26.5.2019
My state exams are on and let me tell you just that I´m in hurry and I don´t have time for anything. I have two state exams left, or 3, since two of them are in the same day, so I study hard. Therefore, let me cut to the chase. If you don´t have time or are not in the…
19.5.2019
I still don´t have strawberries in my garden, but they were on sale in supermarkets so I bought a few boxes, specifically a kilo and half. But surprise, surprise – they even didn´t last four days, so I had to throw away most of them because they went mouldy. Well, what a quality. I planned to make a cake, where…
12.5.2019
I don´t have fresh fruit yet, so the frozen one had to be enough for now. Since I wanted something other than chocolate, I chose a raspberry lemon combination. After all, it is a fresh summer and tasty combination. This Raspberry Lemon Cake is made with fluffy lemon sponge cake with raspberries, raspberry jelly layer and lemon filling. It is…
5.5.2019
Since seasonal fruit is nowhere to be found yet, I use my stocks from last summer and shop deals. I found a whole box of kiwis at my place, kiwi which no one wanted to eat, so they had to be used in a cake. After all, everything I put in a cake is eventually eaten. I looked at websites…
28.4.2019
Easter is over so I was in mood for something light and refreshing. I had some mascarpone left and frozen blueberries from summer and it were about time to use them up since second summer is almost here. I made a cheesecake and since I already have one blueberry cheesecake on the blog, I combined blueberries and lemon in…
21.4.2019
For the first time there is something else on the blog than a recipe. I´ve been more interested in zero waste lately – when one thinks how much plastic and plastic bags are used, it is almost unbelievable. So I started to use an alternative, at least for bread rolls as a snack for school, for which I had used…
14.4.2019
Easter is almost here as well as the time when we think what to bake. If you don´t have time for long-preparation cakes, this Easter Pink Raspberry Tart is right for you. It is made with traditional kneaded dough, jam, mascarpone whipped cream layer and chocolate Easter eggs. Besides its simplicity and quickness of its preparation, it has another advantage…
7.4.2019
We traditionally make choux pastry donuts for Christmas and Easter – the regular ones with vanilla buttercream. Choux pastry donuts are made with choux pastry (of course) and are shaped into circles, therefore they resemble to donuts. They belong to the same category as éclairs, profiteroles, etc, but this shape is the most popular in Slovakia, we call them “venčeky”.…
31.3.2019
There are only a few weeks left until Easter so I adjusted the decoration for photos. I´m sure you´re familiar with it too – you bake for Christmas or Easter, some cakes require only egg yolks and suddenly you have leftover egg whites and no cake to make. One solution would be to freeze them, but I always forget how…
24.3.2019
I wanted to make something with lime for a long time, but I usually had such bad luck that I found limes in a really bad condition. I finally found some good limes with good price so I took them right away. I was carried away and I eventually took a lot more than I needed and now the leftover pieces…
17.3.2019
I had three mascarpone packages in my fridge so it was about time to make something with at least one of them. When we talk about mascarpone, what else comes to your mind than tiramisu. Since I already have a recipe for traditional tiramisu on my blog, I decided to make No-bake Tiramisu Cheesecake. I don´t like using eggs in…
10.3.2019
I wanted to make layered parfaits for a long time, parfaits which would contain a layer of strawberries and some white layer. I´ve been deciding between a white chocolate and whipped cream layer or a cream cheese and whipped cream layer – cream cheese and whipped cream won since I wanted a lighter, fluffier cheesecake filling. When it comes to…
3.3.2019
I was again in the mood for non-creamy cake and for some hazelnuts at the same time. I was thinking about what I should make since nuts usually go into batter, then there is some filling, mostly made with hazelnut spread, but I didn´t want to use any spread. In the end, I chose to make Chocolate Hazelnut Bread, since…
24.2.2019
You´re suddenly craving something sweet, but you don´t have a lot of time or you´re just not in the mood for doing anything complicated. Quick and easy recipes are the best then. Someone prefers cakes measured in cups, which are quick, for sure, but I think they are less accurate than cakes measured in a scale. Quick cake can be…
17.2.2019
I´m sure you sometimes crave chocolate too. You can take a tablet of chocolate and eat it just like that or make some chocolate cake. I prefer the second option, since there is more of a cake than of chocolate and it is less sweet. And how about a cake which contains all three chocolates – dark, milk and white?…
10.2.2019
Valentine´s Day is coming, let´s have a romantic dinner – I would never say that. I think that Valentine´s Day is too commercial, which is no good to anyone, maybe only to those who sell red and romantic stuff. However, it is also a great reason to use something pink or red in a cake, I agree with that. You…
3.2.2019
I´ve been using a lot of lemon in my recipes lately, I don´t even know it got to this point. But lemon curd is soooo good. I made some cookies filled with lemon curd last time so I had one full jar left. I preserved it and now was a good time for Lemon Cheesecake with Lemon Curd. Cheesecake is…
27.1.2019
It´s been a long time since I made yeast dough. Truth to be told, I kind of avoid it. I rather make some tart or cheesecake than something made with yeast dough. I get discouraged by long waiting and manual kneading. However, I finally bought a long-desired stand mixer so I tested it right away and didn´t knead dough with…