With the garden being more or less ready for winter my attention is shifting to the kitchen again. December is also the time when I need to have a jar full of cookies in the drawer. Preferably chocolate chip cookies or “sable chocolat au fleur…
I’ve been complaining about my lack of coming up with my own recipe here before, all the more I’m proud to present one now. It seems I’m better with sweet dishes than with salty ones. We were invited to a friends place and had nothing…
Now here comes a very secretrecipe 😉 Already when I was a child I loved to cook and bake and I had a very sweet tooth ! Ok maybe I still have . One of the very popular christmas presents I used to make for…
This stunning dessert comes from my upstairs neighbor. A very surprising combination which is not easy to guess for your guests. Quick and simple to make. But it needs some 3 hours in the freezer. Enough for at least 8 people. 200 gr sugar 5…
My son and I, we do a lot of baking. He’s a fuzzy eater and I hope helping in the kitchen will open his mind and his taste buds. These little chocolate cakes are cute and easy to make. He loved everything about them, so…
This mornings work are these Chocolate- lemon Madelaines also from Pierre Hermé’s cookbook “Chocolate Desserts”. An other nice tea cookie, easy to make, all the need is time ( most precious good I know ). Gives you 12 Madelaines. 70 gr all-pirpose flour 3.5 tbs…
I have a queue of things I want to do that lasts to Afrika. On the list is lot’s of weeding but also planting as important things as soybeans, imagine picking your own edamame in your garden! Then comes lot’s of cooking and baking I…
Profiteroles are amongst my favorite desserts. I always order them in the restaurant if they are on the menu, but there are huge differences in the preparation and not all of them are equally nice. What you want is dark bitter chocolate over cold and…
Still in a baking mood and at home with a heavy cold. I decided to try something I have never done before, a Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake. Inspired by a post on smittenkitchen. I like cheese cake but have not done one for ages. But chocolate…
I’m quite proud on that cake. I took a rather basic cake recipe with dried figs (which I don’t really fancy ) and adjusted it . Quickly done but really good. 150 gr Butter at room temperature 125 gr sugar a pinch of salt 2…
