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The aphrodisiac chocolate, the exotic perfume of vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, fruit, liquor, heavy cream, beaten egg whites, sugary egg yolks and more ingredients are the main characters of this blog, which united in mysterious ways create true delights for our palate. And if we speak of aroma, we could say that nothing brings more warmth to a home than the smell of sweet bread or fresh baked cookies. But the king of the desserts is the cake. He who crowns our celebrations and should be a real symphony of taste, color and vision. Here is my contribution for you to pamper yourself and pamper your loved ones. It doesn't take long to bring a sweet breeze of love into your home. Let's bake!!
As you can probably tell by now, I am not able to keep posting regularly on this blog. Buuuuu. This truly kills me, but as I mentioned in my previous post my life has been turned completely upside down, it is so hectic that it has just been imp (read full article)
Last year, right around this time, my life was being turned upside down. One of those awful gut wrenching you-feel-like-the-world-is-going-to-end upside downs. My life was officially going to change forever.As it turns out, these moments of what we c (read full article)
This has been a really hectic week for me. I have been overworked, under slept, ill, and just plain old tired! Right now as I am writing this post (finally a post!) I find myself wishing I were under the covers and sleeping for at least a week. I hop (read full article)
Meringues or Suspiros as they are called here in Costa Rica were a staple at my house growing up. My mother used to make them all the time and I think it was one of the first things I ever learned to bake. They're so easy right??? Well, I have come t (read full article)
Seeing as how I have not been able to post thanks to my lack of organization and terrible memory.( I have forgotten the cable that connects my camera to my computer twice already! ) I am going to steer you towards the lovely blog of Bell'alimento so (read full article)
They may not be pretty, but they are tasty!Big, chunky twisted bread sticks filled with cinnamon and sugar, drizzled with a sugar glaze. Yum! These are more commonly known as cinnamon rolls, sweet rolls or even sticky buns, but I chose to make (read full article)
It is finally a new year!!! I can't believe it's 2010, I am so happy about this upcoming year. I have a feeling that it's going to be a great one, I just know it!!! I really want to get more into my blog this year. I haven't been posting as muc (read full article)
My family is filled with cooks. It starts with our grandmother, she is a wonderful cook, my mother is an excellent cook, my aunts are great cooks, my cousin's a chef, I think even my uncle is a good cook. I have one sister who doesn't really like to (read full article)
Hooray I have a camera again! Actually, I always had a camera I just couldn't upload pictures, so, hooray I can upload pictures again! And just in the nick of time to show you all the Christmas cookies my niece and I made.We had a great time de (read full article)
Indulge DessertsI still have no camera!! Can you believe it? I know I can't! Which is why today my pictures come from some of my very talented friends at Flickr. I have linked their names to their Flickr photostream. That first picture is from (read full article)
Panettone is one of my favorite things ever, especially this time of year, but it is a labor of love. To make Panettone requires a lot of patience and I just don't have that. So you can imagine how I felt when I saw that my friend Paula from Be (read full article)
Have you ever just needed to eat something? You know, you have this feeling that you simply must have something or you will absolutely go crazy? A craving I guess if you will, but a craving that is driving you mad!! This is what happened to me. I was (read full article)
This is a small post.I just wanted you to show you a cute cake I was asked to make in sort of a hurry.I was asked for a cake that had fuschia black and white.This is what popped in my head as I didn't have much time to brainstorm on the design. The b (read full article)
You may have noticed that today's post is not entitled Tasty Recipe Review. That's because there's really not that much to review, but I do have for you 2 Palmier options. One is the classic sugary elephant ears that we all know and love and the othe (read full article)
Thanksgiving is upon us!!!We don't really celebrate Thanksgiving in Costa Rica, why would we right? But seeing as my sister is married to a Gringo (that's what we Ticos call someone from the US of A) it's celebrated in my house. We're having a big di (read full article)
I have had this book forever. It's worn, torn and burnt as you can see.I have used it countless times and for numerous ocassions. I always thought this was a Betty Crocker cookbook, not sure why, maybe the red and white or maybe cause my mom always c (read full article)
I love Focaccia, who doesn't right? A long time ago I had an Italian boyfriend for many years. Great guy, just not for me, anywayssssss,,, his mother got a hold of this Focaccia recipe and we would make it all the time, I just love it. The Focaccia i (read full article)
Who doesn't love cookies? They're fun, easy to make (most of the time) and delicious!!! I really really wanted to try and make Palmiers today. You know those big elephant ear cookies that are crispy and sugary and just truly irresistible. Unfortunate (read full article)
I apologize for the lateness of this post, I've been having technical difficulties with my home computer and also my camera is somewhat dysfunctional at the moment so I don't have any pictures! I had to steal borrow this picture from an amazing blog (read full article)
November spells warmth to me. We're getting close to Christmas and New Year's but not quite there yet. The air is chillier, and as summer approaches, the afternoons are getting heavy downpours just before it stops raining all together. You see, in Co (read full article)
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