Enjoy your Women’s Day with these delicious and sweet recipes

Want to just relax and be yourself this Women’s Day? Good idea.

But relax with this cake and cocktail by your side.

Let’s start with the cake:

The Affinities Cake

The goodness of almonds and prune juice comes together to create a rich, moist cake.

Cook Time: 01 Hour

Total Cook Time: 01 Hour

Difficulty Level: Medium

Ingredients

200 gm flour

200 gm golden castor sugar

100 gm ground almonds

75 gm cocoa powder

1 Tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)

A pinch salt

6 Tbsp olive oil

400 ml prune juice

1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar

1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract

How to Make

Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C.

Oil a 20 cm cake tin, approx 10 cm deep. Line the bottom of the tin with some greaseproof paper.

Do not use a spring fold tin with a loose bottom else your mixture will leak out.

Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl and then make 3 holes with a spoon.

Put the vanilla, vinegar, and oil into each hole and pour the prune juice on top. Mix well.

The result is a gentle volcanic reaction with bubbles rising to the surface.

Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake for 30-35 minutes.

Gently stick a skewer in the cake. It should come out clean and still be moist.

Cool on a wire rack for a couple of hours before serving

Eat this cake with nice runny custard. You could also serve it with fresh strawberries to give it an oomph factor!

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Let’s make the cocktail:

Fizzy Pomegranate Water

A simple and delicious drink

Ingredients

16 Ice Cubes

4 Cups Seltzer Water or soda

0.25 Cup Pomegranate Juice

4 Lime Wedges

Directions

Fill 4 Cups with 4 ice cubes each.

Add 1 Tablespoon of pomegranate juice.

Fill the Remainder of the glasses with seltzer water.

Garnish with lime wedges (and straws) and serve.

 

So women, enjoy your day