Southern African Pastry

Southern African Pastry

During my journey in South Africa, I have seen a similarity between the local pastry and the rest of the continent. However the influence of European and Asian cultures diversified the South African's pastry. We can find a large variety of pastry from deep fried to oven baked.
From Malva Pudding to deep fried donuts, South African pastry will always make me want to go back and eat more. Some that I have tried were delicious and gooey but some can be sweet but hard to be eaten.

Please find bellow some of those pastries recipes and hope you will try them and let me know what you think of them. Enjoy!!!!!


Malva pudding


 A South African Marvel.  This is by far the best of all the South African desserts and so easy to make. My friends were impressed by the hooey, gooey taste that you can't stop eating yummy!!! 

Prep time: 20 mins

Cook time: 45 mins

Total time: 1 hour 5 mins

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients for the cake

• 1C light brown sugar
• 3tsp apricot jam
• 1tsp baking soda
• 1tsp vinegar
• 1 egg
• 1C flour
• 4tsp butter
• 1C milk

Ingredients for the sauce

• 3/4C cream
• 3tbsp butter
• ½ tsp vanilla

Instructions

Cake:

1. Melt butter and jam, leave to cool down
2. Beat egg and sugar together
3. Add vinegar to egg mixture
4. Add butter and jam to egg mixture
5. Stir in dry ingredients
6. Stir in milk at end
7. Pour into a buttered square or oval oven proof pan.
8. Cook for 45 mins at 180C
9. Once cooked, remove from oven.

Sauce:

1. Heat sauce ingredients together.
2. While cake is still hot, make pinpoint holes over the top of the cake and pour over the sauce, allowing it to sink into the cake.
3. This can be done ahead and the cake can be reheated.
4. Serve with creme Anglaise or ice cream.

Enjoy!!!