I reside in an area where eggless cakes and cookies are very very limited, so when I do come across a cookie that doesn’t contain eggs, I go made and buy an entire case. Take last week for example, I was randomly walk around in checkers looking at the cookies available when the Baumanns marie … Continue reading Marie biscuit delight

Yes, I am once again fully aware that I have been AWOL. What can I say, everyone in my circle is showing me that they can control me. From Eskom to work to friends, everyone wants a piece of Bobby and at the moment there is not enough Bobby to go around. I got sick … Continue reading Peanut butter blossom cookies

Wow, it has been a while since I have last posted on the blog. Sorry for being so scarce, life just crept up behind me and blindsided me. I had 2 family friends pass away within weeks of each other and our customs and traditions kept me baking for the entire month. I have never … Continue reading Almond and sesame shortbread rounds

A while back, my mother was into using jaggery. She wanted to learn how to make some sweetmeat, but the filling required you to use jaggery instead of normal brown sugar. So I went out and bought, jaggery powder and the solid block of jaggery and then my mother just didn’t want to try the … Continue reading Coconut atta biscuits

So I have been absent for a while from this blogging plate from. I have been trying to live in the present moment and not in the past or the futire and it has been a challenge to try and not think too far into the future and not to dwell on the past. I … Continue reading Eggless date rolls

What a week it has been. I know I know, I keep saying that, but seriously this has most likely been the most stressful week of my life. Last week, as most of you should have read about. I spent the better part of 2am trying to get the alternator on the generator to work … Continue reading Double choc fudge cookies

I have created monsters in the form of my parents. I have spoilt them so much that at every afternoon they demand that something be served with tea. Most days, I make something, or have something in the freezer to pop into the oven. I wish I was lucky like most people, that could just … Continue reading 1- Bowl chocolate chip cookies

With less than a month to go before Diwali 2020, I am starting to plan and practice making goodies. Practice makes perfect and seeing as I didn’t celebrate last year, this was supposed to be my return with a bang year. Well that was the plan and that is what I thought would happen. But … Continue reading Burfee biscuits

These past few weeks have been draining, with prayers every other weekend. The just isn’t time to stand and bake and of course I have been 100% lazy. This also means that are no groceries in the pantry and no food in the fridge. Everything is either last minute throw together or take away. I … Continue reading Banana and walnut cookies

The past week has been a week from hell. Actually I lie, the past couple of months have been like this in our hometown. I haven’t had running water all week, apparently our dams are running low and the valve the feeds water into our town is faulty and then there is load shedding and … Continue reading Vanilla kipferl