It happens to me often that I have a recipe in my head since months before being able to shoot it and post it on the blog. But not everytime it is something that I feel I must do asap. Just because it is so good and it looks so…
Cakes & Pies
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Today I share with you a recipe for a delicious Czech Gingerbread Cake with Coconut and Chocolate. The Czech Gingerbread Cake is known as perník and it is nothing else than a simple sheet cake with a traditional mix of spices such as cinnamon, anise, clove, allspice, and some others. I…
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Hi! Today I will tell you how to prepare your own Pernik Spice Mix which is used in the delicious traditional Czech Gingerbread Cake called Pernik. Since I have been living in Brussels, it happens to me sometimes that I have so-called ‘nostalgic cravings’. Those of you who lived some…
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In Belgium and France, the Christmas holidays end officially with Epiphany on 6th January. On this day, the tradition is to eat the so-called Galette des rois (French King Cake) which is basically a puff pastry with an almond filling containing a baked in bean. The galette is cut in as many…
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I love tarts and cakes made of ricotta! After the Italian Ricotta Bundt Cake, I present you another delicious recipe inspired by the Italian way of doing things! Italian Ricotta Tart is a Tart made of pâte sablée filled with a mixture of ricotta, lemon zest, cinnamon and raisins soaked in…
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I love almond tarts! Last weekend, I decided to bake a French almond tart a la frangipane (a mixture of ground almonds, butter, sugar, and eggs), similar to the one with plums I did last year (you can find the recipe here). But this time, I decided to bake it with…
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I have to admit that have many recipes for beautiful cheesecakes saved, but they are still waiting for my time and some special occasion. So then you can understand that once I do a cheesecake that turns out well, I am more than happy! 🙂 Last year, I tried this…
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Guys, we are in the full strawberry season right now! What about to prepare a cake for your next weekend? Whether shall it be a birthday party, start of the holidays, anniversary or anything else, this strawberry layer cake with cream cheese frosting is a beautiful, tasty, seasonal cake to…
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Delicious and super moist Orange Almond Ricotta Cake is another contribution to the family of upside-down cakes on my blog. With its lovely taste of organic oranges, shiny orange colour and the top being decorated with slices of organic oranges, this cake is such a beautiful and real orange cake to…
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I was never fan of classic cream cakes (except being a baby, when eating cream and decorating all my face and clothes with, and teasing my parents this way as I guess this is so much fun for a baby). I used to love my mum’s fruit sponge cakes as they…