Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
I love this banana bread recipe with chocolate chips. And I´m sure you will too! This chocolate chip banana bread recipe is, without a doubt, the best way to use up those ripe bananas that are still sitting uneaten in your fruit bowl.. Spoiler! They will eat those...
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This recipe for carrot cake will leave you speechless. Victor and I are particularly fond of this homemade dessert. One day I decided to surprise him by making one of my specialities. Carrot cake! He exclaimed. That was the last thing I heard from him. We didn't talk...
Puff Pastry Apple Tartlets with Pastry Cream
I am spending a weekend in the mountains of Madrid to be in touch with nature. And … On monday is my birthday! So I think I will celebrate a little snack party with puff pastry apple tartlets. The landscape I am surrounded by invites me to make a dessert with puff...
Lemon Yogurt Cake 1.2.3
We have a new cake section on the blog! And we launch it with this lemon yogurt cake recipe. This recipe for lemon yogurt cake has a very special place in my recipe book, as it was the first dessert I ever made in my life! If you are getting started in baking, I...
Spanish Chocolate Birthday Cake
I have cooked many cakes before, and I have to say this chocolate birthday cake is D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S. This chocolate birthday cake recipe has been passed down from generation to generation in Victor's family. And now his grandmother, Nona as they call her, has shared...
Marble Cake with Cocoa
Making desserts is an art. And an example of this is this recipe for marble cake with cocoa . It is a homemade recipe destined to conquer our senses of taste and sight. This sponge cake is fluffy on the palate and with an attractive appearance because its colours and...
Lemon Meringue Pie
This lemon meringue pie recipe is my brother's favourite. Its creaminess, crunchy base and lemon flavour make this cake a perfect combination. It's October 2020. Fools Garden's Lemon Tree plays on the radio as I listen to the lyrics: I'm sitting here in a boring room,...
Chocolate Mousse Cake
Chocolate mousse cake is one of my favorites. Anyone can make this no bake chocolate cake, you don’t need any special method or equipment. Ever since I make my kids this treat, I add cookies soaked in milk to the recipe so it has less chocolaty-ness hit. What a...
Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
Mmm… this lemon poppy seed cake is one of my favorites. Your palate will be delighted when tasting this sponge cake made with lemon, poppy seeds and glaze. Mom is going to cook! My kids are happy with mommy's new hobby of blogging. It amuses them, but they don't...
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin pie is a delicious dessert to eat on autumn evenings or a perfect snack whether you're celebrating Halloween with the little ones. This recipe for pumpkin pie is from Will, a friend of Victor's who wanted to share this recipe with us when he found out we were...
Apple Crumble Pie
I hear the sound of rain drops on the window while I am standing in the kitchen. They warn me that autumn has just arrived along with the cold. I feel it's time to turn on the oven to bake an apple crumble pie! Every season has its positive side. The autumn rain...
Puff Pastry Apple Tart with Almond Cream
One of my specialties is this puff pastry apple tart with almond cream. Everything that is special, or out of the ordinary, catches my attention. And this cake is. It is not like the others: it is light, juicy and … rectangular! I wouldn't be surprised if at the...
Pavlova
This pavlova recipe is the one we usually use for special family occasions. When we all get together, my mother and my aunt Carmela, who are great cooks, always bring this berry pavlova for dessert. This classic pavlova recipe is very easy to make as you only have to...
Philadelphia No Bake Cheesecake
This Philadelphia no bake cheesecake recipe is definitely one of my favorites. "This is the best no bake cheesecake you'll ever taste," he told me over and over again. 2008 was a special year for Victor; he has two fond memories from that year. The first one was...
Birthday Cake with Dulce de Leche
One of my favourite cakes in our recipe book is this birthday cake with dulce de leche. We all like to taste over and over again those flavours that reminds us of our childhood. When you come across with a dessert that you liked so much in your childhood, you start to...