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Cookies

Gingerbread Cookies

Gingerbread cookies

Ingredients

  1. 1 ¾ cup flour
  2. 1 teaspoon baking powder
  3. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  4. ½ cup dark brown sugar
  5. 2 teaspoon ginger
  6. 1 teaspoon allspice
  7. 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  8. 1 teaspoon cloves
  9. 1/3 cup butter, room temperature
  10. 1/3 cup syrup
  11. 1 egg
  12. ½ teaspoon vanilla

gingerbread cookies ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix all the dry ingredients.
  2. In a separate bowl, mix all the wet ingredients and add in the dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
  3. Cover with plastic cling and refrigerate for an hour.
  4. Preheat the oven to 175°C.
  5. Roll out the dough to your preferred thickness.
  6. Cut out some shapes with cookie cutters and place on a parchment paper lined baking try.
  7. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
  8. Cool and decorate if desired.
  9. Enjoy.

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Cakes

Christmas Fruit Cake

christmas fruit cake

Ingredients

  1. 2 cups festive cake mix
  2. Chopped glacé cherries
  3. ½ cup crushed pineapple
  4. ¾ cup butter
  5. ¾ cup dark brown sugar
  6. 2 eggs
  7. 1/3 cup festive cake mix soaking water
  8. ¼ pineapple syrup
  9. 1 teaspoon vanilla
  10. 2 ⅓ cup self-raising flour
  11. 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  12. ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  13. ½ teaspoon clove
  14. ½ teaspoon ginger
  15. ½ teaspoon baking soda

christmas fruit cake ingredients

Syrup

  1. 1 cup brown sugar
  2. ½ cup butter
  3. ½ teaspoon vanilla

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 175°C.
  2. Soak the festive cake mix for about an hour.
  3. Mix all the dry ingredients (flour, spices and baking soda) and set aside.
  4. In a mixing bowl, add butter, sugar, eggs vanilla and mix.
  5. Add in the flour mixture alternating with soaking water and pineapple syrup and mix well.
  6. Add in the festive cake mix, glacé cherries and pineapple and mix well but do not over mix.
  7. Pour into greased or parchment paper lined pans and bake for 40-45 minutes for medium pans and 35-40 minutes for small pans. Makes 2 medium or 4 small cakes.
  8. In the meantime, prepare the syrup, recipe here and you may add liqueur.
  9. Remove from the oven and cool slightly.
  10. Poke the cake and pour the syrup over the top while the cake is still in the pan.
  11. Cool completely before remove from the pan.
  12. Enjoy.

christmas fruit cake steps

 

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Bread

Festive Banana Bread

Festive banana bread

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup festive cake mix
  2. 1 cup mashed bananas
  3. ½ cup butter
  4. 1 egg
  5. 1/8 cup yoghurt
  6. ½ cup water
  7. ½ cup sugar
  8. 1 ½ cup self-raising flour
  9. ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  10. ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  11. ¼ teaspoon ginger
  12. ¼ teaspoon baking soda

Festive banana bread ingredients

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, add the festive cake mix and water and soak for at least 10 minutes, drain out and save the water for later.
  2. Mix all the dry ingredients together.
  3. In a mixing bowl, mix all the wet ingredients except the mashed bananas and festive cake mix.
  4. Add in the dry ingredients and mix well.
  5. Add in the mashed bananas and festive cake mix and mix well.
  6. Pour the batter into a greased or parchment paper lined loaf pan.
  7. Bake for 35-40 minutes.
  8. Remove from the oven and cool for a few minutes before removing from the pan and cooling completely on wire rack.
  9. Enjoy.

Festive banana bread steps

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Dessert, Quick and Easy Eats

Festive Apple Crumble

Festive apple crumble

Ingredients

  1. 6-7 small apples
  2. 1 cup festive cake mix
  3. ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  4. 1-2 tablespoon sugar

testive apple crumble apples

festive apple crumble pecans mix

Crumble

  1. ¾ cup flour
  2. ½ cup oats
  3. ⅓ cup sugar
  4. ½ cup butter
  5. A couple of pecans

festive apple crumble flour

testive apple crumble butter

festive apple crumble oats

Directions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 190°C.
  2. Soak the festive cake mix for about 10 minutes.
  3. Peel, core and cut the apples into large chunks.
  4. In a mixing bowl add the apple chunks, cinnamon, sugar and festive cake mix.
  5. In another mixing bowl, mix the flour, oats, and sugar then mix in the butter to form the crumble.
  6. Pour the apple mixture into a pie dish.
  7. Sprinkle the crumble over the top and press down slightly.
  8. Top with pecans and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
  9. Remove from the oven and cool slightly.
  10. Serve with ice-cream, custard or whipped cream.
  11. Enjoy.

festive apple crumle apple peel

festive apple crumble mix

festive apple curmble mix bowl

namfoodie festive apple crumble

 

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Cakes, Cupcakes

Red Velvet Cupcakes

red velvet cupcakes

 

red velvet cupcakes NamFoodie

 

red velvet cupcake

Ingredients

  1. 2 cups sugar
  2. ¾ cup butter
  3. 3 large eggs
  4. 2 teaspoon vanilla
  5. 3 teaspoon red food colouring
  6. 2 teaspoon cocoa powder
  7. 3 cups self-raising flour
  8. 1 cup buttermilk
  9. 1 teaspoon baking soda
  10. 1 ½ teaspoon white vinegar
  11. A pinch of salt

Red velvet cupcakes ingredients

Red velvet cupcakes sugar butter

Red velvet cupcakes flour baking soda

Frosting

  1. Cream cheese
  2. Butter
  3. Icing sugar
  4. Sprinkles

Directions

  1. Mix butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs, one at a time and mix well.
  2. Add vanilla extract.
  3. Mix the cocoa powder and red food colouring to form a paste and add to the batter and mix well.
  4. Add the salt to the flour.
  5. Sieve in the flour  and add in the buttermilk alternatively and mix until smooth.
  6. Mix the vinegar and baking soda and let a few bubbles out and add to the batter and mix well.
  7. Add the batter into a lined muffin pan and bake for 18-20 minutes or when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  8. Let cool for a few minutes before removing from pan to cool completely on a wire rack.
  9. Prepare the frosting and frost a desired.
  10. Decorate with sprinkles.
  11. Enjoy.

Red velvet cupcakes sugar butter mix

Red velvet cupcakes red paste

red velvet cupcakes batter

red velvet cupcakes batter flour

red velvet cupcakes pan

 

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