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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Rose Cake

Hello!

 Today's recipe follows somehow the last one. It's the Rose Cake; a vanilla cake with red berries filling with a cream cheese frosting with red berries.


It looks complicated but if you follow all the steps, you will see that it's not so difficult. In order to make the roses, I looked at I am baker's blog, where you can find an amazing video tutorial where she explains step by step how to do it. 


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Friday, April 18, 2014

Cookies: Sant Jordi and the Dragon

Hello everyone!

 Today's cookies are in honor of "Sant Jordi"'s legend. Just in case you are not familiar with it, the legend tells that Sant Jordi (Saint George) was a valiant knight that ended the life of an evil dragon, saving a princess from being devoured and a whole kingdom. It is said that, from the blood that burst from the mortal wound, a rose bush with red roses sprouted.

Aside from the legends, Sant Jordi's Day is one of my favourite days in Barcelona. If you ever have the oportunity to visit this city on April 23rd, you will know what I mean. Tradition dictates that men give a rose to women and they gift them with a book in return. Nowadays, of course, everybody gets a book and April 23rd is the day of lovers and books in Catalunya.

 The main streets in the city are full of rose vendors and the bookstores sell their books in the street. 

 Today's recipe celebrates this day, with Sant Jordi and the dragon cookies and a rose cake.

One little thing: these cookies are quite strong, they are made of really dark chocolate and their taste is strong even with the sugar icing. I took the recipe from Baking a moment and they are perfect to cut because they hold the shape perfectly.
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Sunday, April 13, 2014

Strawberry Cupcakes

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 Today's recipe is for Strawberry Cupcakes.

Both the buttercream and the cake are made with fresh strawberries, one of my favourite fruits.

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Sunday, April 6, 2014

Chocolate chip cookies

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 Have you ever tasted the perfect cookie and then have tried to recreate it? I did. One of the first recipes I have ever tried was the chocolate chip cookie recipe. I wanted them to be chewy and sweet but, after a little confusion with the baking time and the fact that I was insistent on the fact that they must be more toasted, I ended up with dozens of rock-like cookies. You couldn't bite them without losing your teeth.

 After that failed experiment, I tried two different recipes but none of them were as chewy as I wanted them so I gave up.

 Until now.

I found this recipe in Sally's Baking Addiction's blog and it is SO perfect that I haven't dared to change a thing. 

 This cookies have infinite possibilities; you can make them with chocolate, dried fruits, M&M's or Smarties, toffee, whatever crosses your mind! If you follow the link above, you will see the delicious combinations she has made on her blog.

 I divided the dough in two equal parts and put dark chocolate chips and chopped walnuts in one of them while in the other one I put white chocolate and chopped pistachios.

Totally addictive.

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