I had two reasons to make this recipe for cozonac. First of all, I wanted to include it in a picture for a book I’ve read recently. It was about King Michael of Romania and I thought it would be appropiate to add a traditional Romanian recipe. The second reason is that I never made
This year I’ve made a different kind of advent calendar to help us celebrate Christmas. Each day we have a game, a drink or song/carols, and a dessert. On one of the days, the dessert was cupcakes. This meant the perfect opportunity to make the vegan mulled wine cupcakes I was thinking about. I’ve used
Have you ever heard of Spaghetti Cheesecake? It’s a take on a Romanian dish. In Romania, is not called a cheesecake, but macaroane cu branza. That is funny, because almost nobody uses macaroni to make this dish, but spaghetti. In Romania another type of cheese is used, but I didn’t have any, so I used
I tried Sticky Toffee Pudding a few years ago and I loved it. Recently I thought I should bake it again and only this is how I realized I never shared my recipe on the blog. Sticky Toffee Pudding was invented in the 1970s by Francis Coulson at Sharrow Bay, an restaurant in Cumbria. I
I made this Passion fruit tart decorated with edible pansies and a hot water crust pastry. It’s the first time I make a sweet pie with a hot water crust pastry. It was so good that I will make it again. I mentioned before that it’s easier to work with as it’s more stringy and
The Swan eclairs are a beautiful and fancy dessert. I used to have them as a child, when I was going with my grandparents at a local tea room. It’s one of the first memories I have. While I remembered them and I was attached to the idea of Swan eclairs, it’s the first time
Rhubarb puff pastry tart sounds amazing, especially paired with quark cream. The cream has rhubarb and dry Sherry and it’s delicious on its own. The recipe is really easy to make, but it does take a bit of time for waiting for the rhubarb to cool down. I loved the Quark cream with the dry
