Flourless Chocolate Cake

Spiced and bitter chocolate flourless cake for chocolate lovers, or simply chocoholics:D With cardamom and cayenne pepper! Moist due to the added yogurt. Easy in preparation and eating too:D Happy Baking!:)Serves 4-6Takes 45 mins (prep 20 mins, baking 25 mins) + cooling min. 30 mins Ingredients 3 large eggs1/3 cup (55 g) brown sugar1/3 cup…

Spiced Cake with Plums & Walnuts

A spiced cake again! The extremely fragrant bake for cosy evenings at home:) Moist, crumbly and very easy to make. Replace plums with any seasonal fruit of your choice: apples, persimmon, pears, cranberries etc, or native to your location..:) Happy baking!:)Takes 1 hr 10 mins (prep – 25 mins, baking – 45 mins) + coolingServes 8-10…

Coconut Banana Bread with Chia (gluten-free)

Last week in the absence of any regular flour I was making this bread for my friend. Fantasizing all the way through, I tried to figure out where it would take me. The fantasy resulted into an incredibly fragrant, moist and spongy loaf of banana coconut bread! People’s feedback is always a kind of confirmation…

Spicey & Gingery Pear Cake (vegan)

Today I’m excited to introduce one fantastic vegan cake by Ally, one of the collaborators of our Vegan Challenge organized in September by Nicolas www.blogtasticfood.com (again, I’m very grateful for this inspiring collaboration!). I’ve altered Ally’s recipe a little bit, the original one with a video tutorial can be found here. This cake amazed me by its incredible…

Wholegrain Banana Bread with Walnuts

This super fragrant and nutty loaf of  banana bread is great for breakfast or brunch. A variation of a classic recipe that includes wholegrain wheat flour, unrefined sugar, honey and spices. It’s easy-to-make and very, very delicious! I’ve overbaked it for 5 minutes. It’s important to accept and practice imperfectness in life:)(: Happy Baking!:) Takes 50 mins…

Coconut Poppy Seed Bundt Cake with Raspberries

I don’t know how to introduce this bundt cake except saying that it’s one of the best cakes I’ve ever made and tasted. Spongy but moist, sweet but with a bit of raspberry and lemon sourness. A blend of ground poppy seeds and coconut turned to be remarkably good. The glaze is made of butter, powdered…

Airy Fruit Cake

Light, airy, moist cakes with fruit are best in the summer time! Any seasonal fruit will go well with this recipe! While making it I completely forgot about brambles that we picked with my friend and her kids before. Often happens when making something spontaneously and quickly as a guest. Brambles and apricots is one…

Spicy zucchini chocolate bundt cake (vegan)

From series “travel cakes”!:) (distance traveled – 600km:D) Following the proven before formula of excellent vegan chocolate cake, I’ve prepared this irresistible variation of it. The magic is about tiny pieces of zucchini that melt into the cake giving it that moist texture:) It’s also surprising at the end! When all of a sudden you can…

Ricotta (cottage cheese) cake with sour cherries

Another dessertish breakfast recipe is coming!:) Mainly containing white cheese: ricotta or cottage cheese, it gets much tastier combined with lemon flavour and cherries:) This recipe makes a semi-sweet cake, add more sugar/honey if you prefer a sweeter taste. Cane sugar can be replaced by white. The yield can serve quite a big bunch of people, otherwise…

Apple & Blueberry Sponge Cake

This easy-to-make, spongy and fruity cake is a fantastic treat for a family gathering:) Happy baking!:) Serves 8-10 Takes 1 hr 10 mins + cooling (prep – 25 mins, baking – 45 mins) Ingredients 6  small eggs (5, if medium or large) 1 cup sugar 1 1/2 cup plain flour 1/3 cup (80 ml) olive…

Bilberry, cherry & apple cake

This cake is heavenlike! Without exaggeration. I used mum’s basic cherry cake recipe, one of my favorite summer treats stemming from childhood Serves 8-10 Takes 1 hr 15 mins (prep – 25 mins, baking – 50 mins) Ingredients 180 g butter 1 cup/250 ml sour cream, at room temperature 3 eggs, at room temperature zest &…

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…