SWEET TREATS: delight the family with delectable cakes, crumbles, pies, cookies and more

Treat family, friends and yourself with these beautifully balanced winter sweets.

Impossible pie

The reason this pie is “impossible” is because the ingredients separate into three layers while baking. The heavy flour sinks to the bottom of the dish and pretends it’s pastry; the light coconut floats to the top to make a kind of crust or topping; and the egg and milk stay in the middle, making a delicious custard. SERVES 8 PREP AND COOK TIME 50 MINUTES ½ cup (75g) White Wings Plain Flour 1 cup (150g) CSR coconut sugar

¾ cup (60g) desiccated coconut 4 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

125g butter, melted

½ cup (40g) flaked almonds

2 cups (500ml) milk fresh passionfruit, blackberries and blueberries for serving

1 Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease a 24cm pie dish.

2 Combine sifted flour, sugar, coconut, eggs, vanilla, butter and half the almonds in a large bowl. Gradually add milk, stirring, until combined. Pour mixture into dish.

3 Bake the pie for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven, sprinkle with remaining almonds; bake for a further 15 minutes or until browned lightly and set.

4 Serve with fresh passionfruit pulp, blackberries and blueberries.

Not suitable to freeze or microwave.