Description
An easy and wonderful treat to prepare at home, so let’s get started
Ingredients
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Snowball Mixture
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cup castor sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla essence
- 1 cup oil
- 2 1/2 cup flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
Snowball Syrup
- 1 1/2 cup hot water
- 3 tablespoons apricot jam
- 1 tsp red food coloring
- 2-3 cups Desiccated coconut
Cream filling
- 1/2 cup fresh cream
- 1 tsp icing sugar
Instructions
Snowball Cake
- Using an electric mixer beat together eggs and sugar till light and fluffy.
- Add vanilla and oil and mix well.
- In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add the milk and mix gently, do not over-mix.
- Pour the cake batter into cupcake holders that you placed in the muffin pan
- Bake for about 20-25 minutes in a preheated oven at 180C / 350F or until a tester inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean
- Cool the cupcakes in their pans for 10 minutes, then turn them out to cool completely.
Syrup
- Mix the water and apricot jam together and add 1 tsp red food coloring.
- Allow to cool, dip in the cold syrup, and roll in coconut.
Cream Filling
- Whip ½ cup fresh cream with 1 tsp icing sugar
- Slice snowballs into 2, pipe cream in the middle, and place the other half on top.
Notes
Prepared, tried and tested by Jennifer Govender Bisnath
Original recipe from Fatima Sydow
