It was the idea of the pineapple flowers that tempted me. Plus I like pineapple, so it’s a good mix. I modified a bit Nigella’s recipe for the pineapple upside down cake. Cherries didn’t fit into the muffin tins at all, so they go replaced with blueberries and it turned out pretty good too.

I have been complaining recently that no creative dessert recipes come to my mind. And I was looking for something special to make and then, this marvelous recipe came! It is literally one of the best desserts I ever made. It’s sweet (but not too sweet) and creamy and the bottom is a little bit
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The Sunday tradition at our house is either classic pancakes, American pancakes or waffles. One of these is a must, no matter what. We actually have 2 waffle irons at home now, so if there full family is there, we need to use both of them at the same time, in order to avoid fights
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The name sounds so Italian. But don’t be mistaken. They are British! And whatever you would want to say about British cuisine, the famous beef in mint sauce, please take it back! This is a perfect example of a wonderful thing coming from this rainy island! Now imagine the English queen having them at tea-time.
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As any muffins these are very easy to make. They are fruity and fresh, and sweet and soft and … I love lemon, and I pretty much think it makes (almost) any dish better. Just like bacon. Lemon and bacon as the scotch tape of the culinary world. There will be lots of both on
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Another Sunday so yet another batch of pancakes! This time the classic recipe I grew up with. I actually do not remember ever looking up a recipe for these, neither did my mom ever look into a cooking book to check anything. Just by looking at the consistency of the butter, we can tell what
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Most of the things I cook are easy and quick to do. I actually look for simpler and quicker solutions by eliminating unnecessary steps. This one is not at all like this. Making macarons is not an easy task and takes time to figure out how much folding is enough and how long they should
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Pancakes in our house is a tradition. Every Sunday morning, the kids let me sleep as long as I want, and then when I get up, I make pancakes or waffles. I think in the last year, maybe once I didn’t do that, and it was only because we were on a skiing trip and
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