This Easter season wouldn’t be complete without a lamb cake! In this post I’ll show you how easily you can make an adorable lamb cake (hubby named it “Fatty” : ))) without using a lamb mold. I know there is the famous Wilton 3D lamb mold out there but I really don’t like buying a […]
First Communion Open Book Cake (Chocolate Ganache & Mascarpone Filling)
My cake baking challenge for this weekend was to make a first communion cake for our friends’ sweet little girl. I decided to bake an open book cake with two layers of filling – first layer with chocolate ganache & sour pitted cherries and the second one with a mascarpone cheese filling. It was a […]
Romanian Easter Cake with Cheese (Pasca cu Branza)
Pasca cu Branza is a traditional Easter dessert that is specific to the north-eastern part of the country (in Moldavia). It can be simple, with jagged margins, or it can have dough braided edges. Sometimes a cross-shaped braid is placed in the middle, representing the crucifixion of Jesus. People usually take some Pasca, dyed eggs […]
Easter Cake with Bunnies and Eggs
This is the funniest cake I’ve ever made for Easter so far. It’s an easy-to-make cake with a delicious and refreshing yogurt filling and decorated with a basket weave pattern made of vanilla buttercream icing. I filled the Easter basked with green coconut grass, added some Smarties mini eggs and 2 chocolate bunnies. You don’t […]
How to Dye Easter Eggs with Leaf Imprints
If it’s Easter, it’s time to decorate some eggs! Dyeing eggs with plants is fun and easy and the nice part about this is that every egg will be wildly different :). You will need: white eggs Egg dye Cups for dyes Old pantyhose thread Leaves […]
Funny Sunny Side up Eggs
I woke up this morning with a big smile on my face so I decided to make my husband laugh out loud too with this funny breakfast. Since everyone should be able to make sunny side up eggs I didn’t take step-by-step photos. The only picture I took though speaks for itself : )). Here […]
Quail Eggs & Bacon Toast
I had some quail eggs left over after I made the delicious Salad with Smoked Salmon & Quail Eggs so I decided to try out a quick and easy breakfast recipe. I’m not going to start talking about the health benefits of quail eggs again because I gave you enough info in my previous post 🙂 […]
Salad with Smoked Salmon & Quail Eggs
You can enjoy this easy and healthy salad anytime of the day. And in case you didn’t know, quail eggs provide great health benefits, whether cooked or raw. They are proven to be a great source of vitamin A, B1, B2, B6, B12 and D. Also, they are used to increase appetite, strengthen the immune […]
Fruit Yogurt Filling With Sour Cherries
Ingredients: 650 g fruit yogurt, at room temperature 150 g powdered sugar 375 ml whipping cream (+ 70-100 g powdered sugar if the whipping cream is not sweet) 30 g gelatin 200 g pitted sour cherries Directions: This fruit yogurt filling with sour cherries is the easiest you can make. Firstly, you have to […]