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Churros A super tasty treat for the family! Ingredients: (makes approx. 12) 350ml Water 60g Butter 2tbsp Sugar Pinch salt 240g Sasko Cake Flour 1 litre Sunflower oil 1/2 cup Castor sugar 1 tsp Cinnamon To serve: 100ml Cream 100g Dark Chocolate (broken into pieces) Method: Place the water, butter, sugar and salt into a small saucepan and heat until the water is almost at boiling point and the butter, sugar and salt have all dissolved. Remove from the heat and add the flour, be

Pineapple Upside-Down Tart A pineapple lovers heaven! Enjoy! Ingredients: 1 Pineapple (peeled and sliced) ½ cup sugar 1 packet Sasko Regular Plain White Bread Buns 80g Butter (softened) Method: Preheat the oven to 180*C and grease a 23cm cake tin. Cut all but one of the pineapple slices in half to form semi-circles and cut out the hard centres. Place a small non-stick pan on medium-high heat and pour in the sugar. As the sugar begins to melt, swirl the pan to ensure it melts

I love making flapjacks and pancakes! No matter what, they're always a hit. Whenever I have play-dates at my house I whip some up. Here is a recipe of some strawberry and Mascarpone cheese ones. INGREDIENTS 1 packet SASKO Quick Treats Flapjack Mix 30ml Vegetable oil 550ml Milk 2 Extra-large eggs Vegetable oil for frying TO ASSEMBLE 250g Mascarpone cheese 400g Strawberries (washed and halved) Handful of fresh mint 40 Toothpicks 125ml Honey METHOD Mix the flapjack batter as per

Love bread pudding but want to spruce it up a bit? Try this delicious, easy to make chocolate and orange bread pudding! It's yummy and is sure to be a hit with the family. Ingredients: (serves 6-8) 8 slices Sasko Low GI Oats and Honey White Bread 300g Orange Marmalade 150g Dark Chocolate (chopped) 1/3 cup Sugar 4 Extra-large Eggs 1 cup Milk 1 cup Cream 1 tsp Vanilla Essence To serve: Custard or Cream Method: Grease a medium-sized (2 litre capacity) baking dish. Spread each

Ingrediants 1 egg 1/4 c. powdered sugar 1-2 Tbsp. cocoa powder (depending on how chocolatey you want your cake) 1 standard-sized mug Method In mug, crack egg, add powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Whisk together with a small whisk until well mixed. Microwave for 50-60 seconds, until the cake is cooked through (but not overcooked!) Top immediately with a handful of milk chocolate chips, hot fudge, whipped cream, or ice cream. Credit: http://blogs.babble.com/family-kitchen/20

An ultra quick, mid winter pudding to comfort and to sooth I am not a fan of microwave cooking, even though I do own one. The biggest use I have for my microwave so far, is for warming up cold plates before I serve dinner, and for warming up the odd left overs. Well, until I tried this pudding recipe! It became such a big hit with my family I ended up making it three times last week! This pudding is light and moist and soooo delicious, and the best thing is... it's super easy

Imagine lashing of voluptuous creamy cheesecake that tastes of fresh strawberries - the essence of summer; combined with intense melt-in-your-mouth dark chocolate... Innocent, yes. Sensual, yes. Definite lust inducing. OH Yes. Please. This is a great party dessert with a WOW factor, and often opens up naughty conversations about aphrodisiac, erotic food.... It may seem daunting to attempt at first, but it can be easily broken down in different stages and made ahead of time.

Pressed for time??? How about a quickie? It needs no baking nor refrigeration - my "fancy some cheese cake right now" recipe. You will need: 1 tub of mascaponi cheese 2 packets of fresh raspberries a few pieces of preserved ginger in syrup, chopped into peanut sized cubes. a few tablespoons of icing sugar 1 packet (large) ginger biscuits, about 8cm diameter; or any large, round biscuits you can find. Keep whole. a piece of 10cm x25cm glossy cardboard paper Step 1. Mix: Place

Banana bread is a classic and an absolute favorite for most families. Enjoy this simple absolutely delicious recipe! Ingredients 1 cup mashed bananas (I use 2 bananas) 2 eggs (beaten) 1 and a half cups sugar Half a teaspoon baking powder 2 cups flour 3 quarter teaspoon bicarb Half a cup butter Half a teaspoon salt Method Cream butter and sugar, add eggs. Add dry ingredients and bananas. If too stiff, add a bit of milk to soften. Bake at 180 degrees for 45 mins ENJOY

Absolutely yummy little treats that the whole family will love. Ingrediants 500ml flour 10ml baking powder 2ml salt 30ml castor sugar( I used normal) 125g butter/marg 3 extra large eggs separated 45ml water About 200ml smooth apricot(or any other)jam 200ml sugar 500ml desiccated coconut Method Sift flour, baking powder and salt add castor sugar and rub in butter add egg yolks and water and knead into soft dough roll out to thickness of about 3mm press out circle