Hi and thank you for taking a look at my cookies! I’m not a baker or chef; I’m an architect and artist that loves to bake. It’s like making art that you can share and enjoy. Almond cookies recipe This is a multi-purpose almond cookie recipe that can be used for cut out cookies, cookie…
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Guess who will be making…
Cat-shaped cookies really soon! You guessed it: me. Last month I made snowflake almond cookies with white chocolate decorations and I found it relaxing and fun! So last week I made moon and oval chocolate-brushed cookies 🙂 The recipe was adapted from a bake from scratch magazine (the holiday cookies special issue). Oh boy…
And Christmas ended… sweetly
This is a Roscon de Reyes: It’s a brioche-like baked good, topped with candied fruit and sugar that hiddens a bean and a couple little surprises/figurines inside and we eat it today (Three Wise Men’s day) here in Spain. The person that finds the bean is supposed to pay for the roscón next year and…
Sweet holidays
Holidays are the perfect excuse for sweets. Like these homemade bonbons: I made bombons for family and friends, which is a tradicion that started just last year. The round ones in these boxes are filled with a mixture of coconut and sweet condensed milk. Then covered with milk chocolate. They are suprisingly easy to make!…
Food makes you travel: Italy
Homemade pizzas… and one of my Italy maps. #layflat
Happy birthday to me!
Today is my birthday and I’m in a very good mood… After a weekend travel… And a homemade 11 layer cake made with angel food cake, cheese mousse, dulce de leche, almonds, chocolate and chocolate ganache. A bit crooked, but still delicious. I love baking! This surprise gift from my friend Tatiana… (you’re going to…
Orejas de carnaval recipe, spanish carnival fried traditional pastries
Orejas de carnaval? What’s that? Their name means literally “carnival ears” and they are fried pastries that are made and eaten during carnival. Those thin layers of pastry are coated in cinnamon and sugar and they are very crunchy. My mom and I make a huge batch of them each year and then we deliver them to…