When I was little my grandmother hosted a bridge afternoon twice a week. Her friends came over and had a great afternoon full of brain training (the bridge part), juicy gossiping (girls will be girls at every age) and tea with candy. The candy I will always remember from those afternoons are the Neuzekes or Cuberdons….
Sweets
Layered cake with cashew vanilla pudding
I got inspired to bake a layered cake by reading Linda Lomelino’s new cookbook Zoet & Shoot. All the beautiful pictures she has in this book are mouthwatering, wow. I have never tried to make this type of pastry and when our Sunday plans got canceled two weeks ago I decided to try it out…
Tata’s Flan Tart
I have made this great flan pastry numerous times when I was a kid. My best friend who was also my neighbor loved to bake and together we have tried out numerous cakes, chocolate mousses, flans, waffles and this delicious combination of cake and flan. I just couldn’t get enough of it. The recipe was…
Halloween Pumpkin Cupcakes
Wednesdays or weekend are great times to start cooking in with my kids. With Halloween approaching we are carving out pumpkins and trying out new cupcake recipes with the rest of the pumpkin meat. No waste policy here. The carving part is not so easy but after a while I kind of got the…
Pink Cupcakes
When we were in New York last year we had these great gluten free cupcakes, the best! In Belgium it is very hard to find. So I started to experiment and prepared these pinkies. My kids never really liked my first gluten free cakes but since I have come up with the perfect cookie and…
Frozen cashew chocolate bars
These bars are sooooo gooood – really I can’t shut up about it. Why haven’t I tried this before? I always had a problem with the usage of dried fruits in granola bars. I just don’t like dried fruits such as raisins (why o why do they always put raisins in granola), dates, prunes, and…