Recipes

Here is my favorite pumpkin cake of the last two years! The pumpkin roll is a delicious light small-portion cake that shouldn’t be missed from your autumn tables – it is super easy to make while it can still impress your guests. The spiced moist pumpkin cake base is filled…

From time to time, I like to bake the traditional Czech Poppy Seed Cake in Belgium. We, Czechs are crazy about poppy seed! Those of you who have already visited Czech republic, you may have noticed bakeries full of baked goods with poppy seed, we even sprinkle little bread rolls…

Long time I resisted traditional chocolate cakes. I had the feeling they were too heavy and always prefered to eat a piece of good chocolate on its own rather than a heavy cake. The truth is that now I don’t understand how could I had lived without it. Yes, we…

I bake these banana oatmeal cookies whenever I feel the need of healthier sweets, or whenever I have ripe bananas and don’t feel like making banana bread or banana pancakes. And since some time, I planned to share this recipe here but I actually realized I have never did! I…

Cherry season is still a few weeks ahead but I just felt like making these desserts recently after a strong call for such kind of a dessert. No-bake Black Forest Desserts are a yummy mixture of orange mascarpone cream with coffee chocolate sauce and cherry compote. The Black Forest Cake…

I baked this bundt cake in the middle of the blood orange season but I am a bit late sharing the recipe here with you, so I do hope you can still find them now. And if not, save this recipe for next year, you will not regret it as…

Wow, it’s been some time since I’ve posted a recipe here. We have been enjoying autumn and winter, eating together in the evening and so somehow I never managed to shoot a recipe during daylight. I still have many recipes in my notebook that I would love to share here…

Once the summer is gone, I always look forward to the early autumn days when the fresh garden apples are ready to be picked up. It always makes this seasonal transition less painful. Besides juicy fresh apples, I love to use them in  baking pies and cakes. Maybe it doesn’t…

If you like blueberries but you are tired of the classic jams, you need to try this one! Blueberry Jam with Pinot Noir, cinnamon, allspice, and star anise is a little pleasure in a jar that will make you happy every breakfast you eat it. Blueberries are my favorite summer…

Every summer, I look forward to spending a few days at the cottage of my grandparents in the Central Bohemia/Slapy region. It is surrounded by forests and an amazing wavy landscape. We often spend most of the day by the river having a good swim and fun, but in the…