Recipes

I remember having these Czech bread rolls for breakfast as a child when my dad used to get fresh ones each Saturday morning. They came from a bakery in the town nearby and were famous for their crispness on the outside, and softness and airiness on the inside. Poppy seeds…

Here is our family’s favorite summer pasta dish! Fresh pasta salad with greens and mint lemon pesto is a perfect side dish for your summer barbecues or to bring along for a picnic, and I don’t even mention that it is a perfect summer lunch to take with you to…

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…