One of our favorite! Easy recipe and really delicious dessert.
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Peach Frangipane Tart with Homemade Peach Jam
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Tres Leches
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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Buns with raisins, Instant Pot (IP)
Did you know that yeast dough rises perfectly in an Instant Pot on “Yogurt mode”? I found this recipe a long time ago on a Russian Facebook group about IP recipes. Finally I decided to make these buns, and they are super simple and tasty! The dough is easy to make because of the use...
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Marquesitas Yucatecas con Nutella y Queso.
This is a rolled-up crispy wafer tube about 20 cm in size, with a filling to your taste. Usually, it is stuffed with Gouda cheese along with a sweet stuffing — Nutella, banana, strawberries, Peanut butter, various jams, cajeta (a type of caramel sauce), chocolate sauce, condensed milk, etc. The taste of Marquesitas is unique for its perfect combination of sweet, salty, crunchy and...
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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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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).
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,...
Orange Madeleine with Chocolate
Candy Corn Meringues
If you are cooking meringue in advance or a lot at once - don't place them in the fridge, instead they should be stored in a sealed package for about a week.
The orange color can be by mixing yellow and red dye in a 3:2 ratio.
If you have a little extra white mix for meringues or other colors, you...
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Pirozhki with Cherries
Soft dough with a delicious sweet and sour cherry filling.
Pirozhki are a Russian-Ukrainian dish of dough with filling that is baked or fried. There are many recipes for making dough for pirozhki and a variety of toppings as well. It can be meat, fish, eggs, mushrooms, cheese, jam, vegetable or fruit toppings. Savory pirozhki make great accompaniments to soups,...
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