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Tipsy tart

250g dates, pitted
1tsp bicarb
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup Butter
3/4 brown sugar (light)
2 XL eggies
1tsp Vanilla Essence
1 1/2 cup Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
Pinch of salt, just a bietjie.
1/2 cups pecans

For the Sauce
1cup light brown sugar
1cup Boiling water
1TBS Butter
1/2 Cup Brandy + n bietjie vir liefde 😋
1 tsp vanilla, yes twice!


  1. Preheat Oven to 180 degrees.
  2.  Add the pitted dates, Bicarb and a cup of boiling water together. Let it stand for about 10mins.
  3. Cream the butter and the sugar and eggies until light and fluffy.
  4. Mix in the Vanilla Essence
  5. Add the dries to the wets (including the pitted dates mix) and fold it all together and pour into a lightly buttered oven dish.
  6. Bake for about 60 mins, depending on your oven of course! Let’s say 50-60 mins.
  7. Please keep an eye on it, it bakes very dark but obvs have to be spongy
Vir die skop:
  1. Add all the sauce ingredients to a pot and cook until the sugar is dissolved.
  2. Poke holes into the baked pudding and pour the sauce over
Shared by Michelle

Black Forest Trifle

  • Chocolate Cake
  • 100 g Sugar
  • 100 ml Cherry juice
  • Juice of on Lemon
  • 500 g Berries (frozen)
  • 500 g Cream
  • 2 packets of Vanilla sugar
  • Chocolate shavings for decoration
  1. Boil the Frozen berries, sugar, cherry and lemon juice together until it becomes thicker. Let it cool
  2. Beat the cream and vanilla sugar until the cream is still
  3. Cut the chocolate cake in think slices or break it into pieces
  4. Layer the cake, berry mix and cream in a glass bowl. Top with chocolate shavings or fresh berries
Notes:
You can sprinkle the cake with sherry or Cherry liquor.
You add a layer of Chocolate mousse or Chocolate custard.
You can add a layer of red jelly.
You can add a dash of Amarula or Bailys to the cream. 

Christmas Fruit Cake

Everyone has their favourite recipe. I find this one on the Sarie website very good with step-by-step instructions and photos. The recipe is in Afrikaans.

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Christmas 2021

Soetkoekies

  1. 180 g botter
  2. 200g strooisuiker
  3. 10ml
    vanieljegeursel
  4. 1 eier
  5. 240g koekmeel
  6. 2.5ml bakpoeier
  7. 2.5ml sout
  1. Voorverhit oond tot 180° Celsius
  2. Voer n baklplaat uit met bakpapier
  3. Verroom die botter en suiker saam tot lig en donsig
  4. Voeg die eier en vanieljegeursel by en klits tot goed gemeng
  5. Voeg die droe bestandele by (Koekmeel, bakpoeier en sout)
  6. Meng goed deur
  7. Maak balletjies, sit op bakplaat en druk plat met vurk 

Ginger Biscuits

  1. 125 ml Butter
  2. 1 Egg
  3. 250 ml Sugar
  4. 5 ml Baking Soda
  5. 35ml Milk
  6. 125 ml Golden Syrup
  7. 750 ml Cake Flour
  8. 15 ml Ground Ginger
  9. 2 ml Salt
  1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and grease the baking sheet. 
  2. Melt the butter and stir in the golden syrup.
  3. Allow butter and syrup mixture to cool.
  4. Beat in the egg.
  5. Sift the dry ingredients together and stir alternately with the milk in the syrup mixture.
  6. Refrigerate thoroughly until stiff enough to form.
  7. Form small balls and place them on the baking sheet.
  8. Press them slightly flat with a fork.
  9.  Bake for about 10 minutes until lightly browned.

From “Onthou jy nog” by Anna Eksteen

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