Red Cakes recipe by Ruhana Ebrahim

Ingredients

• Red Cakes
• (Makes +/-2 dzn)
• 125g baking margarine
• ¾ cup castor sugar
• 2 eggs
• ¾ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 cups cake flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup apricot jam
• 1 cup water
• Few drops red food coloring
• 1. Preheat oven to 180degC.
• 2. Cream margarine and sugar together.
• 3. Add in eggs and beat well.
• 4. Stir in milk and vanilla.
• 5. Add in dry ingredients and beat for a smooth batter.
• 6. Spoon into greased/lined cupcake pans.
• 7. Bake for +/-15min until skewered and comes out clean.
• 8. Boil syrup ingredients till it thickens.
• 9. Leave to cool slightly.
• 10. Dip cakes into syrup and then into