Mini Scones

I made these over the weekend, using my moms recipe. I have to admit they taste better when she makes them (of course!).
This recipe is quite a large one, I made half of it.

Full recipe before halving:

4 full cups of cake flour
6 tsp royal baking powder
¾  t bicarb
± ¾ cup sugar
½ pound butter
4 eggs
1 cup [...]

Chocolate nougat semi-freddo

I bought last month’s edition of the Essentials magazine as they had a bunch of recipes for the new season. I decided to try this dessert.

What you need:

385g condensed milk
300ml cream
100g nougat, chopped
1t vanilla extract
dark chocolate

Grease a small loaf tin with butter. Pour a 385g tin condensed milk into a bowl. In a separate bowl, [...]

Strawberry Frappe

I couldnt resist buying some strawberries from Woolworths. They were on special for the week, and the portion was increased, at no extra cost. I thought ok, am definitely getting some! I decided to make a frappe.
What you need

about 6 fresh strawberries
120ml milk
60ml cream
2T sugar
crushed ice – optional

Method

Wash and hull strawberries. Chop up roughly.
Place all [...]

Mini Muffins – 3 ingedients

I’ve made another one of these, the mini muffins. Although I dont know why it isn’t called mini cupcakes? So I decided it might look nice with a little decoration on top.
This is what you need:

1 cup self raising flour sifted
1 cup thickened cream, not whipped
3T sugar

Method:

Combine all ingredients and mix well.
Pour into mini muffin [...]

Scones – with 3 ingredients

A friend of mine sent me a bunch of recipes that require 3 ingredients (or less) to make. I thought, wow, how cool is that.
There were some baking stuff – scones, muffins and cakes. Also some main dishes – sweet and spicy chicken, baked fish (I think I might try that next) and Moroccan salmon.
I [...]