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Cake and Cookie Recipes
Sponges, biscuits, coconut cakes and the bakes made for birthdays and tea.
Baking in Mauritius runs from the French-influenced sponges and gateaux sold in every patisserie to the coconut and semolina cakes made at home for tea. This page brings together the cakes, cookies and biscuits in the collection, from a plain four-egg sponge to celebration bakes.
Quantities are written for standard tins and ordinary domestic ovens, with the oven temperatures Mauritian cooks actually use rather than converted guesses.
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Baking tips for humid weather
Flour absorbs moisture from the air here, so batters can behave differently from one week to the next. Weigh rather than scoop, bring eggs and butter to room temperature before creaming, and store finished biscuits in an airtight tin the moment they are cool or they will soften by evening.
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Cakes & Cookies recipes in Mauritius
Searching for cake recipes or easy cookie recipes in Mauritius? This page lists sponges, coconut cakes, biscuits and celebration bakes, each with tin sizes, oven temperatures and step-by-step photos.