For someone saying she doesn’t like chocolate that much anymore, I do post a fair lot of chocolate dessert recipes. But look at this tart! It’s so pretty and packed with textures and flavor! The crunchy, melt-in-your-mouth tart shell, the rich almond frangipane soaked in Amaretto, the dense dark chocolate ganache and the airy chocolate…
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{Tonka Apricot Tart} – Tarta cu tonka si caise
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…
{Coffee Chocolate Bar} – Prajitura cu ciocolata si cafea
Ever since I saw Antonio Bachour’s recipe of Opera in the So Good magazine, I was set to make it! Anyone following my blog closely knows I admire his work and I was eager to try one of his recipes. The stars aligned so that I had to make a chocolate dessert for a blog…
{Berry Friands} – Friands cu fructe de padure
Friands or financiers, this is the question! Some sources, such as Margaret Fulton, say they are exactly the same, other sources say they’re only similar, the differences being notable. After a bit of research, here’s what I’ve concluded: friands are round, oval or oblong shaped and are flavored with fruits, while financiers look like tiny…
{Gluten Free Chocolate Biscotti} – Biscotti cu migdale si ciocolata
Biscotti are twice baked cookies, or biscuits, originating from Italy. They are crunchy and dry, usually served with coffee. What’s interesting is that the word itself – biscotti – comes from a latin word – biscoctus – meaning baked twice. This cooking technique was used for certain baked goods in order to preserve them for…
{Pear Crumble Dessert} – Desert cu pere si sos de ciocolata
I’ve been dreaming about this pear crumble dessert for weeks. The thing is, when I’m ill or feeling down, I dream about desserts, it’s my instant fix towards feeling better. I just take a pen and a notebook and draw desserts, design recipes, write recipes, make sketches over and over again. If you’d see my…
{Chocolate Sweet Bread} – Cozonac cu ciocolata
I can’t conceive Christmas without the traditional Romanian cozonac which is a braided sweet bread filled with either a walnut and chocolate cream, a poppy seed cream or with Turkish delight cubes. Seriously, this stuff is addictive and we make at least 4 every Christmas! However, this doesn’t mean that I’m not open to suggestions…
{Pear and Marzipan Cupcakes} – Cupcakes cu pere si martipan
Scroll down for English! Nu sunt o mare fana a martipanului, desi imi plac migdalele foarte mult. Insa aveam prin frigider un pachet de martipan luat acum ceva timp si m-am gandit ca ar fi cazul sa-l transform in ceva delicios. Si asa au aparut cupcakes-urile astea moi, pufoase si absolut delicioase. Ingrediente: Cupcakes: 200g…
{Bienenstich} – Bee Sting Cake
Scroll down for English! Nu-i asa ca e minunat cand o reteta ascunde o legenda interesanta in spate? Cam asa se intampla si cu aceasta prajitura. Bienenstich este o prajitura nemteasca ce are la baza un blat cu drojdie si este umpluta cu o crema de vanilie. Insa atractia principala a prajiturii pare a fi toppingul crocant de migdale caramelizate. Legenda spune ca, in timp ce incerca o reteta noua, un patiser german ar fi fost intepat de o albina ce fusese atrasa de toppingul cu miere al prajiturii, iar el s-a hotarat sa numeasca prajitura dupa nefericitul eveniment. Oricare ar fi adevarul, prajitura e absolut minunata: pufoasa, cremoasa si totusi crocanta, usor caramelizata. Merita o sansa, va asigur ca nu veti regreta. (Adaptata dupa Smitten Kitchen) Ingrediente blat: 12g drojdie proaspata 150ml lapte 60g zahar 280g faina…
{Almond Joy Cheesecake} – Mini cheesecake cu migdale
Scroll down for English! Trebuie sa recunosc ca desi imi plac prajiturile cu branza, cheesecake-ul a fost cam ultimul pe lista mea de dulciuri ce merita facute si nu pot zice ca am o explicatie logica pentru treaba asta, caci cheesecake-ul e absolut minunat, mai ales in varianta mini. Astazi am optat pentru un cheesecake…
{Tortul Sultanului} – Chocolate Almond Cake
Scroll down for English! Trei cuvinte au stat la baza acestui tort: ciocolata, migdale si pere, intr-o combinatie cum nu se putea mai fericita. Cele doua blaturi diferite si trei creme una mai buna decat cealalta au facut din tortul asta o experienta magnifica pentru papilele gustative. Reteta de baza apartine Andradei (Tortul Sultanului),…
