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Cakes

Festive Amarula and fruit cake

Amarula fuit cake

fruit cake mix

Inspiration for this recipe came with my cake mix from food lover’s market.

amarula and cake mix

ingredients fuit cake

Ingredients

  1. 1/3 cup,  Amarula liqueur
  2. 2 cups, festive cake mix
  3. ½ cup, dark brown sugar
  4. ½ cup, butter
  5. 1 cup, water
  6. 1 cup flour
  7. 1 egg, lightly beaten
  8. ½ teaspoon, baking soda
  9. ½ teaspoon, cinnamon
  10. 1/3 teaspoon, ginger
  11. 1/3 teaspoon, nutmeg

cooked mixture

cake mix flour

Directions

  1. On medium heat, add water, sugar and butter into the pot and bring to a boil.
  2. Add the cake mix and cook for 15 minutes.
  3. Remove from the heat and cool completely.
  4. Preheat the oven at 160° Celsius.
  5. Pour the cooked mixture into a mixing bowl.
  6. Add in the spices and baking soda and mix.
  7. Add flour and mix.
  8. Add the liqueur and mix.
  9. Pour the batter into a greased cake pan and bake for 1 hour.
  10. Remove from the oven and cool for about 10 minutes.
  11. Remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
  12. Dust with icing sugar or decorate with dried fruits.
  13. I made two small cakes with this batter; it can also make one regular sized cake.
  14. Enjoy.

cake pan

Namfoodie amarula cake

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Cookies, Quick and Easy Eats

Christmas Cookies

Christmas cookies cookie decorating

Ingredients

  1. Ready-made cookie dough
  2. Cookie cutters
  3. Rolling pin
  4. Flour

cookie cutters cookie dough cut

Frosting/decorating

  1. Icing sugar
  2. Red and green food coloring
  3. 3 teaspoon of milk

cookie docorating christmas cooking docorating

Directions

  1. Take the dough out of the freezer and let it defrost for between 1-2 hours.
  2. Slightly spread the dough with your hands on a flat surface dusted with some flour.
  3. Dust the rolling pin with flour and roll the dough out. Do not roll too thinly.
  4. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters, place on a baking tray and bake for about 10 minutes.
  5. Remove for the tray and let cool completely.
  6. Mix the icing sugar with milk and divide into three parts. Leave one part white and add red food coloring to one part and green to the other.
  7. Decorate as you wish.
  8. Enjoy.

cookies cut cookies

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Pasta, Quick and Easy Eats

Avocado Pasta

avocado pasta namfoodie avocado paste pasta

Ingredients

  1. Pasta of your choice
  2. 1 Avocado
  3. ¼ cup cottage or cream cheese
  4. 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  5. 3 tablespoon olive oil
  6. 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
  7. Salt and pepper to taste

Avocado Pasta ingredients Pasta olive oil

Directions

  1. Cook the pasta to your liking.
  2. Peel and mash the avocado, it does not have to be finely mashed.
  3. Add the pasta to a mixing bowl and drizzle with olive oil.
  4. Add avocado, cottage/cream cheese, lemon juice, salt and pepper and mix well.
  5. Serves 2.
  6. Enjoy.

Avocado paste pasta avocado

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Christmas Cake

christmas cake christmas cake cut

Ingredients

  1. 2 cups of flour
  2. 1 cup butter at room temperature
  3. 2 eggs
  4. ½ cup of milk
  5. ½ teaspoon vanilla
  6. ½ cup Glace cherries(red and green), chopped
  7. 3 tablespoons of liqueur

christmas cake ingredients christmas cake batter

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven at 180° Celsius.
  2. In a mixing bowl, add butter and sugar and mix.
  3. Add eggs and vanilla and whisk/or use an electric mixer.
  4. Add flour and milk in two increments and mix.
  5. Add in the liqueur and cherries and mix with a spatula.
  6. Pour the batter into a greased and dusted pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  7.  Cool on the wire rack for about 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and let it cool completely.
  8. Enjoy.
  9. Inspiration for this recipe came from myfavouritepastime.com.

christmas cake batter cherries christmas cake batter pan

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Breakfast, Quick and Easy Eats

Banana Smoothie

banana smoothie top banana smoothie

Ingredients

  1. 2 bananas
  2. ½ cup greek yogurt
  3. ½ milk
  4. A handful of seeds(use any seeds of your choice)

Directions

banana seeds banana seeds yogurt blender

  1. Add all the ingredients into the blender.
  2. Blend on low setting until well blended. Do not over blend; you want it to be textured and thick instead of very smooth and liquidy.
  3. Enjoy.

banana smoothie blender banana smoothie jar

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