Cinnamon Cake

The original name of this cake as I found it is Cinnamon Cinnabon cake, but it's not cinnabon-y enough to be classified as such, in my opinion, so to me it's just a cinnamon cake!

It was the yummiest the same day I made it - it was crunchy on top, but the next day the crunch was gone already.
But it's a tasty cake!

Ingredients:

3 cups flour (I used wholewheat) + 2 tbsp separately
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbs baking powder
1 1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup butter softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 tbs ground cinnamon

Instructions:

• preheat oven to 180 degree C (350 degree F), and grease 2 8inch cake pans and line the bottoms with wax paper
• in a mixer, blend 3 cups flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, milk eggs, vanilla and 1/4 cup butter.  Divide batter evenly between 2 cake pans
• in another mixing bowl, beat 1 cup butter with brown sugar, 2 tbsp flour and cinnamon.  Beat until fully blended and fluffy (about 3 mins).  Using 2 tablespoons, drop blobs of butter mixture onto cake batter and then use a knife to swirl
• bake for about 25-30 mins

 

Best munched on the day it's made!  I didn't have any on hand, but I think this would have been yummy with cream poured all over it. :D

Mocha Cream Tart

This is similar to a peppermint crisp tart, except without the mint and with a coffee flavour.  It's an easy dessert to make when you need something simple and sweet. :D

1 can caramel (about 360g)
250 ml cream
1 cup coffee
2 packets Tennis biscuits

• whip cream until stiff, then fold in caramel (I couldn't get it smooth so there were little lumps of caramel in the mix, but that's ok, it's like getting a little extra sweet surprise now and then hehe)
• dip the cookies in coffee and lay on bottom of glass dish, then cover with caramel mixture - repeat this 2 or 3 times depending on the size of your dish - finish off with a layer of caramel mixture
• refrigerate for a few hours before serving, and try to share with others. :) 

Yummmmm........

 

Malva Pudding

This is EASILY one of my most favourite desserts in the whole world (if not THE favourite), I LOVE malva pudding!  It's so sweet and so moist and so tasty.  :)  And it's so sinful with all the sugar, hehe.

 For the pudding:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tbs apricot jam
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp bicarb of soda
• generous pinch of salt
• 1 tbs butter
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1 cup milk

For the sauce:

• 1 cup cream
• 125 g butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup hot water

1. Beat the egg and sugar well with an electric beater.  Add the jam.
2. In a separate bowl mix together flour, bicarb and salt
3. Melt butter and add vinegar - add liquids to the egg mixture alternatively with the flour mixture - beat mixture well
4. Bake in a greased glass dish at 180 degree C (350 degree F) for 45 minutes to an hour
5. Sauce - melt together all ingredients and pour over the pudding as soon as it comes out of the oven - you may have to do this slowly to give the liquids chance to soak into the pudding so that it doesn't overflow if you don't have a high baking dish

I don't think I'd ever make this dessert for when we have guests, 'cause I'm too stingy to share THIS one. :)

I dunno if you can see it, but it's SOOOOO moist.

Mmmmm.....served with cream....Although I'm one of those people who like to have some dessert with my cream, I actually enjoy this pudding more without cream - weird, I know....but that's how good it is. :D