You can get your kids to make this Easy Chocolate Reindeer. Make the chocolate reindeer antlers the day before so the chocolate can harden. Then, making the reindeer should take you no more than 5 minutes. For the reindeer antlers, you can print out any template from the internet. I used the one from this […]
Spider Cake
While the Ghost Cake was the kids’ favourite one, this Spider Cake was my favourite. I loved creating a cute 3D cake without having to use fondant for the details (which I almost always use for my custom 3D cakes). Also, I enjoyed covering the Spider Cake with the velvet texture made out of chocolate. […]
Homemade Chocolate Bars
If there is a recipe that reminds me of my childhood (in the late ‘80s) is the one for Homemade Chocolate Bars (Ciocolata de Casa). Our parents had to line up for hours to get basic food items such as milk, eggs and bread and sometimes the stores would run out of them before they […]
Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse Cake – Celebrating 10,000 Facebook Fans
This delicious Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse Cake is for the winner of our 10,000 Facebook fans milestone contest. I promised I would cook/bake the most loved recipe of a fan who would get the most likes/votes and the winner was… Sorina, who asked for a chocolate cake :)! I hope you’ll enjoy this recipe and since […]
Chocolate Mousse Filling with Hazelnut Flavour
Ingredients for filling a 10-inch cake: 200 g (1 1/5 cups or 7.5 oz) chocolate chips or grated chocolate (semi-sweet, milk or white chocolate) 3 egg yolks 2 egg whites 200 ml (4/5 cup) whipping cream, at room temperature 110 g (1/2 cup) sugar, divided 3 Tbsp hazelnut liqueur 60 g (1/4 cup or 3 […]
Chocolate Cake – Happy Birthday Dada!
Just wanted to wish our lovely Dada a very happy birthday! You are an amazing person and we love you so so so much! His Birthday Cake was similar to our New Year’s Eve one– a walnut cake filled with a delicious chocolate walnut cream. The only difference is that I added a touch of […]
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, […]
