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Chocolate Cake: 3 cups flour 1/2 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened) 2 cups brown sugar 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp natural coconut vinegar 2 tsp baking soda 2 cups warm coffee 2/3 cup extra virgin coconut oil OR light olive oil 1 tbsp vanilla essence Instructions to make the Chocolate Cake: - In a bowl, whisk together all the your dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, salt) - In another bowl, mix the wet ingredients (coffee, vinegar, vanilla essence, olive oil) - Then whisk all together into a batter. (It's fine for the batter to be slightly lumpy). - Preheat oven to 175˚C. Butter and spread flour or use oil paper on two 9" pans and divide the batter equally into both pans. - Bake for roughly 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. - Ensure the cakes have completely cooled on a cooling rack before adding the frosting. Chocolate Frosting: 150g cream cheese (softened & roof temp) 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened & roof temp)...

Ingredients: 300g plain flour ½ tsp salt 1 tbsp butter / margarine 1 ½ tsp yeast ½ cup warm water + 3 tbsp 1 ½ tsp sugar For the sugar syrup: ½ cup water 2 tbsp sugar 1. Add the yeast to half cup luke warm water, and add 1 ½ tsp to a bowl and let yeast rise. 2. Once the yeast has risen, add it to the flour and add salt and butter. 3. Mix with a wooden spoon, then add 3tbsp water and mix with hand. 4. While kneading, add a little water and make sure it doesn’t stick to the bowl. Add some water to your hand and mix the dough well. 5. Take dough onto table top and knead it well for about 8 minutes. 6. Grease a bowl with some oil / butter and add the dough, cover with kitchen towel and leave until it’s double size. (Can vary from 20 mins to an hour, depending on the temperature and humidity of the room) Meanwhile, make the sugar syrup: 1. Add water and sugar to a bowl and on medium heat warm it up until sugar melts. If it sticks to your fingers, the consistency is r...

Ingredients:  3/4 cup warm milk 2 tbsp melted butter melted 3/4 tbsp active dry yeast 1/6 cup sugar (half of 1/3 cup) 1/2 tsp salt 2 cups flour Instructions: 1. In a bowl, combine warm milk (~110F), melted butter, salt, sugar and yeast. Whisk and let it sit for about 5 minutes. 2. Add flour in small portions until the dough is no longer sticky. 3. Knead dough for 10-12 min by hand, then place in an oiled bowl. Cover it with a towel and let it rise for about an hour in a warm place. 4. Once the dough rises, remove it from the bowl and cut it into 12 even pieces. Shape each piece into a round shape and place them on an oiled baking sheet next to each other. 5. Cover the dinner rolls with a kitchen towel and let them rise another 30 minutes in a warm place until puffed. 6. Once puffed, bake at 175 C for about 20 minutes or until the tops are golden brown. 7. Brush tops with melted butter and set aside to cool to room temperature before serving.