The season of apricots may be over, but not the season of tarts. I mean, look at this beauty! One can always find an excuse to bake such a delicious dessert! This tonka apricot tart is anything you’ve ever dreamed of in terms of how a tart should be: crisp pate sucree, moist and fragrant…
{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…
{Praline Chocolate Millefeuille} – Millefeuille cu pralina si ciocolata
The French patisserie is without doubt the best in the world! It’s the base of modern pastry and the one that every pastry chef goes to when in need of a perfect technique or great recipe! Pate a choux, pate feuillete, pate sucree, pate brisee, pate a foncer and the list can go on! And…
Workshopuri – program toamna/iarna
Iata ca incepem un nou sezon de cursuri – toamna/iarna – motiv pentru care ne-am mobilizat si am definitivat un calendar al cursurilor din perioada urmatoare. Vi le prezint pe fiecare mai jos astfel incat sa le puteti studia si sa va puteti inscrie daca va intereseaza temele propuse. Nu lipsesc Entremets si Candy Bar,…
{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…
{Momofuku Style Basil Raspberry Cake} – Tort Momofuku cu busuioc si zmeura
It’s no secret that I have fallen deeply in love with these Momofuku cakes. I have collected many of Christina Tosi’s recipes on my blog and loved each and every one of them. I do however think they have one flaw – too much sugar for my sweet tooth. Therefore I have started to alter…
{Chocolate Chip Tahini Blondies} – Blondies cu tahini si ciocolata
Brownies are delicious, no surprise there! But how about blondies? Have you ever tried a gooey, rich, moist piece of chocolate chip tahini blondies? I can surely say they are surprisingly incredible! Their texture is amazing , but their delicate tahini aroma combined with melted chocolate bits is even better! There’s nothing I would change…
{Brownies Chocolate Ice Cream} – Inghetata cu ciocolata si brownie
When your little man says: mum I love chocolate, I love ice cream and I adore brownies; why don’t you combine them into one dessert?!… you answer yes right away. Especially when the mix of flavors sounds so intense and delicious, so silky and refreshing at the same time. So this recipe is for my…
{Double Chocolate Raspberry Brownies} – Brownies cu ciocolata si zmeura
Hey there, my dear chocoholics! This recipe is for you! These double chocolate raspberry brownies have more chocolate than you can think of and just a touch of raspberry for that kick the berries add to pretty much any recipe. They look beautiful and they taste even better! So gooey and flavorful, packed with chocolate…
{Homemade White Bread} – Paine alba de casa
If there’s one thing to always remind me of childhood, that would be freshly baked bread. My grandma was the baked of the family, she would knead kilos of dough at a time and make bread for the entire family. She had this clay oven built by her own hands and she would make the…
{Upside Down Banana Pecan Cake} – Tort cu banane si nuci pecan
Somewhere between pastry classes and trying new recipes, between a short vacations and recipe hunting or creating, I fell in love with the intense aroma of deeply ripe bananas. I find them so bright, their flavor is so exotic and yet so familiar, memories coming back from childhood when bananas where rare gems and therefore…
{Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce} – Sos caramel sarat
Is there anything better and tastier, smoother and more delicious than salted caramel sauce?! I would be inclined to say that nothing tingles my senses quite like a teaspoon of salted caramel sauce. It’s sweet, it’s intense and just slightly salty, enough to make you crave for one more teaspoon. And before you know it,…
