by SandeeA | 20 November 2013 | Breads, Christmas recipes, Desserts, Featured Recipes, Sweet recipes, Valentine's day recipes
{Éclairs}Prep time: 15 min Cooking time: 45 min Yield: 6 éclairsIngredients Choux pastry: 80 ml milk 80 ml water 70 g butter 1 pinch of salt 10 g sugar 100 g flour 2 eggs, medium size, beaten Custard: 3 egg yolks 500 ml milk 150 g sugar 30 g cornstarch 1 vanilla pod...
by SandeeA | 7 November 2013 | Breads, Desserts, Sweet recipes
Moon cake is a traditional Chinese sweet pastry usually eaten during Mid-Automn Festival. It is commonly filled with red bean or lotus seed paste. This sweet filling is surrounded by a thin crust and may also contain salted egg yolks, as the symbol of the full moon....
by SandeeA | 25 October 2013 | Cakes and cookies, Desserts, Recipes for kids, Sweet recipes
Depression cake, Wacky cake or Crazy cake is a type of cake that was commonly made during the Great Depression (others say during WW II). The ingredients include no milk, butter or eggs, because they were then either expensive or hard to get at the time. The cake is...
by SandeeA | 2 October 2013 | Breads, Cakes and cookies, Desserts, Sweet recipes
Shekerbura is one of the traditional sweet pastries baked for Novruz, one of the most important holidays in Azerbaijan. It is not a religious holiday, but actually is the celebration of the coming of spring, and the renewal of nature. Shekerbura is a sweet pastry...
by SandeeA | 23 September 2013 | Cakes and cookies, Desserts, Sweet recipes
{Pistachio icecream macarons}Prep time: 1 hour Cooking time: 10 min Yield: 25-30 macaronsIngredientsFor the shells: 90 gr egg whites (about 3), room temperature30 gr granulated sugar200 gr powdered sugar110 gr powdered almondsgreen food colouring (powdered food...
