the glamorous Ga Gemma Dell’ Est Hotel in Zanzibar....
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black #figs dipped in chocolate and pistachios
I am fig crazy at the moment and my favourite are these voluptuous plump black figs. They are so beautiful, so sweet and so sexy! My friend Diana brought me a whole box the other day … So, I melted...
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my pantone 2016 cloud cake
Each year I wait in anticipation to see what the Pantone Colour of the Year will be. This year they surprised us and went with two amazing colours … Rose Quartz and Serenity. I love the soft colours...
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chef tjaart’s apple + cranberry pie
Photograph: Anel PotgieterThe other day I spent a wonderful morning with the uber talented Chef Tjaart Walraven, judge of the Great South African Bake-Off. We made this easy and delicious apple and...
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