Description
An easy and wonderful treat to prepare at home, so let’s get started
Ingredients
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
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 381
- Sugar: 26
- Sodium: 229
- Fat: 22
- Saturated Fat: 9
- Unsaturated Fat: 12
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 43
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 45
Keywords: Cake, Dessert, Baking
