Described by some as “the cake of death”, a sinful, additively sweet coffee cake that will make your body vibrate with the effects of too much sugar. Simply delicious!

Beskuit (a traditionally South African food), known as “rusks” in English, is made from dough, broken or cut into chunks or slices after baking, and then slowly dried in an oven. It is usually briefly dipped into a warm drink such as coffee and tea.

This is the coffee cake made on Sunday mornings at Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH).

Beskuit (a traditionally South African food), known as “rusks” in English, is made from dough, broken or cut into chunks or slices after baking, and then slowly dried in an oven. It is usually briefly dipped into a warm drink such as coffee and tea.

I love this recipe and shock people when they find out there is cabbage in it, about one of the only ways that my husband will eat cabbage. And if anyone knows my husband he is just as picky as a 4 year old. But he loves this and has it for breakfast!

This is my go-to brunch protein. In texture it’s someplace between a souffle and a cheesecake. I got it from Anna Thomas’s classic, The Vegetarian Epicure.

Ustipke (pronounced “ushteepke”) is a Croatian recipe I learned from a friend. It’s my favourite thing to make for breakfast! Serve with a mixture of cottage cheese, feta cheese, sliced cucumbers, radishes, green onion and bell pepper. Also good with jam.