My heart beats for pastry, but once in a while I feel the desire to actually go back to my childhood with a bit of baking, back to my grandmother and her amazing bread or sweet dough, back to those moments and flavors. And then I just bake, adding my own touch to each recipe,…
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Almond Meringue Bars
Meringue is one of the most mesmerizing products of pastry and for sure one of the most used ones – you can use meringue on its own, you can dry it out, you can incorporate in a sponge, add it in a mousse, you can use it as a macarons base and the list can…
{Vanillekipferl} – Fursecuri cu nuca si vanilie
2017 is upon us, but I still have recipes from last year to catch up on. Now I’m not one to bake cookies too often, but I’ve baked so many this year! Some were older recipes, like my all time favorite chocolate chip cookie or the delicious chocolate spritz cookies of Pierre Herme, but some,…
{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…
{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…
{Nutty Brownies} – Brownies cu miez de nuca
I’m not even sure I got the title of this post right – I’m thinking maybe “I love Pierre Herme” or “Pierre Herme rules” would have been better. Why you ask?! Well because this recipe belongs to him and it’s brilliant, just brilliant. I have never made brownies that taste better than these – they…
{Red Wine Brownie Cake} – Tort cu ciocolata si pere
If you asked me years ago what is my least favorite season, my answer would have been autumn for sure… I was (and still am to a certain point) that person who complains about the weather, that looks forward for a few sun rays and a bit of warmth… but then I realized that moaning about…
{Chocolate Sweet Bread} – Cozonac
I wish I could name this bread babka, brioche or kringel, but the truth is that it’s all of that into one bread. It has the filling of a Russian babka, the technique of a French brioche and the shape of an Estonian kringel. And if that was not enough, it resembles what we, Romanians,…
{Trubichky – Russian Cookies} – Cornulete cu rahat
These Russian cookies have been a tradition in my family for a very long time. My first Christmas memories are with my grandma making dozens of these tiny, delicate cookies, but I never managed to master her recipe, no idea what she did or how she made them, what her secret is but not even…
{Mini Chocolate and Caramel Tarts} – Mini tarte cu ciocolata si caramel
Scroll down for English! Ingrediente crusta: 140g zahar 130g unt la temperatura camerei 260g faina 40g cacao 1/2 lingurita praf de copt 2 galbenusuri 1 lingurita cafea instant 1 lingurita vanilie 4-5 linguri de apa sare Untul se spumeaza cu zaharul si un praf de sare, apoi se adauga cafeaua instant si vanilia, urmate de…
{Crunchy Caramel Swiss Roll} – Rulada cu nuca si caramel
Scroll down for English! Ingrediente pentru blat: 4 oua 4 linguri zahar 3 linguri faina 1 lingura amidon 1 praf de sare 1/2 lingurita vanilie Se separa ouale. Albusurile se bat spuma cu sarea apoi se adauga zaharul si se mixeaza pana obtineti o bezea ferma si lucioasa. Cu o spatula, se incorporeaza galbenusurile, iar…
{Coconut Rolled Oats Cookies} – Biscuiti cu nuca de cocos si fulgi de ovaz
Scroll down for English! Mi s-a pus pata pe nuca de cocos in ultimul timp si am tot folosit-o in prajituri. Astazi va servesc cu o portie de fursecuri cu nuca de cocos si fulgi de ovaz, plus miez de nuca… Toate se imbina atat de frumos intr-un fursec fraged, delicios si sanatos daca vreti…
