The first time when I heard, made, and tried the Tres Leches cake was many years ago, when we had our cooking trip to Tepoztlan, Mexico. Chef Ana taught us how to cook so many delicious and unique Mexican dishes. You can read my
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Avocado Popsicles
Maybe you haven't considered avocados for dessert much less for popsicles, but with buttery, creamy, and nutty texture they give a refreshing unique taste to popsicles.
Instead of water you can use the coconut milk and coconut flakes.
Simple ingredients for a refreshing great summer treat!
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Cake with Condensed Milk, Nuts and Whipped Cream
Simple and very easy to make. Instead of whipping cream, you can use sour cream, and you’ll just need to add more sugar, around 200 g total for the cake. Use any nuts that you like. Also, you can bake two different cakes; one light and the other you add cocoa.
Before putting the cream on the cake, I like to cut the...
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Coconut-Orange Cake with Cream Cheese
A very festive and delicious cake, which turns out tender with a nice coconut taste and it is easy to prepare. A great idea for Christmas and/or New Year!
You can decorate with chopped nuts the cake or add them to the cream. Also for decoration you can use: coconut flakes, rosemary twigs, cranberries or other berries, orange...
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‘Potato’ Cakes
These 'cakes' I've loved since childhood. My family and kids love these as well! Don't be confused, these don't contain any potatoes and are a sweet dessert instead. It's another Slavic dessert dish with many options for cooking, with the addition of biscuits, breadcrumbs or cookies. They are usually in the shape of small potato and light inside...
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Strawberry and Red Currant Cake with Elderflower Cream
Perfect summer dessert with fresh summer berries! To make this cake, I used two 9" cake pans but if you have only one, you can use just one pan and slice the cake equally in half.
For the cake layers you can use elderflower cordial or like I did, mix 5 tbsp of elderflower syrup (I bought mine at IKEA) with 1...
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Buns with Poppy Seeds and Raisins
Cottage Cheese Donuts with Condensed Milk
Absolutely delicious sweet donuts as well easy and quick to make. Better to eat them right away when fresh. Also it takes less time to make these donuts. Beat the dough for donuts in a food processor or blender. When cooking over medium heat, the oil shouldn't be too hot or the donuts will burn and not cook through....
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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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‘Oreshki’-sweet nuts filled with condensed milk
This is one of my favorite childhood recipes! Today with my friend Marcela, we decided to make them for Valentine's day. It's a very easy recipe and delicious! But, you need a special mold to make them (this is called a 'oreshnitsa' and you can buy one here). Add a little walnut to the condensed milk to give...
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