Ep. 3 of Festive Bakes From Around the World: This is a Carribbean Black Fruitcake. You'll need 100 gms prunes, chopped 100 gms pitted and chopped dates 100 gms raisins 100 gms cashews, almonds, roughly chopped 100 gms currants 200 ml dark rum ( plus extra for soaking the cake) to soak all the above fruit, for at least 2 days. 150gms butter, softened 1 cup brown sugar 3 eggs 1/3 cup molasses 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 3/4 cup flour 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder * Soak all the mixed fruit in rum for atleast two days * To bake the cake, line loaf pans with butter paper. This recipe will make 4-5, 250 gms loaves * Preheat the oven to 150C * In a bowl, beat the butter and sugar, add the eggs one by one * Next add the molasses, vanilla and mix until incorporated * Sift in the flour and baking soda, reserving 2 tbsp of the flour for the fruit. Fold in the cinnamon and nutmeg powders * Mix the reserved flour with the soaked fruit and add the whole mixture to the cake, gently fold in *Divide the batter between the loaf pans *Bake in a preheated oven for 90-110 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean *Once the cakes have cooled, drizzle a tbsp of dark rum on each of the loaves *Wrap the loaves tightly in cling film, and store at room temperature for at least a week before eating #blackfruitcake #bakesfromaroundtheworld #christmas2024 #christmasbaking #christmasbakes #festivebaking #festivetreats #christmastreats #bakingwithrona #easybakes #christmascake #fruitcake #plumcake #christmasfruitcake #christmasfromaroundtheworld #bakingreels #foodreels #bakingblog

Ep. 2 of Festive Bakes From Around The World; Biscotti from Italy. Biscotti are only very fancy sounding, twice baked biscuits. Super easy to make and fail proof. You'll find the recipe on my blog. Just type Baking with Rona, Biscotti on Google to find the recipe or click the #linkinbio To upgrade them to festive feels, replace the nuts with half a cup of chocolate chips and half a cup of roughly chopped toasted almonds. #biscotti #cookies #festivebaking #festivetreats #bakingwithrona #bakingreels #christmas2024 #christmasgoodies #reels #ediblegifts #bakingrecipes #bakingblog

Ep 1 of Festive Bakes from around the world Starting this series ( I hope I can make it one) with a Pecan Pie, a popular American holiday dessert. This is my take on it and authentic or not, it tasted so good. And did you know you could make a pie crust using oil instead of butter? I did not. I was pretty skeptical about this one but if Nigella says you can make a crust with flour and oil, you don't question it. It turned out to be the easiest pie crust I ever made, crisp and crunchy and the filling is super simple to put together. Here's what you'll need For the crust 1 3/4 cups flour 1/2 tsp salt 3/4 cup oil 1/4 cup milk For th filling 2 cups roughly chopped pecans ( you can add use Brazil nuts,almonds) 3/4 cup golden syrup 1 cup brown sugar 100 gms butter A dash of vanilla 3 eggs * Mix the ingredients for the pie crust together in a bowl, to make a dough * Press the dough over the base of a wide pie dish , bringing it slightly up over the sides too, if possible. Put in the freezer * Melt the syrup, butter and sugar over a low heat. Take off the heat, stir in the vanilla and let the mixture cool for 10 mins * Preheat the oven to 180C * Add the eggs to the cooled syrup mixture, mix well * Take the crust dish out of the freezer, and arrange the chopped nuts on it, then gently pour the syrup mixture over it * Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes or until the filling has set * Serve warm with a dollop of caramel or vanilla ice cream #oecans #pecanpie #pecanrecipes #bakingwithrona #bakingreels #reels #ediblegifts #festivebaking ##festivetreats #festivegifts #feelslikechristmas #festivetreats #holidaygifting #holidaybaking #bakesfromaroundtheworld #easypierecipe #christmas2024 #christmasgoodies #christmasbaking #christmastreats

Ep. 7 of Edible Christmas Gifts: Cornflake Wreaths Easy and quick does it. You can make small individual wreaths, if you can work quickly enough. I found it easier to make one large wreath. Either way, this one takes hardly any time to make and is a big hit with the kids. You'll need 50 gms butter 100 gms marshmallows 1 1/2 cups cornflakes 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 1/2 tsp almond essence Sprinkles to decorate *Keep a sheet of parchment paper ready on your work surface *In a saucepan, melt the butter and marshmallows until combined, stirring continuously *Take off the heat and stir in the essences * Add the cornflakes and mix until you have a sticky mixture *Spoon the mixture onto the baking paper and shape into a wreath *Quickly scatter with sprinkles on the top, while the mixture is still hot *If you leave it for too long, the sprinkles won't adhere * Leave the wreath to set at least for two hours until the wreath is firm and easy to cut into #christmas2024 #christmastreats #easychristmasgifts #ediblechristmasgifts #ediblegifts #cornflakes #cornflakebark #bakingwithrona #bakingreels #reels #recipevideos #lastminutebaking #nobakerecipes #christmassprinkles #christmasgoodies

Ep 6 of Edible Christmas Gifts : Follow @bakingwithrona for more Christmas recipes; quick n easy all the way. Banana Butterscotch Pudding: You can put the ingredients together for this one in less than 10 mins. Dump it in the oven with the sugar sauce and you'll be rewarded with a rich self-saucing caramely pudding. Yes, you just pour the sauce over the pudding before baking it and when it bakes, the sauce will form at the bottom and the sponge pudding will form at the top. Love this kind of baking magic. So Christmasy, so good. You'll need For the pudding: 3 bananas, mashed, overripe ones are best 1/2 cup sugar 1/3 cup melted butter 1 egg 1 tbsp vanilla essence 1 cup milk 1 cup flour 3 tbsp baking powder For the sauce 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp golden syrup or corn syrup 3/4 cup water * Preheat the oven to 180 C. * Mix all the ingredients for the pudding together in a bowl. Whisk until just combined and pour into a rectangular baking dish * Mix the ingredients for the sauce together in a saucepan and heat just until the sugar dissolves * Gently pour this sauce over the pudding mixture * Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 c for 45-60 minutes * The pudding is ready when the top is spongy * Best served with some vanilla or butterscotch ice cream #bananas #bakingwithbananas #christmasrecipes #christmas2024 #christmasbaking #christmasbakes #easychristmastreats #butterscotch #easypuddingrecipe #bakingwithrona #bakingreels #foodreels #recipereels #easychristmasgifts #ediblegifts #ediblechristmasgifts

Episode 5 of Edible Christmas Gifts : Follow @bakingwithrona for more Christmas recipes. Banana bread but make it Christmasy You'll need 4 bananas, overripe ones work best 1/3 cup oil 1/4 cup honey 2 eggs 1/4 cup milk 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp vanilla 1 3/4 cups wheat flour (or 1 cup wheat flour+1/2 cup all purpose flour) 1/2 cup chocolate chips 1/3 cup dried cranberries * Preheat the oven to 180 C. Grease and line a large loaf tin or line 3 small paper loaf moulds * In a large bowl, mash the bananas. Add the oil, honey, vanilla and eggs one by one and whisk well * In a separate bowl, mix the baking soda, and wheat flour. Add it to the banana mixture, alternating with the milk, starting and ending with the flour * Fold in the choco chips and cranberries *Spoon the mixture into the prepared moulds, and bake in preheated oven at 180 C for 40 -45 mins * The baking time will vary a bit for the smaller loaves ( I've doubled the recipe here in the video and it works just as well) #bananacake #bananabread #christmasbananabread #bakingwithrona #holidaygifting #holidaybaking #christmas2024 #christmasreels #christmasrecipes #reels #bakingreels #christmasgoodies #ediblegifts #cranberries #easychristmastreats #wheatcake #bakingwithbananas #wholewheatrecipes

Ep. 4 of EDIBLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS: CARROT CAKE FOLLOW @bakingwithrona for more Christmas recipes It's actually almost as quick to make as in this video, almost. And all you need is a whisk and spatula. This one is light and almost spongy, different from the usual dense carrot cakes. Which kind do you prefer? Here's what you'll need 1 cup oil 4 eggs 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 cups flour 1 tbsp cinnamon powder 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/3 cup chopped nuts( pecans, walnuts or a mix of both) 1 cup grated carrot * Preheat the oven to 180 C. If you're making one large cake, then grease and line a 9 inch round cake tin * In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the oil, eggs and brown sugar * Fold in the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and baking soda * Add the grated carrot and mix until incorporated *Spoon into the prepared tin, and if using paper moulds, these will make 3 small loaves * Bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 35-40 minutes * If you're making small loaves, they might need slightly lesser time * Once the cakes have cooled, they can be eaten on their own or with a light layer of cream cheese icing * For the icing recipe Google "cream cheese icing baking with Rona". It'll show up in the whole carrot cake recipe #creamcheese #bakingwithrona #carrotcake #creamcheeseicing #ediblegifts #christmas2024 #christmasgifting #easycarrotcake #onebowlcake #bakingrecipes #easybakingrecipes #christmasreels #quickbaking #miniloaves #bakesale

Ep 3 of Edible Christmas Gifts: No bake Wafer Pecan Cookies Follow @bakingwithrona for more Christmas recipes. 3 ingredients and you don't even need an oven. This might seem too simple a recipe to garner any success but these are sooo soo good. Here's all you need 1 cup pecans, finely chopped 200 gm condensed milk 250 gms vanilla wafers * Blend the wafers into a smooth powder, this will give you about a cup or more of wafer powder. * In a mixing bowl, mix the condensed milk and pecans * Add the wafer powder and mix until you have a sticky dough *Divide into 2 or 3 portions and wrap each in cling film, shaped into a log *Freeze for at least an hour, then cut into slices to serve Also the cute little Christmas plate you see is from @kurianskurios. #bakingwithrona #bakingreels #wafer #nobakerecipes #reels #nobakecookies #ediblegifts #christmasgifts #condensedmilkdesserts #christmas2024 #christmasrecipes #christmasreels #easychristmastreats #mostwonderfultimeoftheyear #favouritetimeofyear #pecans

Ep.2 of Edible Christmas Gifts: Spiced Cookies Follow @bakingwithrona for more easy Christmas recipes Slightly crisp, chewy inside and with hints of spices, trust these to disappear quickly. You'll need 250 gms butter 3/3 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup corn syrup 3 cups+3/4 cups of flour 2 tsps ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground cardamom 1 1/2 tsp baking soda A pinch of salt 3/4 cup chopped nuts( you can use walnuts, pecans, almonds or a mix) * In a saucepan, melt the butter, sugars and corn syrup. Leave to cool *In a mixing bowl, add 3 cups of flour, the spices, soda, salt and nuts * Add the melted butter mixture and mix with a spatula, adding the rest of the flour until you have a smooth dough *Divide into 4 parts, shaping each into a log, wrap in cling film and leave in the fridge overnight * To bake, preheat the oven to 175 C. Line a tray with baking paper * Slice the rolls thinly, place on the baking sheet, with a little space between the slices. These slices puff up a bit as they bake, but don't spread much *Bake for 10 minutes, the cookies will firm up as they cool *Repeat with the rest of the dough #christmas2024, #christmascookies #christmasgifting #ediblegifts #homemadegifts #homemadecookies #bakingwithrona #christmasrecipes #christmasreels #christmasgoodies #bakingreels #bakingrecipes #pecans #danishbiscuits #recipesfromaroundtheworld #spicedbiscuits #spicedcookies #easybakingrecipes #easycookies #reels #mostwonderfultimeoftheyear #favouritetimeofyear