I can’t believe my baby is almost 7 months old now, why does time fly by so fast! He’s eating solids like a champ now and just started with the egg yolks last week. So since I have to boil eggs for him, I thought why not get creative a bit and add these Egg […]
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 […]
Raspberry Cream Cheese Buttercream Cake
I wanted to experiment more with buttercream frosting. I mentioned in my Vanilla Buttercream Frosting post that I’m not a big fan of buttercream for filling cakes, it’s just too buttery and sugary for my taste. However, it’s very easy to work with it to decorate cakes/cupcakes hence why I still make it. But let […]
Raspberry Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting/Filling
This Raspberry Cream Cheese Buttercream is delicious on its own but you could mix in some fresh raspberries as well, place them on top of the filling between the cake layers, or just arrange them on top to decorate your cake. Ingredients […]
Valentine’s Day Dessert – Strawberry and White Chocolate Squares
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner so today I have for you another delicious dessert to bake and enjoy together with your loved ones. I made two easy fillings, a strawberry jelly and a white chocolate & whipped cream filling. To keep it even simpler you could pick just one of the two fillings […]
Strawberry Vanilla Cake
Ingredients for two 26.7 cm (10.5 inch) strawberry vanilla cakes: 5 eggs 1.5 cups (165g) sugar 1 cup (225g)unsalted butter 1.5 Tbsp vanilla ¼ tsp salt ¾ cup (175ml) milk 3 tsp baking powder 2.5 cups (275g) sifted cake flour ½ cup (75g) strawberry pudding powder (optional, I usually add this to get a stronger […]
White Chocolate and Whipped Cream Filling
Ingredients: 300g white chocolate chips or gated chocolate 3 cups (750ml) whipping cream, divided ¼ cup (30g) powdered sugar, if using unsweetened whipping cream 3 Tbsp (21g) unflavoured gelatin Directions: Heat ¼ of the whipping cream over medium heat, remove from heat, add the chocolate and stir until completely mixed and glossy. If the […]
Strawberry Jelly / Jello
Ingredients: 750 g strawberries 125 g sugar 21 g gelatin Directions: Puree the strawberries until smooth. Add the sugar and place in a saucepan over low-medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat. Soften the gelatin in a few tablespoons of warm water and combine with the strawberry mixture. Let it cool […]