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…
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{Banana Muffins} – Muffins cu banane
I’m always on the lookout for recipes that yield a certain type of texture to my desserts, I’m constantly tweaking recipes and trying new ones for that precise reason. It took me a long time to get to find the perfect banana bread recipe and an even longer time to find the most delicious, balanced…
{Hummingbird Cake} – Tort Hummingbird
My attention lately has shifted from cakes and recipes to actual techniques. I strongly believe that learning the basics and understanding a recipe is far more important than the final result. So my baking has lately turned into experimenting, learning, trying out ingredients and interesting mix of flavors. And oh boy, it is fun! My…
{Coffee Banana Entremet} – Entremet cu banane si cafea
This year’s Christmas has been lovely. Plenty of time spent with my family, good food, positive thoughts and over all a good energy for the year that will soon be done. But of course I couldn’t let Christmas go away without making a cake – well, actually two, but the second one is reserved for…
{The Best Banana Bread} – Chec cu banane
I don’t usually post recipes that wear “the best”, “the most delicious” or other similar names. Not because my recipes don’t deserve these names, but because I am well aware that not everyone’s taste is the same, so my likings may not always be the same as yours. Claiming one recipe to be the best…
Deserturi la borcan – Bucharest Gourmet Festival
Zona de food s-a imbogatit anul acesta cu un nou festival – Bucharest Gourmet Festival – eveniment focusat pe mancarea stradala gourmet – care are loc in perioada 3-5 iunie in Bucuresti, zona drive-in din Baneasa Shopping City. Si cum Electrolux se tine mereu de surprize si provocari, nici de aceasta data nu s-au lasat mai…
{Vegan Banana Bread} – Chec cu banane – de post!
I get asked a lot about vegan recipes lately – do I make vegan cakes, are they tasty, are they healthy seem to be spme of the questions that I got quite often over the past few weeks. The answer is yes to all of them! Vegan cakes are not guilt free, but they surely are…
{Chocolate Banana Muffins} – Muffins cu banane si ciocolata
English! I’m not a huge fan of muffins, but these chocolate banana muffins are amazing… so moist and loaded with flavor! The banana taste complements perfectly the chocolate’s delicate bitterness and mellows it down. It’s a very moist batter, unlike other muffins I’ve made or tried before. This recipe is definitely a keeper and it has found…
{Banoffee Pie} – Tarta cu banane si caramel
Bananas + Caramel = LOVE, don’t you think? It’s probably the best description I can think of at this moment about this banoffee pie. It’s so creamy, moist and delicious that it keeps you craving for more.. I mean, how can you not like a sweet, delicious, buttery layer of crushed biscuits, covered with…
