Buttercake
Delicious and very calorific, but a little goes a long way.
Great served with a cup of English tea, also keeps a long time in an airtight container.
Boterkoek – Butter Bake serves 6-8
175g plain flour
150g light brown soft sugar
150g butter, cubed
Pinch of salt
½ egg to glaze
(100g finely chopped ginger, optional)
• Add the flour, sugar, salt and butter in a bowl and knead all together with a cool hand until it forms a ball.
• Press the ball into a 22cm diameter shallow cake form.
• Glaze with the egg.
• Sprinkle over the ginger if required.
• Put the cake form in a preheated oven of 200 degrees C and bake until brown in about 20 minutes
• Leave to cool before removing from the cake form.