I’m starting a new series of post in this blog called “basic recipes”. The name says it all, there will be some basic recipes that are easy to make and you may adapt in thousands of ways. The first one is a sweet one, vanilla pastry cream basic recipe, and some tips and tricks on…
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Almond and dried apricots cake covered in white chocolate glaze, an everyday and special occasion cake
Almond and dried apricots cake was made keeping my mom in mind. She is such a picky eater. My mom loves nuts and dried fruits and she definitely loves a good but small piece of cake, but it should be the right one. Sweet but not too sweet, spicy but not too spicy, super moist and…
Tahini, olive oil and dates cake
I love browsing the internet and discovering new blogs that inspire me. Eat in my kitchen is one of my latest discoveries and I’m sharing with you the first recipe from this blog that I had fun experimenting with. It’s a date and tahini cake, with an amazing nutty flavour that stole my heart in…
Orange & chocolate Bundt cake
Sometimes I get nostalgic about moms cooking and try to recreate her recipes. I end up calling her to check if I missed something, which for sure always happens. Mom starts explaining in her way, without mentioning concrete measures or amounts at all, a little bit of this and a little bit of that, even when…
Reine de Saba – Queen Sheba Cake : A Cake Fit For a Queen
I love everything about Queen Sheba cake, or as we would call it in French Reine de Saba, its texture, aroma, flavor. This is a recipe by Julia Child. As she puts it in her own words, “The Queen of Sheba is a dark beauty made of chocolate, and almonds, and rum and butter. Let’s…
Healthy cake with fruits
September is here, school starts in a while and I still get good vibes and the good feelings of a new beginning even though I’ve said good bye to school years ago. One of the things I loved about school were the homemade goodies my mom made to enjoy at school. This fruit cake is…
Savoury zucchini bread
This savory zucchini bread was at first an experimental recipe. I wanted to prepare something savor for a bake sale at work. I kind of mixed whatever I had in the fridge and ended up with this beauty. To my surprise the result was wonderful and when I brought the cake at work everyone was…
Lemon and poppy seeds cake
Lemon and poppy seed cake is one of my favorites. It is super moist, rich and easy to make. The lemon juice and zest gives it a wonderful fresh flavor and the poppy seeds add a little bit of crunchiness. Lemon and poppy seeds cake is like a synonym to spring for me, because of…