Chocolate Mousse Cake by Nina Timm

Making a proper Chocolate Mousse Cake requires skill, patience and lots of time, right? Wrong!!! Let me explain! To make a proper Chocolate Mousse cake you need to make all the different components such as the cake layers, the cocoa cream, the mousse filling and then last but not least the chocolate ganache. Phew, I am tired just…

Basic Baked custard by Peter Brown

A tasty, simple and inexpensive dessert that can be made with a wide range of flavours and served with many different additions. Some of the delicious flavour options include sago custard, caramel custard, coffee custard, chocolate custard and coconut custard, all of which can be accompanied by just about anything one can think of:…

Malva Pudding by Grant Loney

Malva Pudding is a classic South African Food dish, that origionally comes from the Dutch, it is a sweet pudding, which is usually served hot with sauce, custard or ice-cream and you will often find it on the dessert menu in many South African restaurants. Malva Pudding is made with apricot jam and has a spongy caramelized texture.…

Cream of Sago Pudding with a Lemon Meringue Topping by Gypsy-Rose Belladonna Kilachef

Absolutely sublime! You will NEVER guess its sago you are eating! Combine cinnamon, & or nutmeg, or both if you like, this sago pudding is creamy, dreamy & absolutely delicious! It’s my own creation & off the back of many other recipe ideas! This recipe's secret to success is to allow sufficient time for the sago starch to become…

African 10Minute Safari Trifle by Peter Brown

South Africans are very fond of heading for the bush and enjoying the great outdoors and because of this, many interesting and very creative meals have been created with just a few ingredients and the minimum of fuss I saw this recipe the other day and it took me back to my camping days where we made similar desserts in enamel…

Baked date pudding by Peter Brown

A Cape Malay recipe as reproduced on I Africa "an olden time dessert learnt from granny." It always takes me back to my very young childhood days when I used to spend rainy days in my gran's large old kitchen in Bredasdorp with its wood-burning stove, keeping warm and enjoying the smells that came from the oven.

Chocolate (Marble) Cheesecake by Lorenda Beumont

Triple Chocolate Cheesecake by Peter Brown

A friend sent me a bundle of chocolate cake cum pudding recipes .I am giving them for you to try as I need to be careful due to Gout which is brought on by too much Choc. I will get there ,please feel free to comment and crit

Cherry Tart by Doris Samson

A thin pastry covered with cherries and topped with a thickened sauce.

Cape Brandy Pudding by Lorenda Beumont

A traditional, Cape dessert (originating in the South Western corner of South Africa – the Western Cape Province – where the Dutch Settlers landed). Brandy was first distilled from Cape grapes in 1672. Today, South Africa produces some fine brandies which can compete with the best French Cognacs! I sent this recipe in to Gourmet…

Cheats Tiramisu by Peter Brown

This is one of those easy desserts that takes about 10 minutes to make and is wonderful. The only drawback of this dessert is that you can't make it in advance, One of the main ingredients in this dessert is sugared almonds, but they are not always all that easy to find, so be adventurous and play around with other sweetened…

Oatmeal and Almond Strawberry Crumble by Nina Timm

The strawberry bounty of Spring meets up with the comfort of winter...crumble and comes together in a most delightful dessert.

Grandmas Milk Tart by Peter Brown

A favourite South African Classic dating back to the Voortrekker days If you dont want to make the pastry use frozen puff pastry. This recipes comes from Bits of Carey

Pumpkin Fritters with Orange Creme Anglaise by Nina Timm

A giant leap from your ordinary pumpkin Fritters. Works well as dessert, after school snack or side dish without the Crem Anglaise.

Malva Pudding by Lorenda Beumont

Traditional South African recipe, originating in the Cape Province. This is a very popular, rich baked pudding - best served in winter, after a not-too-heavy meal.