Kit – Kat Cake

Ingredients

1 ½ C. All Purpose Flour
1T. Baking Powder
¾ C. Butter (unsalted)
¾ C. Granulated Sugar
½ T. Cinnamon Powder
¼ T. Nutmeg Powder
1 Kit-Kat Bar (Crushed)
1 Can Condensed Milk (170 ML)
2 Eggs

Recipe:

Start with combining all the ingredients, except the Kit – Kat. Beat until the mixture is smooth.

Stir in the Kit-Kat now & mix well.

Pour the mixture in a greased loaf tin and sprinkle some kit-Kat on top.

Bake for 50 minutes at 180°C  or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Yummy Tip: Oreo fans can replace Kit – Kat with Oreo’s too!!

Classic Carrot Cake

Ingredients

3C. Fine grated carrots
1 ½ C. White sugar
½ C. Brown sugar
1C. Raisins
1C. Crushed pineapple
4 Eggs (lightly beaten)
1 ¼ C. Vegetable oil
2T. Vanilla extract
2C. All purpose flour
2T. Baking soda
2T. Baking powder
3T. Ground cinnamon
1C. Dried coconut (grated)
½ T. Salt

For Frosting & Garnish:

1C. Chopped nuts
½ C. Unsalted butter (softened)
2C. Cream Cheese (softened)
4C. Confectioner’s sugar
1T. Vanilla extract

Recipe:

Preheat the oven at 180°C.

In a large bowl whisk together eggs, oil, white and brown sugar; once combined stir in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, dried coconut, grated carrots, raisins, vanilla extract  & crushed pineapple.

Grease and flour a cake pan and pour the batter into it. Bake in the pre heated oven for 50 – 60 minutes or until the tooth pick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.

Let it cool completely.

To prepare frosting, in a bowl, combine butter, cheese, confectioner’s sugar and vanilla extract. Beat under the mixture is smooth and creamy.

Spread the frosting evenly over the cake and sprinkle the nuts on top.

Strawberry Swirl Cheese Cake

 

Ingredients:

1 ¼ C. Digestive biscuits (crushed to crumbs)
75G. Butter (salted, melted)
800G. Cream cheese (softened)
1C. Sugar
2T. Flour
1T. Vanilla essence
3 Eggs
¾ C. Thick cream
⅓ C. Strawberry Jam (seedless)

Recipe:

Combine the biscuit crumbs and melted butter in a bowl. Mix well and spoon this mixture into the base of an 8 inches spring form tin, pressing the biscuit well into the base.

Spoon the soft cheese into a large bowl and soften it with a spoon. Add the sugar, cream, flour and vanilla extract. Mix well until all the ingredients are evenly combined.

Now add eggs into the cake mixture one at a time and stir. Pour this mixture over the top of the biscuit base.

Gently drop small spoonfuls of jam over batter; cut through batter several times with knife to create a marble effect.

Bake for 40 minutes at 160 degrees. Cool completely. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight. Cut into pieces to serve and store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.