Honeycomb has long fascinated me! For a while it felt like some sort of magic is going on with it and it foams up. I realized soon enough that there is no magic, it’s all chemistry and the reason honeycomb is so airy is the chemical reaction coming from the baking soda. What you are…
Sweet treats
Oatmeal Fruit Crumble
Summer is in full swing and I love it! All these fruits and fresh products, all these salads and aromas ready for be infused in desserts! It’s my favorite time of the year for sure! And it’s also the time when I avoid using the oven too much and focus more on desserts that require…
Moist Banana Brownies
Brownies might as well become this blog’s signature as there are so many recipes already published, all of them delicious, fitted for every taste! You can choose between these raspberry brownies or these fluffy brownies of Pierre Herme, although if you love moist, gooey brownies, the 4 chocolate brownies might be a better choice. I…
{Pink Pepper Grapefruit Pavlova} – Pavlova cu grapefruit si piper roz
Pavlova is an international dessert, that famous it is! But with good reason as it is a dessert easy to make and can pack a lot of flavor. Moreover, you can make good use of the leftover egg whites or even recycle fruits that no one eats anymore.
{White Tiramisu} – Tiramisu alb
Tiramisu is not something I make too often, but when I do, I put some distance between the traditional recipe and me. I don’t have an explanation for it – it just happens. Given the fact that traditional tiramisu contains coffee and this one does not, a question arises – is it still tiramisu or…
{Hazelnut Banana Spread} – Crema de banane si alune de padure
Spreads aren’t really that popular in Romania. Well, maybe except Nutella, but let’s face it – as delicious as this famous spread might be, it is packed with sugar and powdered milk and vegetable oil. And even though I know some of these ingredients are harmless, I for one much rather make my own spread,…
{Quadruple Chocolate Brownies} – Brownies cu ciocolata
Quadruple Chocolate Brownies don’t wear this name by chance – they do consist of 4 types of chocolate: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and gianduja chocolate. If you add to this equation the chocolate used in the actual batter you end up with so much chocolate that only a true chocoholic could handle this…
{Cherry Chocolate Verrines} – Verine cu cirese si ciocolata
A while back I saw these cute little plant pot looking dessert glasses and this idea sparked my mind – what if I play around this idea and come up with something delicious to fill them with, followed by actually planting something in the edible soil?! It sounded fun so I ended up actually making…
{Caramelized Popcorn Chouquettes} – Chouquettes cu popcorn caramelizat
Oh boy, I love everything that is caramelized! It is such a cool technique to improve taste and texture even to a pastry product! Think about caramelized sugar, about caramelized butter/ brown butter, think about that golden crust on so many desserts. Superb! But then I discovered caramelized popcorn and my world has turned upside…
{Mango Passion Fruit Caramels} – Caramele cu mango si fructul pasiunii
It’s been a few years since I played around with the idea of caramels, but here they are, making an entrance once again. Not your regular sea salt caramels this time though. These particular ones are tangy and intense, packed with flavor and have the best texture ever! And they are really not that difficult…
{Sweet Potato Fried Donuts} – Gogosi prajite cu dovleac/cartof dulce
I didn’t grow up with potatoes, they were something completely new when I first discovered them. I’m not gonna lie, that happen fairly late in life and it only did because I used them for my son’s vegetable puree when he was a tiny baby. I was never impressed by their taste, but I did…
{Nutella Swirled Banana Bread} – Chec cu banane si Nutella
Those of you loving Nutella, please raise your hands! Me included! In my case however, this love is strongly connected to my childhood. As Romania at that time was recently out of communism and I was living in a fairly isolated part of the country, pretty much everything of this kind (Nutella, candies, chocolate) was…
