Nuttylicious walnut chocolate square cake bars – they are nutty and very chocolaty! I actually made them last week, on the International Chocolate Day observed on the 7th of July. Okay my post is a few days late but it’s never too late to celebrate chocolate!! On Facebook I asked about your favourite chocolate treats and the answers included brownies, chocolate with peanut butter and ice […]
“Be like a pineapple: stand tall, wear a crown and be sweet on the inside” Aww, how UPLIFTING quote is that? Reminds me to straighten my shoulders and look up even when I feel down. 🙂 I recently purchased a few pairs of the cutest socks ever, one of them which is a pair of pineapple socks in pink (see them in Instagram)! And as I put […]
This is a quick post about a equally quick treat – berrylicious blonde brownies! It takes less than 10 minutes to whip up the batter and toss in frozen berries coated in potato flour that helps them to stay on top and somewhat intact. You can enjoy the brownies straight from the oven served with vanilla ice cream or allow to cool a bit, plate […]
They are sweet, a little salty, soft and crunchy – all in one bite. Macarons with cocoa shells one side dipped in dark chocolate and filled with chunky peanut butter for the extra crunch in texture. Though there’s no caramel in these, they do taste a lot like a snickers bar in a form of a macaron! I added little colour effect for a fun […]
Another birthday in the family – yes! On Tuesday we celebrated my husband’s birthday and Saturday was his dad’s birthday. I wanted to make a naturally dairy free cake (not substituting margarine for butter and so on), so I decided to go for sweet, tender and light sponge cake – Angel Food cake but with fruity flavours. Angel Food cake is normally a really pale […]
It’s my husband’s birthday today, yay! Like always his birthday cake is not exactly for him (( though he nibbles, he isn’t really a cake eater)), but for sharing with his friends and colleagues. This time he asked me to make something quick and easy that would be simple to share. So I decided to make a cake from cupcakes – mini cupcakes to be more exact! Simple and […]
And sprinkles, of course! These doughnuts are light and airy Choux pastry with sweet white chocolate glaze in pink and colourful sugar sprinkles. They are fun treats and much lighter than traditional yeast doughnuts, and surely they aren’t fried but oven baked! The light Choux pastry itself has a very mild taste and topping is what gives this treat it’s sweetness. Sure you could cut the rings open and […]
Hi, I’m back! Well, I’ve actually been home though the blog has been quiet. I was just having a little break and chilled out catching up with reading, studying, cleaning, did a cleanse and met with friends. Those kind of breaks do wonders, don’t they? I got lots of new ideas and I’m getting inspired from Summer vibes that are very much getting here as the days are […]
White popcorn chocolate macarons – gluten free and without food colouring! I’ve been asked many times how I keep my macarons white so I decided to share this recipe with few extra points about white shells. Oven conditions have a lot to do with how they end up after baking and I’ll get to that soon but to start with the right order of things, lets start from […]
Super quick post for this Sunday and it’s all about an quick and easy, healthier treat. Delicious almond cranberry cookies, that are not only gluten free but also without refined sugar. These cookies have a buttery soft texture that melts in your mouth, you can eat them warm or let them cool down before serving. They have a little sweetness from cranberries and a spoonful […]
Fresh and creamy sugar-free vanilla mousse cake with blackberries on a gluten-free quinoa & almond base. This is a quick and easy dessert to whip up in just 20 minutes. You can also think of it as an alternative way of using leftover quinoa – in a cake base! Just under 10 ingredients, simple steps, no bake time and chilling for an hour will do, interested […]
Golden crisp waffles with flavourful fresh blackberries and mini dark chocolate chips. Perfect for a weekend breakfast or brunch served with fruit and cream. And those gorgeous fresh blackberries – we’ve picked them ourselves! We’ve been to a PYO (pick your own) harvest farm yesterday. Spending half day picking cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, blackberries, zucchini flowers, carrots, spinach, parsley, mint, and eating straight from the […]
Fruitylicious buttery orange papaya cupcakes with deep caramel flavour from unrefined organic coconut sugar. Before I tell you how tasty these cupcakes are, you should know that I don’t really like papayas! Yup, it’s sad (because I’d like to say I love all fruit) but the fruit of papaya is just too sweet for my liking and honestly the butter-like consistency of the ripe fruit isn’t what […]
Halva and pistachio filled macarons in white and blue for the occasion of Israel’s 68th Independence Day, celebrated yesterday 12th of May. Halva is a tahini based sweet confection, this recipe uses store bought unsweetened halva bars to balance the overall sweetness of the cookies together with lightly salted pistachios. I was thinking of fireworks and confetti when taking the above shot, macarons in sugar […]
Fun take on good old tapioca pudding – coconut lemon margaritas! 😀 I know tapioca pudding is old school but I did not grow up eating it, in fact I was closer to my thirties when I even tried tapioca for the first time! The idea for this dessert came sort of weird way – I was looking to make a fruity and not too […]
May is here my friends, may this May be a fantastic month for all of you lovely readers and home bakers! This is going to be a quick post as I’m about to go for a run but couldn’t wait to share the recipe of my fuel for today! The lovely sour, tangy stalks of rhubarb, I’ve missed them so much over the years I’ve […]
Cake Pop Macarons – not just macarons on sticks but actual cake pops inside the macarons! Have you ever had to choose between your two favourite treats? It’s a tough decision to make as either way you’d miss out on one! Well, if your favourites are macarons and cake pops – we’ve got some good news – you can have them both in one treat! 😀 A […]
Marianne is an enthusiastic home baker and a recipe ninja, developing new recipes every week. Oh, and she wears pink only when baking!
