We’re unashamedly enjoying a delicious treat from these new titles.
Tarunima Sinha learnt to bake with just one cake tin. An ancient, 8-inch aluminium chapati tin that belonged to her grandmother. And in My Little Cake Tin, she shares her magnificent recipes using just that size tin. Including basic useful building blocks, tools, and tips for new or nervous bakers, the book then goes on to be a delicious discovery of every cake imaginable … the glorious festive Sicilian cassata cake, the pastel-green marzipan covered Swedish Prinsestarta (princess cake), and the coconut, lime and pineapple tiramisu cake that gets pride of place on the cover … it’s just one joyful recipe after another. Hardie Grant, Quadrille. R609 from Exclusive Books
Beetroot relish and brandy-preserved cherries and roasted apricot jam. Tomato passata and dried mushrooms and Worcestershire sauce. Not Just Jam will have you sterilising bottles and dissolving sugar and macerating and stirring and bubbling and leaving you with bottles of the most delicious home-made preserves, pickles, sauces and jams … all developed by Matthew Evans on The Fat Pig Farm. Murdoch Books, R505 from Takealot