CARROT CAKE

By | Rujan 20th, 2019|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Food, Hrana, Torte|

St. Hildegard's recipe Ingredients: 6 eggs (separated egg yolks and egg whites) 250 g brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 250 g grated carrot 300 g ground almonds 50 g spelt flour lemon zest For the glaze: 100 g chocolate 50 g butter Method: Line the bottom of a cake tin with a [...]

DALMATIAN EASTER CAKE

By | Travanj 1st, 2019|Bread & Buns, Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Easter, Food, Let's celebrate!|

Traditional Dalmatian hot cross buns Ingredients: For 4-6 Easter cakes: 1 kg bread flour 1 ½ cubes fresh yeast 250 g sugar 16 dag butter, softened 8 egg yolks 4 egg whites 2 ½ dl warm milk grated zest of 1 whole lemon grated zest of 1 whole orange a small amount of [...]

APPLE BUNDT CAKE

By | Siječanj 11th, 2019|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Food, Hrana, Kolači, Uskrs|

Taken from the book „Sv, Hildegarda i hrana kao lijek“ (St. Hildegard and Foods of Health) Ingredients: 250 g butter 180 g sugar 250 g spelt flour 120 g ground almonds 120 g grated chocolate 5 eggs (separate the yolks from the whites) 1 sachet vanilla sugar 2 tsp baking powder [...]

BLACK & WHITE CAKE

By | Siječanj 11th, 2019|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Food, Hrana, Posebne prilike, Special Occasions, Torte|

Ingredients: For the sponge: 3 eggs (separate yolks and whites) 3 tbsp cold water 150 ml sugar 150 ml flour Crème # 1: 250 g chocolate 125 g butter 5 eggs (separate yolks and whites) 75 g icing sugar 3 gelatine sheets Crème # 2: 4 egg yolks 100 g sugar 150 ml milk 1 [...]

ST. HILDEGARD’S CHESTNUT CAKE

By | Siječanj 1st, 2019|Bez glutena, Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Food, Gluten-free, Hrana, Torte|

Sugar and flour free Ingredients: 500 g boiled and peeled chestnuts 5 tbsp almond liqueur or orange juice (or rum) 5 tbsp acacia honey 6 eggs (separated) 1 tbsp vanilla 250 g ground almonds a pinch of salt 1 pouch baking powder For the icing: 50 g chocolate 100 ml sweet cream almond [...]

MOM’S APPLE PIE

By | Prosinac 30th, 2018|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Food, Pies&Tarts|

Ingredients: 35 dag coarse flour 25 dag butter at room temperature 3 egg yolks 3 tbsp sugar 3 tbsp sour cream a pinch of salt, lemon zest and a small amount of rum 1-1 ½ kg tart apples sugar – about ½ cup or more 1 pouch vanilla sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon (or gingerbread spices) [...]

BUTTON MUSHROOM ROLL

By | Listopad 27th, 2018|Appetizers&Snacks, Cakes & Pastries, Food, Veggie, Veggie|

Ingredients: 1 ½ kg button mushrooms (champignons) 2 onions 2 slices brown bread 1 egg salt and pepper additional seasoning to your liking 300 ml sour cream 24 sheets fillo /phyllo/ dough Method: Sauté the cleaned mushrooms and finely chopped onions in a small amount of oil. Cut off the bread crust, dice the [...]

CAPRESE CAKE

By | Lipanj 28th, 2018|Bez glutena, Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Food, Gluten-free, Hrana, Torte|

Melt the butter and chocolate over low heat. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 180 ºC. Grease a 20-cm cake tin and line with a sheet of parchment paper. Beat the egg yolks with half the amount of sugar, grated zest and rum until foamy. Add the lukewarm chocolate. Stir with a spatula. Stir in [...]

PEACOCK’s EYE

By | Travanj 22nd, 2018|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Food|

Ingredients: For the sponge cake: 6 egg yolks 8 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp cocoa powder 4 tbsp pastry flour ½ satchel baking powder 8 egg whites For the crème: 10 tbsp sugar 2 egg yolks 1 egg 4 tbsp pastry flour 4 dl milk 1 butter 3 tbsp cocoa powder For the glaze: 100 g [...]

LONG-EARED CUPCAKES

By | Ožujak 26th, 2018|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Easter, Food, Let's celebrate!|

Ingredients: For the dough: 120 g butter (room temperature) 120 g sugar 1 tbsp grated lemon zest 2 large eggs 200 g flour a pinch of salt 1 teaspoon baking powder ¾ cup sour cherries from a compote (pitted) 125 ml sour cherry compote liquid For the frosting: 100 g softened butter 80 -100 g [...]