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….
Pumpkin Waffles
I bought such a large pumpkin and roasted it for puree so now it feels I just seem to never run out of it. I even have another portion stacked in the freezer. I’d like to share one more pumpkin recipe with you. We’ve had cupcakes and empanadas but what about waffles? I have seen a…
Empanadas
I hope you all had a great Halloween yesterday! Since I still had a lot of the roasted pumpkin puree from my Halloween pumpkin cupcakes so decided to try out some other recipes like pumpkin ginger miso soup and these empanadas. During the blogger’s dinner a couple of week ago I had empanadas for the first time…
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…