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Blueberry muffin cake

26Jun

Mix together 1 cup of flour, 3/4 cup of sugar, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, pinch of salt, in another bowl mix 1 egg, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1/3 cup sour cream, 1 tsp lemon/ lime juice, 1 tsp lemon/lime zest, 3 tbsp oil, vanilla. Add the wet mixture to the dry, mix everything will a spoon, don't...

Crepes with Nutella and Peaches

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28Mar

Simple and easy recipe. These crepes can be served with a sweet topping (like honey, whipped cream, chocolate, jam and etc), fruit, meat or vegetable fillings. In this recipe, you can also use other fruits like bananas or berries/strawberries, etc. More photos....

‘Potato’ Cakes

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20Dec

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...

Orange Madeleine

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19Dec

My family love madeleines and I bake them a lot many different flavors since its easy and versatile. These madeleines flavored with orange and rosemary will be a perfect Christmas gift, I gave these to friends and family with a small jar of Jalapeno jam, Strawberry Jam or Basil jam. If...

Strawberry and Red Currant Cake with Elderflower Cream

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14Jul

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...

Tuna salad with eggs and anchovies

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27Jun

Besides making a salad, you can instead make stuffed eggs. Just finely chop the egg yolks, anchovies and tuna, mix with mayonnaise and stuff with these egg whites. Garnish with herbs.

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Easter Cake (Kulich)

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26Apr

Kulich is a Easter bread-like cake that is traditional in the Orthodox Christian faith. Kulich is shaped like a cylinder, often prepared with raisins and decorated with powdered sugar or glaze on top. Spices like vanilla, cardamom, and nutmeg are often added. Traditionally after the Easter service, Kulich, Paskha (cottage cheese cake) and colored eggs are blessed by the priest. This...

Easter cookies

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26Mar

Easter cookies (more…)...

Pavlova

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24Jan

January 26 is the official national day in Australia called appropriately - Australia Day. So I decided to cook a delicious meringue-based dessert with berries that's especially popular in New Zealand and Australia. This cake was actually created in honor of the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova. There are several versions of how and why this cake was created...

Vatrushka with Tvorog (Quark) and Raisins

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24Dec

Vatrushka with tvorog (quark) is a popular in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia (Slavic) made from round soft sweet pastry buns that are open on top and filled typically filled with trovge in the middle, along with raisins or dried fruit. Tvorog (quark) is a type of fresh dairy product, dictionaries usually translate it as curd cheese, cottage cheese or...

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