It’s strawberry season and making a batch of soft and absolutely delicious strawberry muffins is the best way to use fresh strawberries. These strawberry muffins are perfectly soft and moist and packed with juicy berries… They’re absolutely divine! And let me give you a tip: cinnamon goes great with these strawberry muffins! Only one teaspoon of ground cinnamon makes these muffins the best strawberry muffins ever. These muffins are also very easy to make. I think the most difficult part of this recipe is to chop the strawberries :). I used fresh berries because it’s strawberry season but you can also use frozen strawberries. If using frozen berries, thaw slightly, then…
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Chocolate poke cake – video recipe
This chocolate poke cake just became our favorite chocolate cake! And do you want to know why? Because it’s and absolutely amazing combo of soft, rich and moist chocolate cake infused with delicious cream made with melted chocolate and sweetened condensed milk and topped with chocolate ganache. Also, this delicious chocolate layer cake is very easy to prepare and it makes the perfect choice for holidays. I must admit that I’m a chocoholic and chocolate cakes are my favorites 🙂 If you are also a chocoholic then you must try these chocolate cakes Chocolate cake recipes – Easy chocolate cake – La bete noire (the black beast) Flourless chocolate cake…
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Romanian Easter crustless cheesecake – video recipe
This Romanian Easter crustless cheesecake is definitely the best Romanian cheesecake! It’s so rich, creamy, absolutely delicious and incredibly easy to make with a handful of ingredients! In Romania we must have cheesecake for Easter, it’s a tradition. We have several recipes for this delicious homemade cheesecake. Traditionally the Romanian Easter cheesecake is a rounded bread filled with sweet cheese and raisins. I’ve found out that the best part of this cake is the filling so I prefer a crustless cheesecake 🙂 To prepare this delicious cheesecake you should use quark cheese or curd cheese. Also ricotta cheese may be a good choice. If your cheese is not so creamy…
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Creme brulee-apple upside-down cake – video recipe
So rich, creamy and absolutely delicious this creme brulee-apple upside-down cake is amazing! And it’s so incredibly easy to make using budget friendly ingredients. This delicious homemade apple cake is made from 3 layers: the first layer is made from creme brulee, the middle layer is made from apples and the top layer is a delicious cocoa sponge cake. And the best part is that the whole cake is soaked in a delicious caramel syrup! Yummy! To prepare this delicious creme brulee-apple upside-down cake you should start by coating the pan with melted sugar. Let cool completely. Meanwhile you can cook the apples until soft. How to layer the cake…
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Black and white pinwheel cookies
So cute, tender, buttery and absolutely delicious, these black and white pinwheel cookies are amazing! Also these cocoa and vanilla cookies are pretty easy to make with a handful of budget friendly ingredients. To prepare these delicious cookies you have to prepare 1 white batter and 1 black batter. You start by making 1 batter then you divide it into 2 equal parts: in 1 bowl you add 2 tablespoons of flour for the white batter; in the second bowl you add 2 tablespoons of cocoa for the black batter. Then roll out each batter, place one sheet on top of another and roll into a log. The dough is…
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Cake layers – video recipe
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 – video recipe
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 B̻te noire (The Black beast) Рflourless 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…
