Category: Not really a Baker

Rice Bread

Rice Bread

Baked Rice Mosa Gluten free, vegan friendly Rice Bread. Think fried Hausa Mosa cakes (Masa), then imagine it baked. All made in a blender. Mosa is one of my mum's favourite hausa snacks. She loves to eat Mosa (or Masa depending on who is saying it) with yaji spice or honey. I've been served Mosa … Continue reading Rice Bread

Easy Banana Cake

Easy Banana Cake

Freshly baked banana cake with chocolate chips My niece asked, and as "overall best in aunty" I made her a banana cake. It's my first food post this year, I've done some gardening posts for the "In The Garden" segment. I've also edited and updated some old posts. I have an entire to-do list for … Continue reading Easy Banana Cake

Garlic Bread

Garlic Bread

Warm garlic bread, sweet hot chilli sauce, homemade mayonnaise, garlic chive butter My son requested garlic bread, he asked for a whole week. I was a bit hesitant because he is a picky eater and I didn't want to make garlic bread and he would end up not eating it. I love garlic bread and … Continue reading Garlic Bread

Mango Upside down Cake

Mango Upside down Cake

Mango Upside down cake If you have followed this blog long enough you will know I'm an unrepentant Mango lover. During this season asides from eating an inordinate amount of mangoes, I find different ways to include them in my cooking. On this blog, I have documented different Mango Recipes from Mango Jam, Mango Lassi, … Continue reading Mango Upside down Cake

Strawberry Yogurt Cake

Strawberry Yogurt Cake

First food blog for 2021! Can you tell I've gone back back to my incognito ways pre- covid! Lol Cooking up a storm and not posting pictures. But when I made this cake it was too pretty not to share with you. Don't judge me but I've eaten half of the cake all by myself. … Continue reading Strawberry Yogurt Cake

Chocolate Banana Cake

Chocolate Banana Cake

Here is a beautiful delicious recipe you can try for the holidays. Traditionally festive cakes during christmas are spiced cakes. Many would be getting fruit cakes, boozy cakes, spiced cakes in the christmas hampers already. You can switch it up and do a regular chocolate banana cake This cake finished within minutes of it getting … Continue reading Chocolate Banana Cake

Brownies

Brownies

If you like decadent treats you will like this. Brownies are delicious super sweet and indulgent, but not every one likes super sweet. When I have kids over not all of them like brownies, yet some can never get enough. My son prefers a moist chocolate cake to any type of brownie. I've seen any … Continue reading Brownies

Coconut Cake

Coconut Cake

Weekend baking is kind of becoming a thing with me, I find myself looking forward to Friday or Saturday because I want to bake cake. If you love coconut, as in coconut milk, coconut oil... you would love this cake. I replaced butter with coconut oil so I would get full coconut notes in the … Continue reading Coconut Cake

Pigs in a Blanket

Pigs in a Blanket

My son calls them bread sausage and he prefers this to regular sausage rolls. I put him and his friends to work while making this today. And they were in such a hurry to eat it right out of the oven. I barely got a chance to photograph them. This is also called Chinese Hot … Continue reading Pigs in a Blanket

Orange Ginger Cake

Orange Ginger Cake

That I like baking cakes is no longer a question, even though I like to insist I'm not a baker. These days I'm finding that I particularly like spiced cakes. And the list of Spices you can add to cake is endless. Spiced cakes are mostly associated with festive winter holidays, but I live in … Continue reading Orange Ginger Cake