Easy Waffles

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Delicious waffles cooling on the rack for the whole family.

Making delicious waffles is so easy if you have mastered the use of your waffle iron. Here is a recipe that is easy to prepare for a nice morning breakfast with the whole family.

Ingredients:

1 cup flour

1 cup milk

1/2 cup water

2 eggs

3 tbsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. cinammon powder (optional)

Procedure:

1. Heat up your waffle iron.

2. Lightly grease the heated waffle tins (top and bottom). For this purpose, use butter, margarine or oil suitable for baking purposes.

3. In a large mixing bowl, mix all ingredients until free from clumps.

4. Spread the mixture as evenly as possible onto the bottom waffle tin and close lid carefully.

5. Depending on your waffle iron, waffles are normally finished within 3 minutes.

6. Remove the finished waffle from the tin ensuring that you do not damage the coating. If you damage the coating however, the waffles are no longer easy to remove.

Tip: I prefer putting oil in a bowl and using a brush to lightly brush the tin of the waffle iron.

Gisela's Chocolate Rum Frosting

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No cake will look good without frosting. This is the first thing that everyone licks off in a cake and what entices us to taste the sumptuous layer underneath.

For Gisela's Chocolate Cake, I experimented with this frosting by using rum instead of vanilla. See and try it for yourself and let me know!

Ingredients:

3 cups powdered sugar
6 tbsp cocoa powder
85 grams butter
5 tbsp milk
1 tsp rum

Procedure:

1. In a bowl, sift together the powdered sugar and cocoa, set aside.

2. In a large bowl, cream butter until smooth, then gradually beat in sugar mixture alternately with milk. 

3. Blend in rum. Beat until light and fluffy. If necessary, adjust consistency with more milk or sugar.

Tip: Double the recipe for layered cakes and if you want to do extra piping. Extra frosting can be stored in the fridge for 2-3 weeks until needed.