Category Archives: Sweet Stuff
the yummy things we like to have for dessert or with tea
Wanjiru wa Drew: Mahamri / Mandazi
Ice cream cake treat
Ice cream and icy treats are such a wonderful invention! Especially for a hot summer day, better than sliced bread in my book, and they keep getting better and better. There are so many inventive ways to make and have them. As the hot season is kicking in, here’s an awesome idea for you to surprise your family with.
Banana brownie cake
Hubby bakes by proxy: Part 3 — the Bailey’s fruit cake with extra fruit!
Hubby bakes by proxy: Part 2 — the ultimate fruit cake!
Hubby bakes by proxy: Part 1 — cake in raisins!
Raisin pancakes
Cake, fruit and ice-cream: the all in one dessert!
Layered chocolate and lemon cake
Oatmeal raisin and chocolate cookies
Oatmeal cherry cookies
Chocolate cake
Crepes and berries
Chocolate chip scones
Pancakes — Breakfast for dinner!
Rosemary scones
Rosemary morning!
Drop scones
Tuesday dinner 1: Carrot, zucchini and sultana nut cake!
Rocky raisin almond cookies!
Oatmeal raisin cookies
This is the first time I’m making cookies since I was in high school! There’s a recipe my mother has that was super easy (no, this is not that one), I would prepare the dough and store it in the fridge, then roll it out in portions every morning to make a fresh batch for snacktime for me and my siblings. But that was a long time ago…
Cake for the Maasai Morans
Cake sandwich with chocolate icing!
Yummies from Mama!
Raisin scones
Easy scones
I’ve been wanting to make scones for while now so I’ve looked at many recipes online. I wanted them for breakfast so the preparation and cooking time had to be supper short. I finally found one on the Once Upon A Chef website. I didn’t have some of her ingredients but I liked how quick and simple it was.… Read More
Lemon cake
Banana-raisin cake
Adding raisins is an easy way to freshen up an old cake recipe. If you have a recipe that you make often and you just want to change things up a bit, throw in a handful of raisins. I do reccomend soaking them in something ahead of time, even if it’s not alcohol, I might even steam them a little, just so they’re not so dry.