Baking Archives - Domestic Goddesses

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Jul 27, 2016 in Baking, Desserts, Featured, Recipes, Special diet | 2 comments

Gluten and dairy-free Malva Pudding

Today we have whipped up the most satisfying, gluten and dairy-free Malva pudding in the Domestic Goddesses kitchen. Like many people today, I have an intolerance...

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Mar 10, 2016 in Baking, Desserts, My thoughts, Recipes, Vegetarian | 0 comments

Five minute Pavlova

I found this Pavlova recipe while browsing through old folders and just had to share it. It is so quick and so easy and is a sure crowd pleaser. It so often happens,...

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Feb 1, 2016 in Baking, Desserts, Featured, Recipes, Vegetarian | 0 comments

Quick and almost painless sponge cake recipe

After reading through hundreds of recipes and trying out a few of them I finally baked an almost perfect sponge cake today. I adjusted a recipe I found online by Red...

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Sep 30, 2014 in Baking, Featured, Recipes | 0 comments

Smartie Cake

I saw some pictures online of cakes decorated with M&M’s and felt the urge to try it when my housekeeper’s daughters first birthday came along.

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Aug 14, 2014 in Baking, Featured, Recipes | 0 comments

My first attempt at French Macaroons

That said I have always heard how difficult french macaroons are to make and my niece mentioned wanting to make them, so for me it was part challenge and part something fun to with her.

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Jan 28, 2014 in Baking, Mains, Recipes, Seafood, Special diet | 1 comment

Christmas eve dinner

Last year we spent Christmas with my in-laws up in Pretoria. I offered to cook us a Christmas eve dinner at Grandpa Joe’s house. I decided to go all out –...

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Sep 20, 2013 in Baking, Desserts, Recipes | 0 comments

Chocolate fondant – and how to get it right!

Perfecting the chocolate fondant to serve effortlessly at dinner parties is far easier than you might imagine and likely to impress the most hardened food snobs. The...

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Sep 17, 2013 in Baking, Featured, Snacks, Special diet, Vegetarian | 2 comments

Mini crustless quiche – so quick (and almost guilt free).

Low or no carbs seem to be all I hear about these days. But I am crazy for my carbs and shudder at the idea of cutting them out. I have however discovered a few recipes...

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Feb 18, 2013 in Baking, Featured | 0 comments

Mini cup cakes for a truly inspired Domestic Goddess!

Cup cakes have never been my thing. Well, cake in general is not really my thing, but cup cakes especially are sooooo time consuming to make, and gone in seconds. Last...

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Feb 6, 2013 in Baking, Featured | 1 comment

So what’s all the fuss about?

For the last few years I keep seeing red velvet cakes all over, in bakeries, blogs and magazines. Looking at the recipe it doesn’t sound like a particularly earth...

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Feb 5, 2013 in Baking, Featured | 0 comments

Danish Hazelnut and Apple Cake

This post has been a long time coming. These pictures were taken in July 2012 in Norway and I have just simply not gotten round to posting about this fabulous recipe. I...

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Nov 18, 2012 in Baking | 0 comments

Florentines

Until last week I had never attempted making a Florentine. For some reason I had assumed that they were difficult to make. When a client asked me to teach her...

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Aug 18, 2012 in Baking, Featured | 0 comments

Old faithful vanilla cake

A few weeks ago we had guests staying with a whole bunch of kids. I wasn’t going to have the time to cook meals for the adults plus a special menu which the kids...

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Jul 31, 2012 in Baking, Featured, Mains, Salads, Snacks | 0 comments

Long lazy summer lunch

Yesterday we had guests for lunch. Lisbet and I were bubbling over with ideas. We wanted the dishes to be simple and summery but we just couldn’t decide which...

Posted by Thekla Salmon on Jul 24, 2012 in Baking, Desserts, Mains, Red meat | 2 comments

Some food highlights

I am going back to the island tomorrow. As much as I love it there and am happy to go back, it means I leave the wifi behind… so no more blogging. I will however...

Gluten and dairy-free Malva Pudding

Five minute Pavlova

Quick and almost painless sponge cake recipe

Smartie Cake

My first attempt at French Macaroons

Christmas eve dinner

Chocolate fondant – and how to get it right!

Mini crustless quiche – so quick (and almost guilt free).

Mini cup cakes for a truly inspired Domestic Goddess!

So what’s all the fuss about?

Danish Hazelnut and Apple Cake

Florentines

Old faithful vanilla cake

Long lazy summer lunch

Some food highlights

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