Blackberry Pie with Walnut Crumble (Vegan)

Say aye for a pie! For a Bramble pie with cardamom-flavored nutty-oaty crumbly topping:) (: I’ve put all my singing-swinging heart while making this Sunday family pie:) For inspiration and incentive to creating this dessert I’m grateful to the awesome food blogger Nicolas [http://www.blogtasticfood.com]. His vegan Lemon Meringue Pie is truly a piece of culinary artwork!:) I’m grateful…

Summer berry cake (light & easy)

Summertime is the honey time:) The bees are buzzy and busy:) Being away from the blog for a while made me realize this thing – I love baking & cooking, food photography and related. Whatever happens, I continue to enjoy doing it throughout my life. Hopefully will find a way to post many new recipes…

Cream cheese, poppy seed & berry tart

Gratefully I introduce this amazing tart with cream cheese, poppy seeds and berries. For the recipe and inspiration I’m thankful to Chef Kreso:) My version is slightly different, nonetheless the tart comes out delicious:) The original recipe is here. For this type of tarts feel free to use any fruit and berries. The other soft white cheeses…

Berry yogurt tartlets

Charming berry tartlets with a creamy caramel yogurt filling! The filling’s recipe is taken from my favorite Finnish blueberry tart aka Mustikkapiirakka. You can make one large tart using a 23cm/9-inch tart pan. I haven’t had a chance to test it. Let me know if you do:) This recipe makes eight (4-inch/10cm) tartlets. Pastry 120…

Semolina pudding (vegan)

Once summer heat hits, all I want is to plunge into the iced sea or at least to have an ice-filled bath. Craving for cold transfers to everything else including drinks and food. Initially I supposed to prepare Mamonia – Syrian semolina pudding which is originally coming from Aleppo. I will definitely do it next…

White cheese filled crepes

Another recipe from my mom. It’s very special for me, because crepes was the very first meal I cooked independently!:) That recipe I took from the magazine, and my crepes were filled with fresh strawberries and crème fraîche. I always liked these “thin large pancakes”, but how to make them thin remained a mystery. It…

Coconut fruit oatmeal (vegan)

A nutritious and extremely easy oatmeal breakfast for those who prefer to cook less:) Add any fruit and tasty bits you have at hand:) Ingredients 1 cup rolled oats 1 cup coconut milk handful of black currants 1 nectarine/peach handful of shredded coconut dash of freshly ground cinnamon pinch of salt, optionally Method Warm up…

Easy fruit & berry oatmeal (vegan)

The oatmeal belongs to the category ‘easy-peasy’. I like it in many forms, creating lots of new mixes in the summertime. You can add nuts/seeds/fruit you like. It’s an endless experiment! Ingredients 1 cup rolled oats 1 banana 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 tbsp üzüm pekmezi (turkish grape molasses)/maple syrup handful of gooseberries handful…

Black currant cinnamon pie (vegan)

My almost classical recipe of favorite berry vegan pies/tarts. Recently I’ve been making them twice, a portable and ordinary versions. Yesterday it was the open pie, topped with some cookies cut from the remaining pastry. Only I needed additional 1/8 cup of flour. And ‘increased dosage’ of cinnamon made the pastry look darker (just missed cinnamon a…

Mulberry crumble cake

Light, fluffy-textured mulberry cake complimented with a crunch! Perfect for a picnic! It was completely gone in a few minutes…My friends were joking that according to the photo it must be mermaid’s cake:D Enjoy!:) Ingredients Cake 1 cup white mulberries 1 cup black mulberries 1 cup milk 2 eggs 4 tablespoons vegetable oil [90%corn+10%olive] 1 cup…

Berry oatmeal muffins

A quick and portable breakfast/snack. I made these muffins for my mom:) She reciprocated by making fluden – flat layered cake:) The old fluden recipe which had been passing from generation to generation, will be published next. Enjoy!:) Yield: 12 muffins        Ingredients 1 cup frozen/fresh bilberries/blueberries/berries of your choice 1/3 cup corn/sunflower/vegetable…

Cherry red currant pie

This cherry-currant pie is just a cinnamon craze:) Cinnamon added into a pastry base, filling and dusted over. You can always experiment with any ingredients you like:)        Ingredients Crust 200 g unsalted butter (82,5% fat), at room temperature 1 egg yolk 2 tablespoons cold water 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon Filling 700 g cherries, pitted…