Recipe by: Charné and Tshepiso
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Charné and Tshepiso's Hertzoggies, Lamingtons and Koeksisters
Hertzoggies
Dough
Mix the following together to form a soft dough
300g flour
10g baking powder
50g salt
125g butter
3 eggs
Meringue
5 egg whites
160g sugar
160g coconut
Beat the egg whites with a Whisk and once it starts foaming add the sugar spoon by spoon, beat till stiff peak, fold in coconut
Dried Apricot Jam
250g dried apricots
200g sugar
50g water
1 vanilla pod
Boil together to make the jam
- Press out the dough in a greased cupcake pan, then add the jam then the coconut meringue,
- Bake for 25min at 180°c
Lamingtons
10 eggs
500g sugar
50g baking powder
315g oil
315g boiling water
10 vanilla
- Beat sugar and eggs and vanilla
- Add the flour and oil, mix till smooth
- Add the boiling water
- Bake in a greased baking tray at 170 for about 30min
Syrup
40g cocoa
188g water
300g sugar
10g butter
Boil together for 2 min till everything is dissolved
- Once the sponge is cooled down cut into squares, dip in the Syrup and then in desiccated coconut
Koeksisters
1cup corn flour
1,5cups flour
2,5 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/2cup milk
1 egg
25g melted butter
- Mix all the ingredients to make a soft dough
Syrup
2 cups sugar
1 1/4tsp cream of tartar
1tbsp chopped fresh ginger
Juice of 2 lemons
1 cup water
Boil all together for 10min
Cool down preferably overnight in a freezer
- Fold the dough, fry in oil and directly dip into the cold syrup
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