For everyone in this family who has ever asked
“how did you make that again?”
— now it's all in here. Cook with love.♥ Mom

The Purple Folder

the family recipe book

Started at mom's kitchen table, added to for years, and cooked from by all of us. Handle with floury hands allowed ♥

What's inside

15 recipes and counting

use the quick index on the table to skip between sections, or grab a page corner to browse

Starters & Soups

1 recipe

Kaas en Uiebroodjie

Ingredients

  • 500 g Bruismeel
  • 1 Pakkie dik wit uiesop
  • ’n Knippie knoffelsout
  • 100 g Gerasperde kaas
  • 500 ml Karringmelk
— 7 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Meng alles deeglik en plaas in ’n goedgesmeerde broodpan.
  2. Dit rys baie goed, so sorg dat die broodpan groot genoeg is.
  3. Bak vir een uur en tien minute by 180°C.

added July 2026

— 8 —

Main Dishes

2 recipes

Noodleslaai

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Pak Spirals
  • 1 Pakkie Italiaanse slaaisous
  • 1 Groengroper
  • 2 Rooi appels
  • 3 Stingels seldery
  • 3 Wortels
  • 125 ml Mayonaise
  • 250 g Spek
— 11 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Kook pasta tot sag.
  2. Kap alle groente fyn en meng saam met die pasta.
  3. Braai spek en voeg by.
  4. Meng met slaaisous en mayonaise.
  5. Laat afkoel voor opdiening.

added July 2026

— 12 —

Tuna Lasagne

Ingredients

  • 1 Packet noodles
  • 1 T Oil
  • 2 Onions
  • 1 Packet frozen tomato and onion
  • 3 Tins tuna
  • 1 Tin tomato soup
  • 1 Tin water
  • 5 ml Garlic
  • 10 ml Oregano
  • Salt and pepper
  • 800 ml Milk
  • 500 g Grated cheese
  • 250 ml Cream
  • 1 Tin mushrooms
— 13 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Boil noodles in water with oil till soft. Drain and layer into large oven pan.
  2. Chop and fry onions. Add frozen tomato mix. Add tomato soup and water. Bring to boil.
  3. Add tuna. Add seasoning. Layer on noodles.
  4. Make white sauce with milk. Add cheese, cream and mushrooms.
  5. Layer cheese sauce on top. Sprinkle with cheese.
  6. Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes.

added July 2026

— 14 —

Desserts

1 recipe

Busy Day Cheesecake

Ingredients

  • 250 g Cream cheese or cottage cheese
  • 2 C Milk
  • 1 Packet instant pudding (pineapple or lemon)
  • 1 Biscuit pie crust
— 17 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Soften cheese and blend with 1/2 of the milk.
  2. Add remaining milk and pudding mixture.
  3. Beat slowly until mixed.
  4. Pour into pie crust and sprinkle biscuit crumbs on top.
  5. Chill one hour.

added July 2026

— 18 —

Baking & Sweets

11 recipes

Boere Soetkoekies

Ingredients

  • 6 K Meelblom
  • 1/2 lb Botter
  • 1/2 t Kremetart
  • 2 K Suiker
  • 3 Eiers
  • 1 t Koeksoda
  • 1/2 K Melk
— 21 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Vryf meel, suiker, botter en kremetart goed met vingers.
  2. Voeg eiers by.
  3. Voeg koeksoda by melk en voeg by meelmengsel.
  4. Rol dit uit en bak in ’n vinnige oond.

added by Leonie · July 2026

— 22 —

Chocolate Chiffon Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 C Flour
  • 1 C Sugar
  • 2 t Baking powder
  • 1/2 C Oil
  • 1/2 C Hot water
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 t Rum essence
  • 2 T Cocoa
  • 4 Eggs (separated)
— 23 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Sift dry ingredients (except 1 t baking powder).
  2. Add hot water and oil, stir into dry ingredients.
  3. Add rum essence to yolks and beat lightly, stir into mixture.
  4. Beat egg whites & 1 t baking powder until firm.
  5. Fold into mixture and divide into 2 x 20 cm pans (ungreased).
  6. Bake at 180°C for 25–30 minutes.

added July 2026

— 24 —

Doughnuts

Ingredients

Dough

  • 4 K Meel
  • 4 t Bakpoeier
  • 1 K Suurmelk
  • 1 t Sout
  • 1 K Suiker
  • 1/2 t Vanielje
  • 1/4 K Margarien
  • 2 Eiers

Stroop

  • 6 K Suiker
  • 3 K Water
  • Suurlemoensap
  • 1/4 t Kremetart
— 25 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe

Dough

  1. Meng suiker en margarien goed.
  2. Sit droë bestanddele en meng met eiermensel.

Stroop

  1. Stroop hoef nie koud te wees nie.

added July 2026

— 26 —

Fluffy Sandwich Cake

Ingredients

  • 2 C Flour
  • 1 C Sugar
  • 1/2 C Butter
  • 1/4 C Milk
  • 2 Eggs
  • 3 t Baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
— 27 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Cream sugar and butter.
  2. Add 1 egg yolk, beat well, add other yolk - beat well again.
  3. Add milk slowly, then half of flour, baking powder and salt.
  4. Add half of stiffly beaten whites.
  5. Add remainder of flour and whites. Add essence.
  6. Bake in moderate oven.

added July 2026

— 28 —

Gebakte Suurlemoenpoeding

Ingredients

  • 3 E Botter
  • 2 E Suiker
  • 1/2 K Melk
  • 2 Eiers
  • 1 E Meelblom
  • Sap en skil van 1 suurlemoen
— 29 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Klop botter en suiker tot romerig.
  2. Voeg geklitste eiergeel by.
  3. Meng goed en voeg ander bestanddele by, behalwe eierwitte.
  4. Vou geklitste eierwitte in en bak in ’n gesmeerde bak in ’n pan met warm water.
  5. Bak teen 180°C vir ongeveer 45 minute.

added July 2026

— 30 —

Hungarian Tart

Ingredients

  • 1/4 lb Butter
  • 2 T Sugar
  • 2 T Oil
  • Vanilla essence
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 Egg (beaten)
  • 2 C Flour
  • 2 t Baking powder
  • 1/2 Tin Jam
— 31 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Cream butter with sugar.
  2. Add oil, vanilla essence, pinch of salt, and beaten egg.
  3. Knead into mixture 2 cups flour and 2 teaspoons baking powder.
  4. Grate 1/2 of the mixture coarsely into greased and floured tin.
  5. Spread stiff jam, grate remaining dough over jam.
  6. Bake in hot oven at 400°F (205°C).

added July 2026

— 32 —

Lamington Squares

Ingredients

  • 1 K Melk
  • 1 E Maizena
  • 1 E Kakao
  • 50 g Sagte botter
  • 75 g Versiersuiker
— 33 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Kook die melk.
  2. Voeg die kakao, maizena, botter en versuiker by.
  3. Meng goed en laat afkoel.
  4. Gebruik enige sponskoek. Sny in vierkantige blokkies.
  5. Doop in sous en rol dan in klapper.

added July 2026

— 34 —

Plaat Koekies (Crumpets)

Ingredients

  • 4 E Suiker
  • 2 K Meel
  • 1 E Gesmelte botter
  • 2 Eiers
  • 4 t Bakpoeier
  • Knippie sout
  • Melk
— 35 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Meng suiker en eiers tot room.
  2. Voeg gesmelte botter by. Meng goed.
  3. Meng melk, bakpoeier en sout.
  4. Meng nou alles met melk tot ’n slap deeg.
  5. Bak eetlepels vol op ’n warm plaat.
  6. Bedien warm met botter + stroop of heuning.

added July 2026

— 36 —

Scrunchies

Ingredients

  • 2 C Oats
  • 1 C Flour
  • 1/2 C Syrup
  • 1 C Coconut
  • 1/2 C Sugar
  • 1 t Bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/4 lb Butter or margarine
— 37 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Melt syrup and butter to boiling point.
  2. Add bicarbonate of soda and stir until it froths.
  3. Rub dry ingredients together and add syrup mixture.
  4. Shape into balls and bake on double baking sheets (greased) and allow for spreading.
  5. Oven at 180°C.

added by Leonie · July 2026

— 38 —

Sherbet (Soekie)

Ingredients

  • 1/2 t Wynsteensuur of kremetart
  • 1/2 t Koeksoda
  • 2 E Versiersuiker
— 39 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Meng baie goed.

added July 2026

— 40 —

Venetian Tart

Ingredients

  • 2 T Butter
  • 2 T Baking powder
  • 2 C Flour
  • 1/4 C Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • Salt
  • Water to make a stiff dough
  • Filling: 1 L Milk
  • Filling: 1/2 C Sugar
  • Filling: 1 t Vanilla
  • Filling: 2 Heaped T Flour
  • Filling: 2 T Maizena
  • Filling: 1 Egg
  • Filling: 1 T Butter
— 41 —

How it's done

✎ Edit recipe
  1. Tart:
  2. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, then flour, baking powder, salt, and water.
  3. Divide into 7 parts. Roll thinly and place in layer-cake tins.
  4. Bake in moderate oven for 5 minutes.
  5. filling:
  6. Heat milk and sugar.
  7. Blend flour, maizena, and a little milk.
  8. Stir into boiling milk.
  9. Remove from stove, stir in butter and egg quickly.
  10. Add vanilla essence.
  11. Cool and spread between 6 layers. Crumb the 7th layer over top and sides.

added July 2026

— 42 —
+ add a recipe