Mini Red Velvet and Oreo Cup Cakes (Pre-mix)

During the April long weekend I went with the family to visit my sister and her husband in Cape Town. Of course we had to leave one afternoon for Access Park, a shopping centre of factory shops, retail and outlet stores. I could not contain my excitement when we came across a baking wonderland.

This shop has anything and everything, specialising in Cab Foods cooking and baking goodies. What caught my attention was the wide range of pre-mixes on sale, from yellow velvet to blueberry cupcake mix. I was so overwhelmed at the unique flavours that when it was time to fill the shopping cart, unsurprisingly I reached for the classic red velvet cupcake mix...

Ingredients

250g Red Velvet Cup Cake Mix
2 Eggs
100ml Water
one packet crushed Oreos

Method

Place eggs, water and cake mix in a mixing bowl and blend slowly using electric beater.
Add 3/4 packet crushed Oreo's and mix gently

Bake at 180degrees for approximately 15minutes

For the Oreo icing, beat 100g Wooden Spoon with 100g Icing Sugar and add the remainder crushed Oreos

Easy 3-minute Biscuit

Everyone has lazy days when you just want nothing more than to sit and relax. Unfortunately, you can't relax with a cuppa tea if the cookie jar is empty!

Thankfully, this easy recipe will fill those jars before the kettle starts whistling. 

Ingredients

240g Butter
3/4 cup Castor Sugar
+/- 2 and a half cups Flour

Method

Beat Butter and Castor Sugar until creamy

Add Flour until a soft dough forms

Bake at 180degrees until golden

Baking couldn't be easier!

ROCKY ROAD

Hello there! Welcome to Flour Garden's first blog post recipe...

Rocky Road has somewhat become my 'signature dish'. I seem to be using this recipe at least once a week, sometimes twice!  It's an easy-to-eat treat for parties, which my brother seemed to have enough off during his holidays. I can guarantee this recipe will be a success amongst kids and adults.

Ingredients

 450g Dairymilk plain chocolate
 150g Manhatten pink & white marshmallows
 100g glazed red cherries
 1 packet Marie biscuit
 sprinkles to decorate


The ingredients can be altered to suit your taste. I personally prefer more marshmallows than biscuit as it creates a fluffier texture. You could also add in nuts or coconut flakes. I often just use the half opened chocolate slabs which I find around the house,especially peppermint crisp,  giving the rocky road a hint of minty flavour.

Method

Hand crush biscuits into a large mixing bowl.

Chop marshmallows and cherries into quarters and add to the bowl.

Melt chocolate and pour over mixture, mixing until well combined

Spread mixture into a 20cmX24cm tray & add sprinkles.

Leave to harden in fridge and once set,

cut into slices.

For those of you who love cutting corners and may opt for the mini marshmallows, the taste of the Rocky Road does change. The mini mallows are smoother, softer and gives of a greater strawberry flavour.