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Category Archives: Desserts & Sweets
Pear Filling for Blini with Caramel Syrup
Here are couple recipes for the blini:
Buttermilk Blini
Blini
Instead of pears you can use apples, peaches. The perfect dish for breakfast or even as a dessert with lunch or dinner....
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Fruit Filling for Blini with Whipped Honey Cream
You can find a couple recipes for blini here:
Buttermilk Blini
Blini
For this recipe I used peaches since they are sweet with light acidity and perfectly suited to the delicate whipped cream. Instead of peaches you can use any other fruit or berries to your taste.
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Layered Pear Tart with Chocolate
This turned even more delicious than I expected! The chocolate in this dessert balances out the fruitiness of the pears and crisp dough. Its very similar to a chocolate croissant with pears. You can use dark or milk chocolate depending on your taste. If you don't like it so sweet, you can add lemon or orange juice into the...
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Puff Pastry with Strawberries and Nutella
Great combination of Nutella and strawberry with crispy puffed pastry, a wonderful idea for a simple, quick and incredibly tasty dessert on Valentine's Day!...
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Lemon Madeleine
Madeleine cookies are one of my family's favorite desserts. They are not very cheap in the store and kids eat these cookies so quick. But it's actually really simple to make and they turn out so much better than store bought. Plus its easy to add different flavors. The only problem is you need to have a madeleine mold,...
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Cake ‘Mia’
Even if you've never baked a cake, you are sure to be successful with this one. It's very tasty and easy to prepare. For holidays like Christmas or Easter just add nuts, raisins or dried fruit to make the cake more festive and original. Or if it isn't a holiday just make it for a tea party with your...
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Brazilian Candy Cajuzinho and Beijinho
Both types of sweets are prepared on the basis of condensed milk. Soft and very tasty candy and easy to prepare. 'Beijinho' translates roughly to 'kiss'. To decorate this candy use coconut flakes, but it can be replaced by fine-grained sugar. 'Cajuzinho' translates to 'little cashew'. Although the sweets are made from peanuts, they are decorated with cashew and...
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Apple Pie with Nuts and Cream
This sweet and sour apple pie will melt in your mouth. It's easy to prepare and looks great for any holiday. Use juicy, sweet and sour apples for the best balance of flavor. Be sure to thinly slice the apples and use a springform pan for baking this pie.
This apple pie is a great idea for Thanksgiving!...
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Apple Charlotte
Delicious apple charlotte made from scratch. It’s a very easy and simple recipe for an apple charlotte that looks great and has the perfect balance between tart and sweet. I usually buy kefir in small grocery stores but sometimes you can find it in the usual stores as well. If you can’t find kefir, it can always be replaced...
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