Another day, another pie
Category Archives: Desserts & Sweets
Blueberry Orange Elderflower Marmalade Pocket Pie
Remember Strawberry Rhubarb mini Pies we made with kids last June? This June we made Blueberry Orange Elderflower Marmalade Pocket Pies for dessert tonight, can't wait to try!
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Profiterole/ Cream Puffs with Creamy Lemon Curd
A profiterole is a small French (less than 4 cm in diameter) pastry ball made of custard dough and can have various fillings (both sweet and savory): custard cream, cheese, mushrooms, meat, etc. Sweet profiteroles can be served as a dessert and profiteroles with meat, cheese or mushroom stuffing are perfect for soups.
This time I made them with sweet...
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Canelés (cannelés )
Macaron Almond Nutella Cake
Blini (Crepes) with Cream Cheese, Whipped Cream and Orange Marmalade
For the blini I used Buttermilk Blini recipe, just remember with the amount of ingredients from that recipe you will get lots of blini, which...
Crepe Cake with Custard Cream
After trying blini (crepes) with custard cream and crispy top layer, my kids said, ‘omg it’s so good!’, and I nailed it again! My daughter named it "cremebrulini", because the taste is kinda like creme brulee but with blini (crepes).
Fried Plantain with Sour Cream
Plantain or Cooking bananas (plátano on Spanish) are large bananas which usually require cooking before eating them. They are large with a green or gray-greenish rind and contain more starch and less sugar than regular bananas, and have a hard and savory flesh. Before eating, they can be steamed, boiled, grilled, baked, or fried. In most Spanish-speaking countries, Plantains...
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Apple caramel monkey bread
Custard Cream Horns (Trubochki)
One of my favorite desserts from my childhood. Very often, after school, on the way home, me and my friends would definitely stop in a café and buy these delicate horns with custard, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites (egg whites, sugar, lemon juice) cream,...