Recipes for the most delicious, beautiful and best cakes you can think of, such as sponge, chocolate and cheesecakes or muffins.
Cooked kouglof is a cake that does not need an oven to prepare it. It is a great option as a no-bake sweet treat. Contrary to the traditional, oven-baked version, this cake is cooked in a pot filled with water. Of course, to make this cake you need a special metal tin with a lid….
The Drunken Prune Cake is a moist and very chocolaty cake, its base is chocolate cake, chocolate cream with Nutella and prunes soaked in rum. Drunken prune is not a cake for children, as both the prunes and the tops of the chocolate cake are intensely soaked in dark rum. It is a perfect cake…
This Blackcurrant cake is an aromatic and moist cake, that is a combination of cocoa sponge cake with cake cream and blackcurrant jam. Although the cake may seem time-consuming at first glance, it really is not. The cocoa sponge cake can be made very quickly, especially if using a kitchen mixer. The cake cream is…
Fat Thursday is the last Thursday before Lent, as well as the first day that begins the last week of the carnival. On that day, it is popular to eat sweets, the most popular of which are donuts, Angel wings and cheese rings. Fat Thursday is a moving holiday, it does not fall on the…
Churro is a type of fried dough that is very popular in Spain and also in many other countries. Churros dough is a so-called choux dough, which is made by steaming flour in water with the addition of fat. It is cooked for a few minutes, then eggs are added to it. Subsequently, the dough…
Fat Thursday is literally on the doorstep and on that day it is obligatory to eat at least one donut 🙂 Some of you might buy donuts in a pastry shop, and some of you might decide to prepare them by yourselves. I will make my donuts myself, like every year, because the taste of…
Spanish donuts, also known as “nests” or “Viennese donuts”, are light and fluffy donuts made from choux pastry. Choux pastry is a pastry made by cooking flour in boiling water and grease. The whole thing is cooked for a few minutes on the heat, then the pastry is cooled down and eggs are added to…
A recipe for a traditional chocolate mousse you absolutely must try. This chocolate mousse is made from eggs, whipping cream, sugar and dark chocolate. Its texture is extremely light and fluffy, and the taste is insane. I serve chocolate mousse decorated with fruit. It can be any soft fruit such as raspberries, strawberries, blueberries. Physalis…
Red Velvet Cake is a beautiful red cake layered with a cream based on butter and cream cheese. The basis of the cake batter is flour, butter, sugar, milk, cocoa and additives such as food colouring, vinegar and vanilla extract. I bake the cake in two baking tins, because when baking in one, there might…
Cannoli is an Italian dessert originating in Sicily. It is based on shortbread tubes fried in oil, which are then filled with ricotta cheese. After filling, the ends of the cannoli are decorated with chopped pistachios, chocolate or candied fruit. I love cannoli because it is not very sweet and it works great not only…
These chocolate chip cookies are soft inside, slightly crisp on the outside and melt in your mouth as you eat them. You will need flour, butter or margarine and sugar to make these chocolate chip cookies. When combined, also broken chocolate or chocolate drops are given to the dough. Balls are formed from the finished…
I often layer cakes and desserts with cream. If it’s chocolate cream, I make it in two different ways. The first type of chocolate cream that I prepare is based on custard, whereas the second one on mascarpone cheese. The first is definitely heavier than the second, but it is perfect for cakes that are…