You better watch out, You better not cry, Better not pout, I’m telling you why: Santa Claus is coming to town. Are you ready for Santa’s visit? Instead of waiting for him with milk and cookies this year, you can place some delicious strawberry and cream cheese Santa hats by the chimney. OK, nothing new […]
Spooky Halloween Cake Pops
Let’s celebrate Halloween with these spooky cake pops! I made them using the same recipe as in my previous post but just used orange and white candy melts to dip the cake pops in. I rolled the crumbled mixture into golf ball-size balls for the eyes as well as the pumpkins. You can give the cake […]
Cake Pops – Red Velvet & Cream Cheese
These cake pops were such a huge hit at our Gender Reveal Party. They were my favourite as well but after the Pregnant Belly Cake I already showed you in my previous post. They taste delicious, are super easy to make and honestly you can’t go wrong with anything that involves red velvet and cream […]
Pregnant Belly Cake – Gender Reveal Party
I’m baking something pretty special this time… a bun in the oven :). This is the reason I haven’t been so active on the blog lately. We decided to organize a Gender Reveal Party and since I’ve started regaining some of my energy back I figured this would be the perfect occasion for another cake […]
Lard Cookies / Fursecuri cu Untura
These lard cookies are great for any occasion. This is a very basic and old recipe that I know from my mom who used to make these especially around the winter holidays. She always used lard for these cookies but you can use butter as a substitute. The texture will be a little different though […]
Halloween Pumpkin Cake
Since Halloween is just around the corner let’s get into the spirit with this spooky pumpkin cake :). The cake and filling are quite basic and the decorations are easy and fun to make. Just follow the steps below and you’ll have the perfect cake that can be the centerpiece of your Halloween party! Time: […]
Plum Tart
I love plums and this Fall I was lucky as I had the chance to eat as many as I liked right from my grandma’s backyard (visited her in the Fall for the first time in 8 years). Now we’re home… no plum trees in the backyard but a great farmers’ market nearby. We went […]
Easieast Cream Cheese Filling/Frosting I
Ingredients: 500 g cream cheese (2 packages), at room temperature 115 g (½ cup) butter, at room temperature 250 g (2 cups) powdered sugar 2 Tbsp vanilla extract Directions: Beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and gradually mix in the sugar. Cakes with this type of […]
Cream of Mushroom Soup
I’m a mushroom lover (yeah I know, nothing new here!), they are so tasty and you can make so many dishes with them. The other day I realized that I have many recipes with mushrooms but no soups so I decided to make this light and tasty Cream of Mushroom Soup. It’s perfect for the […]