Medovik is a classic Russian honey cake made with layers upon layers of honey choux pastry and whipped sour cream. As much as my husband loves a medovik I hate making choux pastry for it. That’s why I cook a fake medovik - my husband is happy, and I continue to cook a yummy honey cake with flaky shortcrust pastry layers and creamy honey frosting.
For a long time, my husband and I preferred to celebrate New Year in some warm places, like seaside spots, or vice versa we visited perfect winter destinations, it was our tradition. And then one day we broke this tradition and decided to stay at home. Perhaps, it happened because our friends came to visit us, or maybe we had already spent all our travel budget - it doesn’t matter. That was the year when we just moved to Amsterdam and a lot of our friends visited us. Their visits lasted for two years and then the stream of friends dried up.
You may ask: where is the tradition and how does this story relate to the recipe? It's simple, we have started a new tradition! Every New Year, or rather December 31, my husband and I come up with a treat that we cook.
When my wonderful friend posted a photo of this cheesecake on Instagram, the first thing I thought was I NEED IT! And so, hurray, the pumpkin cheesecake recipe is now available here. I am sure that this cheesecake will appeal even to those who are cool enough to pumpkin and can’t imagine it as a pastry at all. I wish you a delicious pumpkin tea party!
This English Christmas cake is a rich, dense fruit cake made with dried fruits and nuts. Fruits are soaked in citrus juice and alcohol before baking. Once the baked cake is wrapped into baking paper and left to mature for at least a month. Once a week during this process the cake should be unwrapped and fed with more brandy. Yummy treat!
This recipe had waited in the wings for several years, but after I tried this cake, I understood that I would make this cake for sure one more time this year. The cake isn’t sugary, despite the amount of dried fruit, and isn’t dry, because it gets soaked in alcohol for several weeks. On the whole, it’s a very tasty cake, but I think that drivers shouldn’t abuse it.
Before my husband and I had a baby, we traveled a lot and always chose the same airline. And on board, as expected, they gave lunch and a little treat, which we always waited for and enjoyed like children. It was a fantastic tiny lemon cake - slightly sour, moist, and not cloyingly sweet. Perhaps all the magic was in anticipation of adventure on the way there and in the joy of returning home on the way back. But at that particular moment, we felt the beginning of our holidays. And one day I managed to bake our perfectly moist lemon cake at home and now I want to share this recipe with you!
At some point, I don't remember where and when I tasted scones and it was love from the first bite. They are not too sweet, not too dry, not too crumbly, not too wet… on the whole, the scones are perfect! Then I tasted raisin scones and realized that these are the pastries that I’m ready to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. If you have never cooked them, try it, this is one of the simplest recipes, and the result won’t leave anyone indifferent.
I always treated this dessert calmly and I didn’t understand people who adored it. It seemed to me that homemade brownies are similar to a moist chocolate cake, and a purchased one contains so many chemicals that it’s better to bypass it. But, once prepared this dessert, I fell in love with it finally and irrevocably. No more chocolate sponge cakes with pieces of chocolate to make it look like fudge brownies!
This recipe was born by chance and was tested on my colleagues and everyone truly liked it. Blondies with white chocolate are crispy on the outside, soft and chewy inside. These blondies have a wonderful creamy flavor and unforgettable aftertaste. Nothing beats these fantastic blondies.
My mom used to cook this cake roll for me when I was a child. Then my husband fell in love with it; there was even a moment when I cooked it every week because it is so delicious. Lemon cake roll is not only a delicate sponge cake but sweet and sour lemon filling - that is a perfect combination. This wonderful dessert is very easy to prepare and you will definitely love it!
I bet you've never tasted real Australian desserts? It’s time to fix it and try Lamingtons! :) Lamington is a dessert familiar to all Australians from childhood, it is prepared for birthdays, meetings with friends, and, of course, Australia Day (26 January). Traditionally, the lamington is made from a classic sponge cake, but sometimes a butter sponge cake is also used. The pieces of sponge cake are dipped in chocolate icing and rolled in coconut so that you’ll get a cake that tastes like a bounty bar - delicious!
Chocolate chip coffee cookies are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, loaded with chocolate chips, and have a rich coffee flavor. Coffee cookies make a delicious treat for anybody especially coffee lovers.
As you may have already noticed, I adore baking with cottage cheese and apples (just read my articles about cottage cheese apple pie and cottage cheese casserole with apples and cashew). I'm also fond of tarts and I know that it takes much longer to cook them than charlotte, but they are very beautiful and it's not the least factor in their favor.
