South African Foods

Cinnabons Cinnamon Rolls – a cinnabon copycat recipe, about the closest you’ll get to the real thing. Super easy to make.

Do not adjust your sets - you haven't tuned into the wrong blog. Its still culinarily challenged me but this pie was so amazingly delish I had to share it. We had a chance encounter with its gooey yumminess in Africa. Luckily the camp manager was nice enough to share the recipe. I've made a few slight adjustments to account for American markets. Meet Banoffe "Danger" Pie. Ban for banana + offee for toffee = Banoffe pie. If you are like me, you've never heard the term 'banoffee', no less…

This is a very unique cake. A magic custard cake begins pretty much with a basic cake batter and transforms it literally into a magical cake with a custard layer. If you love any sort of custard or flan, then this cake it for you!!!! Magic Custard Cake Ingredients: 4 eggs (whites separated from yolks), …

The menu at Woolworth's had so many simple, yet amazingly delicious dishes and desserts to offer! One of the desserts I can remember was the Woolworths Cheesecake!

Favourite South African Recipes :: Cheese-scones

African Pancakes — a comforting, rich, tender and tasty pancakes that are a cross between crepe and American pancakes. A great make ahead breakfast topped with either butter, syrup or cinnamon sugar! Not a Week goes by, in my household ,without making these tender pancakes – they are my son’s favorite breakfast. Who am I kidding, ... View More

I am not entirely sure how to describe these little morsels – think doughnut minus the hole and without the sweet topping; yip, that is about right, well sort of. Vetkoek is a proudly South A…

The Impossible Pie. This is an old South African recipe, a family favourite, and it couldn’t be easier! Ingredients: ½ cup flour ½ tsp baking powder 1 cup coconut Pinch of salt 1 cup of sugar 1 tsp vanilla essence 5 tbsp soft butter 2 cups milk 4 eggs How to: Place all the ingredients into a mixing bowl or processor, blend until very well mixed and creamy, at least 3 minutes. Pour into a greased pie dish and bake at 180°C for about an hour, until golden brown and crispy. When done, the pie…

Make a boerewors roll with a twist: add Pronto Mama Original with crispy chips. Great while watching the rugby with an ice-cold beer.

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Quick, Before the End of Tomato Season! Several weeks ago I made a recipe for tomato chutney from Atul Kochhar's Indian Essence Cookbo...

If you grew up in the 80’s and 90’s, your mum, aunt or gran probably had one of these babies. A jaffel pan.From as far back as I can remember of my early childhood, memories of these handy bread toasters linger in my mind. Reels of images from every church bazaar and fete since I was three, showcasing what seems to have been every woman in church baking pancakes, selling trifles and making Jaffels.It seems to be a good old South African treat, and by combining your favorite filling…

Eat like Japanese, Deep fried Panko crumbed calamari rings with Wasabi mayonnaise recipe

Erfenisdag is om die draai en talle Suid-Afrikaners sal weer die braaivleisvure hiervoor aansteek. Liezel de Lange het ’n paar buitelugkookboeke gaan bekyk vir nuwe (en ou geliefkoosde) idees.