Layered cakes are the best, especially for holidays! They are budget friendly, absolutely delicious and pretty easy to make with a handful of ingredients. To prepare the dough you have to combine all the ingredients. You have to obtain a soft and workable dough (softer than a bread dough). To be easier for you to roll out the sheets, I recommend you to draw the edges of the baking tray onto the parchment paper. You’ll know exactly how much to roll out the dough. And don’t forget to prick the sheets with a fork. If you forget your sheets will be quite lumpy. You can fix that pushing down the…
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Chocolate Ischler cookies – video recipe
So tender and flavorful, filled with chocolate and covered with chocolate, these chocolate Ischler cookies are the best! Ischlers are Austrian cookies but they are also very popular in Romania. We love to have these nutty, tender and loaded with chocolate cookies on each Holiday, especially for Christmas. According to the original recipe, Ischlers consists of two Linzer cookies filled with jam (especially apricot jam) and topped with melted chocolate. More chocolate recipes here. I’m a huge chocolate lover, so I prefer chocolate filled cookies. They are so rich and decadent 🙂 The dough is pretty easy to make. It can be a plain Linzer dough or it can be…
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Yogurt noodle pudding
Try this baked noodle pudding for breakfast or as a dessert. You’re going to love it! So rich and flavorful and yet incredibly easy to make with a handful of ingredients, this yogurt noodle pudding is my favorite comfort food! This yogurt pasta pudding calks for simple and budget friendly ingredients: noodles, yogurt, eggs and sugar. Also, this recipe is incredibly easy to prepare. All you have to do is to cook the noodles for a few minutes, combine all the ingredients and bake. My dad has a different recipe for the noodle pudding. He makes a savory-sweet pudding with feta cheese, eggs and sugar, very tasty and comforting. It…
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Sweet cheese and raisin pies – video recipe
Soft and fluffy, packed with flavor and loaded with sweetened curd cheese and raisins… Mmm, I’m already drooling :). These sweet cheese and raisin pies are the best homemade pies and you definitely have to give them a try! These hand pies are very popular in Romania and there are 2 versions: the sweet version (which I prefer) and the savory version. For the savory version use only 1 teaspoon of sugar and replace the curd cheese with feta cheese. Optional you may add 2-3 green onions or 1 bunch of fresh dill. But now let’s get back to our sweet cheese and raisin pies. The dough is very easy…
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La Bête noire (The Black beast) – flourless chocolate cake (video recipe)
This black beast cake is the best chocolate cake! It’s pure chocolate! It’s so rich, creamy and flavorful and yet incredibly easy to make :). I love this flourless chocolate cake because it looks fancy but it’s quick and easy to make with a handful of ingredients. It’s definitely a recipe for beginners! I saw this recipe on Liz blog and I said to myself: “hey, this cake has such a funny name and it looks sooo good!” So I put it on my to do list. Why is this cake called the “black beast” or La Bête Noire? I really have no idea :). I’ve made some research on google…
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Drop doughnuts (video recipe)
Are you looking for the best doughnuts? Soft, fluffy, absolutely delicious doughnuts and yet incredibly easy to make? Well, stop looking! These drop doughnuts are the best doughnuts ever! If you don’t believe me, just make a batch of doughnuts and you’ll see 🙂 These drop doughnuts are my favorite! They are a little moist on the inside and so flavorful… The secret? These delicious drop doughnuts are made with yogurt which keep them moist on the inside. As I was saying, these delicious doughnuts are incredibly easy to make: all you have to do is to mix all the ingredients. No kneading nor raising time required but for better…
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Peach sponge cake – video recipe
Soft and fluffy sponge cake, juicy and flavorful peaches and a dust of sugar… Mmm, delightful! Peaches. Again :). I promise, this is the last peach recipe for this summer! It’s almost fall, pies season. Oh, I can’t wait to treat myself with a piece of apple pie or pumpkin pie. By the way, which one do you prefer, apple pie or pumpkin pie? For me it’s very difficult to decide so I take a piece of each :). But I was talking about peaches and sponge cake. This is such a great combo, don’t you think? The cake is sweet, vanilla flavored, and the peaches are so flavorful, juicy…
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Easy peach cake (video recipe)
So flavorful, soft and light as air and topped with whipped cream, this peach cake makes the perfect summer treat. And it’s so incredibly easy to make and budget friendly 🙂 This peach cake is an amazing combo of soft and flaky sponge cake, juicy and flavorful peaches and whipped cream. It’s so refreshing! A few tips about how to make the perfect sponge cake. – Always use fresh, room temperature ingredients! Why room temperature ingredients? Because when at room temperature, certain ingredients like eggs, butter, and dairies form an emulsion which traps air. While baking in the oven, that trapped air expands and your cake will be soft and light as…
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Easy chocolate cake – video recipe
Still looking for the perfect chocolate cake! Well, good news: you just found the best ever chocolate cake! Everybody loves this chocolate cake and it makes the perfect choice for any anniversary. This two layer chocolate cake is dense and fudgy, perfectly moist with a brownie like texture. And it’s so incredibly easy to make! Also, this made from scratch chocolate cake calls for simple ingredients like flour, cocoa powder, vegetable oil, sugar and eggs. To prepare this chocolate cake all you have to do is to combine all the ingredients. You may use a mixer but a whisk will work as well. I prefer to combine first the wet…
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Chocolate buttercream (video recipe)
This chocolate buttercream is my favorite frosting! It makes the perfect choice for cakes, for cupcakes, for brownies or for cookies. This chocolate buttercream is so creamy, smooth, rich and decadent… Mmm, and it’s absolutely delicious and it holds its shape perfectly! So, this chocolate buttercream is the best frosting for piping. And it’s incredibly easy to prepare with only 3 main ingredients! I say only 3 main ingredients because this frosting tastes amazing even without vanilla or rum essence and instead of milk or heavy cream you may use water. So you can prepare this chocolate buttercream using only butter, confectioners’ sugar and cocoa powder. A few tips for…
