Tag: dessert

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Delish Aussie Berry Pavlova

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I was surfing the web a couple of days ago and stumbled upon this stunning and mouthwatering dessert called Pavlova. “I want it!”  By chance, I had bought all the ingredients I needed at the farmers market the day before: heavy whipping cream, berries and eggs. (It was a sign. I […]

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Chocolate Amaretti Cake with Pears

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Monday was my husband’s birthday and he asked me for a cake with chocolate and pears. I went through my mom’s recipes and I found this delicious recipe I had forgotten about. It’s quite easy but the result is really sophisticated (thanks to the amaretti flavor) and just amazing! it gets even better after […]

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Magic Flan Cake with Blueberries and Lemon

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 I took this recipe from a french website called Chic Chic Chocolat, really a great source of inspiration. This dessert “Le Gâteau Magique aux Myrtilles et au Citron”  is incredible! It’s deliciously light, the blueberries are juicy and the cake looks so cool with 3 different layers …  take advantage of the blueberries still in season […]

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Soft Ricotta Vanilla Cookies

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From my friend Johneen a recipe she used to make with her mother to celebrate Easter: “These Italian cookies are like little cakes and were a favorite in our house during Easter season. My mother would ice the cookies in different pastel colors so the cookies would look like Easter eggs!”photos coco […]

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Easter Dove Bread – Colomba Pasquale

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Colomba pasquale  or colomba di Pasqua  (“Easter Dove” in English) is an Italian traditional Easter cake, the counterpart of the two well-known Italian Christmas desserts, panettone and pandoro. The dough for the colomba is made in a similar manner to panettone, with flour, eggs, sugar, natural yeast and butter; unlike […]

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Soft Pie with Ricotta Cheese and Jam

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Last Saturday I was looking on line for something sweet and quick and I found this recipe in an italian blog: Soft Pie with Ricotta and Preserve in 10 Minutes. That’s what I was looking for! It really takes 10 minutes to make:  first, you mix all ingredients for the pie together, then you […]