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Cakes, Dessert

Custard Bundt Cake

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup of vanilla flavoured custard
  2. 1/3 cup of milk
  3. 1 egg
  4. 1/2 cup of butter
  5. 3/4 cup of sugar
  6. 1 1/2 cup of flour
  7. 1 teaspoon of baking powder

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Mix the custard and milk and set aside.
  3. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
  4. Add the egg and whisk well.
  5. Add the custard mixture and mix.
  6. Add flour and baking powder and mix.
  7. Pour the batter into a greased and floured bundt cake pan and bake for 45 minutes.
  8. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
  9. Remove from the pan and cool completely.
  10. Glaze as you wish.
  11. Serve with warm custard.
  12. Enjoy.

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Cakes, Events

Birthday Sheet Cake

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup of butter
  2. 1 ½ cup of sugar
  3. 3 large eggs
  4. 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  5. 1 ½ cup of milk
  6. 2⅓ cups of flour
  7. 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder

For frosting

  1. Butter
  2. Milk
  3. Icing sugar
  4. Vanilla essence
  5. Sprinkles

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
  3. Add eggs, one at a time and mix.
  4. Add vanilla.
  5. Add half the milk and four and mix.
  6. Add the remaining milk and flour and mix
  7. Pour into a greased sheet pan and bake for 35-40 minutes.
  8. Remove from the oven and cool completely on a wire rack.
  9. Prepare the frosting and cover the cake and decorate as you wish.
  10. Enjoy.
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Cakes

Blueberry and Peach Coffee Cake

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Ingredients

  1. 1 cup blueberries
  2. 1 can peach slices in syrup
  3. ½ cup condense milk
  4. ½ cup butter milk
  5. ½ cup syrup from the peaches
  6. 3 eggs
  7. 2 teaspoon vanilla
  8. ¾ cup butter
  9. 2 ½ cups flour
  10. ½ cup sugar
  11. ½ teaspoon baking powder
  12. 1 teaspoon baking soda

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Directions

  1. In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda).
  2. In a separate bowl, mix the wet ingredients (butter, eggs, vanilla, buttermilk, condense milk, syrup).
  3. Gently fold in the blueberries.
  4. Pour the batter into two greased or lined pans.
  5. Arrange the peach slices on top and scatter the remaining blueberries.
  6. For variation, you can also add a crumble top.
  7. Bake in a 180°C preheated oven for 30-35 minutes.
  8. Remove from the oven and cool completely in the pan.
  9. Enjoy.

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Bread, Cakes, Loafs

Lemon Blueberry Yogurt Cake

Lemon Blueberry Yogurt Cake

Ingredients

  1. Juice of 1 lemon
  2. Zest of 1 lemon
  3. 2 teaspoon Lemon essence
  4. 1 cup blueberries
  5. 1 cup Greek yogurt
  6. ½ milk
  7. 2 eggs
  8. ½ teaspoon vanilla
  9. ½ cup butter
  10. 1 cup sugar
  11. 2 ½ cups flour plus extra to coat blueberries
  12. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  13. ½ teaspoon baking powder

Glaze

  1. ½ cup icing sugar
  2. 1 teaspoon yogurt
  3. 1 teaspoon lemon juice

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Directions

  1. Mix all the dry ingredients and set aside.
  2. Coat the blueberries with flour and set aside.
  3. Whisk butter; add eggs and vanilla and whisk.
  4. Add yogurt and mix.
  5. Add lemon juice, lemon zest and lemon essence and mix.
  6. Add the dry ingredients and milk alternating and mix.
  7. Gently fold in the blueberries.
  8. Pour into lined loaf pans and bake in a 175°C preheated oven and bake for 45-50 minutes.
  9. Remove from the oven and cool slightly before removing from the pan and cooking completely on a wire rack.
  10. Prepare the glaze and glaze the cake.
  11. Enjoy.

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Cakes

Pumpkin Bundt Cake

pumpkin bundt cake

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup pumpkin puree
  2. 1 ½ cups sugar
  3. 2/3 cup butter
  4. 2 eggs
  5. 1 teaspoon vanilla
  6. ½ cup milk
  7. 1 ½ cups flour
  8. ½ teaspoon baking powder
  9. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  10. 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  11. ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  12. ¼ teaspoon cloves
  13. ¼ teaspoon ginger
  14. A pinch of salt

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Directions

  1. In a bowl, mix all the dry ingredients and set aside.
  2. In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar, then add eggs and vanilla and mix.
  3. Add pumpkin puree and mix.
  4. Add the flour mixture and milk alternatively and mix.
  5. Pour into a greased Bundt cake pan and bake for 35-40 minutes in a preheated oven
  6. Remove from the oven and cook for a few minutes before removing from the pan and cooling completely on a wire rack.
  7. Finish off with icing sugar glaze.
  8. Enjoy.

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