Baking

Baking, Cakes

chocolate coconut squares recipe

Chocolate Coconut squares are an all chocolate version of  popular lamingtons. They are made with coconut on the inside and out. A soft chocolate cake covered with chocolate icing then topped with desiccated coconut. For a more decadent version dip in melted chocolate like my lamington sandwiches. This recipe uses […]

Baking

melting moments biscuit recipe

Melting moments were a popular Diwali biscuit, growing up in South Africa. Like their name implies, they literally melt in the mouth. Amma made them with dots of jam, but they also appear in various forms, sometimes rolled into balls then flattened with a fork, like custard biscuits or topped […]

Baking, Cakes

easy lamingtons with jam recipe

Lamingtons are traditionally a plain sponge cake dipped in a sweet cocoa and coated in desiccated coconut. This lamington recipe is an easy alternative to the traditional one. It sandwiches two layers of sponge cake with raspberry jam and is dipped in melted dark chocolate and coated in desiccated coconut. […]

Baking, Biscuits

danish coconut butter cookies recipe

Danish Butter Cookies, humble in their appearance, round, rectangular, in rings or pretzel shaped and stacked in their iconic muffin cups, are considered one of the most loved cookies in the world. Famous as they may be in the world, at home, in Denmark they are often preferred homemade. Homemade […]