These cupcakes are pretty easy to make and yes, they do taste as good as they look 😀 Growing up, my mum used to bake an apple cake for us every now and then and I would watch and learn as she did them. I decided to make cupcakes using […]
Baking
Simple Banana and chocolate cake (for tea or dessert)
Initially, I had set out to do a chocolate cake then as I had just finished mixing the batter, I thought to myself “why not add some bananas and make this a banana and chocolate cake?” So that’s exactly what I ended up doing and those whom I served this […]
Steak and Kidney pie (step-by-step)
Steak and kidney is a good combination of meat and this pie works great for lunch or supper. The smaller versions of this pie reminds of my early high school days. This together with chicken pie topped the list of my favorite pies. It’s a good treat for yourself, your […]
Crumpets (delicate cousin of mafatty)
My mom used to make these for breakfast when we were growing up. I have named them crumpets – the delicate cousin of mafatty (fat cook) because when you cook them properly and break them in half they should be light, fluffy, and feathery unlike mafatty which tend to be […]
Scrumptious Vanilla cake (made with brown sugar)
This recipe was handed down to me from my mother when I was 10 years old. Back then I made it together with her and the recipe has since stuck with me. I have made it for so many people who have all brought back the same report “it’s very […]
How to make butter cream icing
Of all the cake frosting, butter cream is one of the easiest to do. Not forgetting fresh cream frosting or icing which I would say is at the top of my list of easy cake frosting. You can use butter cream icing not only on cakes but on muffins, cup […]
How to make fresh cream frosting (whipped cream)
Fresh cream frosting also known as whipped cream has in the past few years become the preferred icing on cakes and confectioneries over butter cream icing. Not that there is anything wrong with butter cream icing but fresh cream frosting gives a cake, cupcake or muffin a certain type of […]
Banana and lemon muffins
This is yet again another one of my experimental recipes. You can’t go wrong with banana batter when baking. This also happens to be an opportunity to tell that bananas are a great source of potassium which among other things helps to regulate your blood pressure. So this is one […]