Food & Drink

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Family Friendly Recipes

Vegan Upside Down Fig Cake Recipe

Recipe from Louise Palmer Masterton, founder of Stem & Glory: www.stemandglory.uk/ A recipe for autumn when figs are in season. Choose the fattest, ripest ones that you can find. Serves 8 INGREDIENTS The cake 1 cup Flour ½ cup Almond meal (ground almonds) ¾ cup...

Vegan Dutch Apple Cake

This cake was actually first created by Stem & Glory founder Louise’s daughter Daisy when she was 13, and it was an instant hit. Serves 8 INGREDIENTS 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp bicarbonate soda ½ cup + 2 tbsp dark sugar 1 tbsp cinnamon pinch nutmeg 1 ¼...

Vegan Classic Chocolate Cake

Recipe from Louise Palmer Masterton, founder of Stem & Glory: www.stemandglory.uk/ This is a really simple and delicious large cake that can be served in many different ways. You could make a large rectangular cake with a layer of ganache on top. You could also...

Quick & Easy Bruschetta

I'm not sure you can really call this a recipe because it's so simple, but that simplicity is its what makes this bruschetta so special and one of my favorite things to eat. It's little more than some salad on toast really. I did this for our evening meal earlier in...

Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipe

Cooking time: 75 minutes Serves: 12+ slices Ingredients for cake: 200g caster sugar 200g self raising flour 200g chocolate 200g butter (room temperature) 2 tsp vanilla paste or extract 2 or 3 gratings of orange rind 6 eggs Ingredients for chocolate buttercream: 200g...

Mrs Robin’s Fruit Cake Recipe

Cooking time: 75 minutes Serves: 12+ slices Ingredients: 125g margarine 175g sugar (dark brown, light or white) 175g currents 175g sultanas 50g candied peel 225ml of water 1 level teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda 1 heaped teaspoon of mixed spice 2 beaten eggs 125g...

Microwave Steam Pudding Recipe

Cooking time: 5 minutes Serves: 4 to 6 Ingredients: 100g Soft butter 100g Caster Sugar (or granulated) 100g Self Raising flour ** 2 large eggs 2 tbsp of milk Method: You will need a 1.5 pint pudding bowl - slightly larger will be fine. Beat the butter and sugar...

South African Peach & Parma Ham French Toast

This tasty, satisfying snack is bursting with great flavours! Serves 4 Preparation: 10 minutes Cooking: 5 minutes 2 South African peaches or nectarines, pitted and sliced20g butter4 slices sourdough or crusty white bread20g mascarpone or cream cheese4 slices Parma...

South African Roast Plum, Sweet Potato & Quinoa Salad

Roast South African plums taste sensational in this colourful, healthy warm salad. Serves 4 Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking: 25 minutes 8 South African plums, quartered and pitted 500g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks 2tbsp olive oil 400g can chickpeas,...

Topsy-Turvey Plum, Peach and Almond Cake

Try this upside-down cake made with luscious South African fruit – it’s plum delicious! Serves 12 Preparation: 20 minutes Cooking: 50 minutes 4tbsp golden syrup or honey 6 South African plums, halved and pitted2 South African peaches or nectarines, pitted and...

Recent Blog Posts

Vegan Upside Down Fig Cake Recipe

by siteadmin | Jul 26, 2021 | Featured, Food & Drink, Recipe

Recipe from Louise Palmer Masterton, founder of Stem & Glory: www.stemandglory.uk/ A recipe for autumn when figs are in season. Choose the fattest, ripest ones that you can find. Serves 8 INGREDIENTS The cake 1 cup Flour ½ cup Almond meal (ground almonds) ¾ cup...

Vegan Dutch Apple Cake

by siteadmin | Apr 27, 2021 | Featured, Food & Drink, Recipe

This cake was actually first created by Stem & Glory founder Louise’s daughter Daisy when she was 13, and it was an instant hit. Serves 8 INGREDIENTS 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp bicarbonate soda ½ cup + 2 tbsp dark sugar 1 tbsp cinnamon pinch nutmeg 1 ¼...

Vegan Classic Chocolate Cake

by siteadmin | Apr 16, 2021 | Featured, Food & Drink, Recipe

Recipe from Louise Palmer Masterton, founder of Stem & Glory: www.stemandglory.uk/ This is a really simple and delicious large cake that can be served in many different ways. You could make a large rectangular cake with a layer of ganache on top. You could also...