Fresh cream doughnuts

Ingredients

1. Melt butter in a bowl and set side.

2. Beat egg in a bowl and set aside.

3. In a mixing bowl, sift flour, add in salt, yeast, castor sugar and milk powder. Add in beated egg.

4. Pour in lukewarm water, milk and melted butter.

5. Mix until it forms a soft dough and knead for 10 minutes.

6. Grease a bowl with oil using your hands and pat the excess oil over the dough to avoid a crust on the top.

7. Cling wrap the dough and place in the oven to rest for 1 to 3 hours if you have the patience.

8. After the dough has rested, it should have doubled in size. Punch down the dough and knead for 1 minute.

9. Cut into 8 pieces and shape doughnuts.

10. After shaping doughnuts cover with a dishcloth and allow to rest for a further 30 minutes.

11. Deep fry into medium-high oil until brown. When doughnuts are warm roll in castor sugar.

Fresh cream filling

1. In a bowl pour gelatin and water and allow to crystallize for a minute, thereafter microwave for 30 seconds until gelatin is dissolved.

2. After 15 minutes, pour cream into a bowl and add icing sugar and whisk until soft peaks appear.

3. Pour in the gelatin, this helps stabilize the cream, keeping it firmer for longer. Whisk until stiff peaks appear.

4. Once the doughnuts have cooled, slit the roll in the middle but not all the way through as it might break.

5. Fill in doughnuts with cream and decorate with cherries.