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Category Archives: Sweet Stuff

the yummy things we like to have for dessert or with tea

Wholemeal banana & oat cookies

8 / 31 / 158 / 27 / 15

I’ve started to experiment with wholemeal flour, I’d like to switch everything I make to wholemeal. Here is one thing that turned out right on the first go…

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Wanjiru wa Drew: Mahamri / Mandazi

5 / 21 / 155 / 21 / 15

Also known as the african doughnut, this delightful little pastry is always a hit at tea time!

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Ice cream cake treat

11 / 30 / 147 / 20 / 15

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.

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Banana brownie cake

5 / 2 / 147 / 20 / 15

Sometimes you feel like experimenting and everything around you just works in your favour. Like neighbours bringing you stuff to work with… This is a must try in your home by the way, most especially if you have kids!

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Hubby bakes by proxy: Part 3 — the Bailey’s fruit cake with extra fruit!

8 / 15 / 127 / 7 / 15

More adventure from my fruitcake loving husband,…

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Hubby bakes by proxy: Part 2 — the ultimate fruit cake!

7 / 11 / 126 / 29 / 15

Here we go again! This time we put back the lemon grates and added a few other dried fruits…

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Hubby bakes by proxy: Part 1 — cake in raisins!

7 / 5 / 126 / 29 / 15

Sometimes he has ideas, here is one that I tried out. He loves those raisins in his cake…

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Raisin pancakes

6 / 28 / 126 / 19 / 15

This was inspired by a post I saw on another food blog. Some good local food blogs coming up (^_^)

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Cake, fruit and ice-cream: the all in one dessert!

3 / 30 / 126 / 4 / 15

I wanted to make this several weeks ago, but I kept forgetting to get a pineapple for it. When I did remember to get one there weren’t any good ones, or they were over priced! The pineapple I bought for 70/- last year is 120/- in the market today. Just wrong!

Moving on swiftly,…

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Layered chocolate and lemon cake

2 / 16 / 123 / 23 / 16

Pro-bakers will probably cringe at this post but you know what, it turned out fine, it was tasty despite my not using “proper methods” for this or that,… it’s just fun to experiment. Plus doesn’t it look awesome?

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Oatmeal raisin and chocolate cookies

2 / 13 / 126 / 2 / 15

Go on, have another cookie! (^_^)

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Oatmeal cherry cookies

2 / 6 / 125 / 30 / 15

The great thing about finding a recipe that works for me is it gives me freedom to experiment. Especially when it comes to simple things like cookies. Add this remove that, substitute this with that.

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Chocolate cake

2 / 3 / 125 / 30 / 15

I have been planning to try this chocolate cake recipe that I got from my mother for more than 3 months! It finally happened.

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Crepes and berries

1 / 26 / 125 / 30 / 15

It is as yummy as it looks in that photo. I would add a sprinkle of icing sugar for presentation if I was to do it again though.

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