PEAR(L) HEART

By | Veljača 14th, 2017|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Food, Special Occasions, Valentine's Day|

Ingredients: 300 g lady fingers 1 can pear compote (or 4 large poached Williams pears) Crème No. 1 200 ml sweet cream 100 g dark chocolate 1 tbsp cocoa powder Crème No. 2 200 g mascarpone cheese 200 ml sweet cream 3-4 tbsp icing sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Method: You will first need [...]

BONITA SLICES

By | Veljača 9th, 2017|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Food|

Ingredients: For the sponge: 5 eggs 6 tbsp sugar 5 tbsp flour 3 tbsp oil 2 tbsp cocoa powder ½ pouch baking powder For the icing: 8 tbsp sugar 1 ½ dl water For the crème: ½ l milk 2 pouches vanilla-flavoured pudding powder 1 pouch vanilla sugar 5 tbsp sugar 1 margarine stick (250 [...]

NO-BAKE APPLE CAKE

By | Siječanj 25th, 2017|Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Food|

Ingredients: 5-6 large (sour) apples 10-11 tbsp sugar (depending on how sour the apples are) 1 teaspoon cinnamon – optional 2 satchels vanilla-flavoured pudding 200 g Petit Beurre biscuits 1 cup milk ½ l sweet cream 2 tbsp icing sugar Method: Peel and seed the apples. Cut into thick slices Place in a pot, [...]

CREAMY PANCAKES

By | Siječanj 25th, 2017|Desserts, Food|

Ingredients: 8 dag butter at room temperature 5 dag sugar 1 pouch vanilla sugar 5 fresh eggs (separate egg yolks from egg whites) lemon zest 5 dag flour 3 dl milk chocolate powder (for icing) Method: Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla sugar. Add one egg yolk at a time and beat until foamy. [...]

PROFITEROLES

By | Siječanj 17th, 2017|Desserts, Food, Hrana, Posebne prilike, Special Occasions|

Ingredients: 1 package of bigna (choux pastry balls, the same you’d use for St. Honoré cake) 500 ml sweet cream For the ganache: 150 g sugar 250 g dark chocolate 60 g flour 8 egg yolks 25 g butter 1 vanilla pod 1 l milk Method: Cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and add to [...]

STRAWBERRY AND CREAM CHEESE BROWNIE SLICES

By | Siječanj 17th, 2017|Cookies&Treats, Desserts, Food|

Ingredients: For the brownie: 200 g chocolate, chopped ½ cup melted butter (or oil) 1 cup caster sugar 2 eggs, beaten ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup flour ¼ teaspoon baking powder a pinch of salt For the filling: 400 g cream cheese 2-4 tbsp icing sugar (to taste) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 eggs, [...]

KEY LIME PIE

By | Siječanj 10th, 2017|Desserts, Food, Pies&Tarts|

Inspired by a recipe by Cindy Nielson Farr, available at her Tropical Life, Food and Fun blog Ingredients: For the crust: 2 cups crumbled biscuits 60 -100 g butter, melted For the filling: 230 g cream cheese 400 g condensed milk 3 egg whites ½ cup lime juice (3-4 limes) 3-5 tbsp icing [...]

HONEY COOKIES

By | Prosinac 18th, 2016|Christmas, Desserts, Food, Let's celebrate!|

Recipe by the fabulous pastry chef Mirjana Špoljar Ingredients: For the dough: 8 dag margarine 40 dag plain flour 14 dag sugar 12 dag honey 1 egg 1 dag baking soda 1 ½ g ground cinnamon 0.6 dl water For the glaze: 2 egg whites 12 dag sugar Method: Bring the water [...]

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

By | Prosinac 14th, 2016|Christmas, Cookies&Treats, Desserts, Food, Kids, Let's celebrate!, Little chef|

Ingredients: ½ cup butter ½ cup granulated sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1-2 tbsp milk 1 1/8 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 tbsp cocoa powder ½ cup dark chocolate, chopped 1/3 cup milk chocolate, chopped Method: Beat the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, salt, baking [...]

AMRA’S INSANELY DELICIOUS COOKIES WITH DRIED FRUIT AND CHOCOLATE

By | Prosinac 14th, 2016|Christmas, Cookies&Treats, Desserts, Food, Kids, Let's celebrate!, Little chef|

Ingredients: 150 g rolled oats 300 g flour 2 eggs 250 g butter or margarine (at room temperature) 150 g icing sugar 400 g dried fruit (figs, cranberries, apricots, prunes…), chopped 150 g hazelnuts, toasted and chopped 100 g dark chocolate, chopped a pinch of salt spices to your liking (vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg…) Method: [...]