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Homemade Snowballs
Snowballs has got to be every South African childhood favorite cake. This cake brings back so many memories of my childhood especially with my parents. It was one of my dad's favourite cakes that he would sit down and have with a cup of tea or glass of milk which I would obviously be eating away with him. Few years back I found the best snow ball recipe by the famous restaurant owner and chef, Yudhika Sujanani which I kept as my go to and keeper snowball recipe. A recipe that always comes out perfect and never a flop. It is a procedure to make but so worth it in the end. Freshly homemade snowballs in your own home is just a dream come true.
Homemade Snowballs

Ingredients

Makes 10 – 12 

  • 400ml desiccated coconut
  • Few drops pink colouring
  • 140g butter
  • 125ml sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 5ml vanilla essence
  • 375ml self-raising flour
  • Pinch of salt

For sandwiching the cake

  • 200ml icing sugar
  • 20ml boiled water

For the syrup 

  • 120ml water
  • 120ml sugar
  • 150ml smooth apricot
  • 7ml red food colouring

Method

  1. Place the desiccated coconut in a mixing and add few drops of pink food colouring. Rub the colouring into the coconut to tint the coconut until evenly coloured.
  2. Cream the butter until light and fluffy, then gradually add the sugar.
    Continue creaming until the mixture is light and fluffy.
  3. Whisk the eggs lightly then gradually add this to the creamed butter, add a 2 teaspoons flour with the eggs to prevent curdling.
    Add the salt and vanilla essence.
    Add the flour and work the mixture into a soft dough.
  4. Divide the dough into portions – Can weigh them into 25g balls.
  5. Roll each one until smooth and place on a baking tray lined with greased paper.
  6. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 170°C for 12 – 15 minutes. They should be pale in colour with the bases turning light golden brown.
  7. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack
  8. Make the syrup – Heat the sugar and water in a pot. Bring the syrup to the boil once the sugar has dissolved. Add the apricot jam and simmer until the syrup is slightly thick – not too thick as it will prevent the syrup from penetrating the snowball. Tint the syrup with red food colouring.
  9. Once the snowballs are cool, mix the icing sugar and boiled water into a thick, smooth paste, then sandwich the snowballs together.
  10. Leave to harden slightly – this takes a minute or two, then dip the snowballs into the hot syrup and toss them a few times to make sure they are coated. Place them into the coconut and toss to coat evenly.
  11. Dust off the excess coconut and place on baking paper.
  12. These are delicious and just absolutely mouthwatering.

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