Strawberry fridge tart

I love making fridge tarts. They're made from a very simple recipe and can be dressed up with berries and other decorations giving you one very impressive looking treat. Here is the recipe for my mom's signature fridge tart.

Bran rusks

Every Afrikaans girl should know how to bake rusks. These bran rusks are easy to bake and are the ultimate coffee accompaniment.

Coffee cake

There are two things in this world which I cannot do without. Coffee and chocolate. They are perfectly good enjoyed separately, but something truly magical happens when they are combined.

Veggie pasta

I am a bit of a green hypocrite. I don't do my best to save water or electricity and I would much rather drive than walk. But Meat Free Monday has become a part of my weekly menu. This recipe is one I make time and time again.

Banana bread

Even people who don't like bananas will love this recipe. Delicious served with lashings of butter.

Lemon meringue cupcakes

These cupcakes are as delicious as they are pretty. They take a bit longer to make than a regular cupcake, but that won't matter the minute you sink your teeth into one of these beauties.

Berry, berry nice indeed

To celebrate my mother's birthday last week, me and my family visited Hillcrest Berry Orchards. Tucked away in Stellenbosch's Banhoek Valley, it is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful farms I have ever visited.

Rolo stuffed cookies

I recently discovered a Kenwood mixer in my parents' pantry and decided to test it out with Rolo stuffed cookies.

Hidden Oreo and caramel cupcakes

One of my friends shared a hidden cookie cupcake recipe on Facebook a few weeks ago and I have been obsessed with hiding cookies in cupcakes ever since. I put my own spin on the basic recipe by adding caramel.

Bolognaise and basil pasta bake

This recipe was born on a weeknight after a long day at work. I really wanted to make cannelloni, but the thought of spending another 30 minutes filling cannelloni tubes was too much to bear. And so I took the lazy route and made this pasta bake instead.

Cheese and jam cookies

These cookies are slightly sweet yet savoury which makes it very easy to stuff as many as possible in your mouth. They are my sister Melissa's favourite cookies and usually vanish faster than I can get them out of the oven.

Chocolate brownies

These brownies are part of many of my fondest childhood memories. They were the first thing I was allowed to make by myself and I always sold them when my school had a market day. They have been with me through high school, university and I still make them as often as my diet allows.

Chicken quesadilla

I love Mexican food and one of the easiest Mexican dishes you can make in almost no time at all is quesadillas. Chicken, cheese, guacamole, what's not to love?

Tomato and basil gnocchi

I have never eaten let alone made gnocchi, but when a recipe promises a delicious meal in twenty minutes I am willing to risk making a total flop for dinner.

Baked cheesecake

I know most people would trade their firstborn child for a piece of chocolate cake, but I am much more partial to a piece of baked cheesecake.

Simple chicken curry

Nothing takes away the weekday blues like a fragrant curry. The intense aroma, the soft heat spreading slowly across your tongue and tickling your throat is enough to make anyone forget about a long day at the office.

Died and gone to cake heaven

I have been completely obsessed with the show Charly's Cake Angels since it first graced our living rooms with its presence. Visiting their bakery, Charly's Bakery, was probably one of my most memorable culinary journeys.

Happy Lasagna Day

Today I had my first solo Valentine's Day in almost 5 years. I know a lot of you are rolling your eyes right now, but maybe you'll feel a bit sorry for me if I told you that I have had more than my fair share have failed romantic entanglements in the past.