I love these mashed potato swirls! They are easy and fast to make and you only need five ingredients. They look great on any appetizer platter for your small gathering, birthday party or why not, the upcoming Super Bowl party. For more five-ingredient recipes check out my 5licious section! Time: 65 min, Prep: 25 min. Cook: 40min. Servings: 28 […]
Chicken Sour Soup
I don’t know where you live but around here we’ve had a very wintery winter, it’s probably the coldest one since I moved to Canada about 8 years ago; so maternity leave (and not having to go out every day) could not have come at a better time. At -25°C the only thing I need […]
Chocolate Cake with Walnuts – New Year’s Eve 2014
Just three words for this Chocolate Cake with Walnuts– QUICK, EASY, DELICIOUS! This is the cake I made for our New Year’s Eve party and trust me on this, everyone at our party just loved it. This cake is a must for any chocolate lover! The walnut cake was light and moist and the filling […]
Semi-Sweet Chocolate Filling with Walnuts
Ingredients for a two-layer 9 inches cake : 500 ml whipping cream 300 g semi-sweet chocolate chips or grated chocolate 14 g gelatin 2 Tbsp rum extract 200 g ground walnuts Directions: Soften the gelatin in a few tablespoons of warm water and then dissolve over hot water (I placed the bowl with gelatin in a […]
Santa Down the Chimney Cake
Santa Down the Chimney Cake – my last Christmas cake this season! It’s not only a funny cake that I’m sure your kids would enjoy but it’s also super super delicious – walnut cake with white chocolate and walnuts filling and orange filling. This is probably one of my favourite cakes so far! As usual, […]
Orange Filling
Ingredients: 500 ml whipping cream, at room temperature 4 egg yolks Zest from 1 orange 8 Tbsp (1/2 cup) sugar 1 cup orange juice + 8 Tbsp (~ 250ml / the juice from 3 oranges) 4 Tbsp (3/4 cup) powder sugar, if you’re using unsweetened whipping cream 25 g unflavoured gelatin
Christmas Present Cake
This is a great cake design that is quite easy to make. I decided to make this Christmas Present Cake shaped as a square box but you could make it as a rectangle, hexagon or round if you prefer. The cake flavour and filling are the same as the ones I used for my Christmas […]
Fondant Bow Topper
Materials & Tools: Fondant (colour of choice) Rolling pin Some cornstarch for dusting Exacto knife, pizza cutter or any other small sharp knife Edible glue Melted candy or royal icing to glue the loops together in the same colour as your bow (optional) Plastic wrap or paper towels Glitter dust & a few drops of […]
Winter Holidays Cake with Penguins
We had a beautiful white Christmas this year in Toronto and heavy snow in the first days of the year. This wintery, snow-filled cake describes perfectly the beautiful snowy landscape from the past days … we are just missing the penguins :- ). It’s the second cake I made for Christmas this year and it […]