With Valentine’s Day approaching and me away for over a week with work, having a few recipes made for the big day was quite helpful. I made these pink heart biscuits and we loved them so much I wanted to make another batch before leaving. In the end, I made a couple of sweet loafs,
I wanted to make a pink Victoria sponge for a series I’m planning for Valentine’s Day, hence the hearts confetti. I have beetroot powder and I thought the cake will turn out pink and beautiful. The beetroot powder is healthy so I really hoped it will be a great alternative to food colouring. The batter
I hope everyone had a wonderful time this Christmas. Last year I made a list with everything I prepared and it was helpful when I made the menu for this year, so this is what we had this year. Get ready for a lot of pictures. I cooked a lot, but we still have food
For today I’m making a selection of the dishes for Christmas. I’m revising the Christmas menu for this year today and it’s a perfect way to see what options I have that I didn’t think about. Snowflake biscuits with cinnamon, the one I made was huge, but a smaller size would be just as nice.
I wanted to make a batch of peanut butter biscuits for some time and I think they look really festive. As I also got the Christmas cookie cutters from Ikea and I wanted to try them. Animal-shapped biscuits, especially the moose and the baby bear, are so appropriate for Christmas. I loved the flavour and
I made these mince pies as a treat when my husband and I were decorating the tree. I should say the dog did help, by sniffing the branches and, after that, sniffing his gifts underneath the tree every single day. I can’t say I blame him, I can’t wait to unwrap my gifts too. Ingredients
For St. Nicholas Day I prepared two Dutch desserts, these Pepernoot and Krestkrans. Pepernoot are spiced biscuits and their name comes from, as you can imagine, pepper-nuts. I liked them a lot, although they might be a little hard. It’s the first time I use black pepper in a dessert and I loved it so
