Mealie Bread

Come summer time, good weather and relaxing weekends, we like to braai (BBQ) a lot.  Boerewors, lamb chops, steak, chicken, ribs, salads, potato bake and of course mealie bread. What would a braai be without mealie bread?  Hum...not sure!

As soon as it comes out the pan it is literally finished before your very eyes. Some like it with butter, some like it plain, but whichever way you like it, it is fabulous.  And there's no kneading involved. If you are lucky enough to have some left the next day, it makes really good toast.  Here's the recipe for you.

Ingredients

 

2 cups flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 tablespoon sugar

1 egg

1 tin sweetcorn (410g)

salt & pepper

1 cup grated cheddar cheese

 

1.  Heat oven to 180 degrees C.

2. Grease and flour a loaf pan.

3. Sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and pepper.

4. Add 3/4 of a cup grated cheddar cheese and mix.

 

 

5. Add the egg and sweetcorn and mix in well.

 

 

6. Place in the greased loaf pan and sprinkle the remaining cheddar cheese on top.

7. Bake for about 1 hour until cooked through.

 

 

 

Note: If you can't get sweetcorn, use plain corn and mix with a bit of milk until you get a dough like consistency.

 

Variations

Add garlic, chilli or herbs.

 

 

 



Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea on the weekend is just a must!  Growing up it was usually scones with apricot jam and cream. Today anything sweet will do with a cup of Earl grey tea.  Yum!!!

The other day at our local market I found a jar of orange peel rolls preserved in sugar syrup.  Now....what to do with them. 

Staring at all the recipe books in the kitchen, I remember that my mom used to make cupcakes with granadillas (passion fruit), ah ha....cupcakes, why not!! 

Orange cupcakes with orange frosting and an orange twirl.

 

 

Ingredients

 

70g margarine

210g castor sugar

2 eggs

260g cake flour

6g baking powder

pinch of salt

5ml vanilla essence

200ml milk

zest from 1 orange

 

Method

 

1. Heat oven to moderate (180 C)

2. Put paper cups into patty tins.

3. Cream the margarine and the castor sugar until light and fluffy.

4. Add the eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition.

5.  Add the zest of about half an orange.

 

 

6. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt.

7. Add the sifted dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk and vanilla essence, blending gently.

8. Spoon into paper cups and bake for 15 minutes.

 

9. Turn out onto cooling tray and cover with frosting when cool.

 

 Frosting

 

125g margarine

140g icing sugar

12,5ml orange juice

25ml milk

orange peel rolls

 

1. Cream the margarine and icing sugar.

2. Add the orange juice and mix well.

3. Add the milk.

4. Pipe over the cakes and decorate with the orange peel rolls and edible glitter.