I’d had a sweet potato brownie recipe on my list for a long time. It’s definitely a less conventional base for a dessert, and I had come across versions made with kidney beans, sweet potatoes, or even beetroot. Naturally, I was very curious to see whether I would actually like them. The […]
This vanilla cream and orange jelly roll cake is the prettiest roll cake I’ve ever made. And it’s only the second roll cake I’ve made so far. 😁 So I can’t exactly say I’ve become an expert at making roll cakes, but I can say that this one turned out […]
I bought myself some very fancy golden muffin liners, so obviously I had to bake something worthy of them. 😁 And that’s how these orange muffins with vanilla cream came to be. They’re soft and delicate, with a lovely orange flavor and a creamy vanilla center. The combination of orange […]
The transition to working from home (it is almost a full year already! 😮) came with a great new habit: I now cook every day. Still, no matter how much I enjoy spending hours testing new recipes and complex cooking techniques, weekdays come with a strict rule. Everything must be […]
Healthy desserts have always been a bit of a challenge for me. Even though I make fit recipes from time to time (I have to admit, if I had to choose, I’d still pick the ones made with regular sugar 😳), I don’t always manage to make them look like […]
I recently bought no less than 3 kg of fresh blueberries because… why not? 😁 I had the wonderful opportunity to support local farmers, so I didn’t think twice and instantly said “yes” to a whole crate full of freshly picked blueberries. Right after, all sorts of delicious blueberry recipes […]
Bavarian-style pretzels remind me of the time when I used to travel to Germany very often for work. I would find them everywhere and, whenever I had the chance, I enjoyed them for breakfast, lunch or dinner, in all sorts of shapes and combinations. I really loved their texture: slightly […]
I have only one recipe written on an old, time-yellowed piece of paper, and that is my mother’s chocolate ice cream recipe. She used to make it for us when we were kids, on scorching summer days, and for me, it has the pure taste of childhood. I have remade […]
I’m a geek and a certified introvert. After 20 years in the IT industry, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’d rather write an SQL query than scroll through clothing websites, and a night of online gaming easily beats a night out at a club. Well… maybe that’s a slight exaggeration. I’m not completely antisocial, it’s just that my social battery drains much faster than my phone’s.
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