Here's a festive recipe for some delicious rum balls that I've been worshipping for the past two years. It has never let me down. If you want children to enjoy them too, hold the rum and use some orange juice. They'll still taste great! RECIPE: - 250 g butter biscuits - 100 g ground almonds - 100 g ground hazelnut - 100 g powdered sugar - 200 g butter - 50 g cocoa powder - 50 g chocolate powder - 0,7 dl water and 0,3 dl rum / 1 dl orange juice - 0,5 dl milk STEPS: Pulverize the butter cookies and place in a large bowl, and add other dry ingredients. Add melted butter and liquids and [...]

These Christmas Coin cookies bring out the holiday cheer while you’re still making them, since the cinnamon, vanilla and cloves have a super festive aroma. When done, they will quickly melt in your mouth with their soft and crumbly texture and make you feel the warmth of Christmas. INGREDIENTS: - 250 g butter - 150 g sugar - 2 egg yolks - 200 g flour - 40 g cocoa - a pinch of ground vanilla - a pinch of ground cloves - a pinch of ground cinnamon - apricot or plum jam - chocolate frosting STEPS: Foam up the butter and sugar, add both yolks and keep mixing. Add the flour, cocoa and spices, and mix until combined. [...]

Recipe: 200g butter 300g sugar 5 eggs 400g flour teaspoon of baking soda OR a packet baking powder 1,25 dl milk 100g dark chocolates ground vanilla Steps: Mix the egg yolks, sugar, butter and milk into a foamy mixture. Separately, stir the baking soda or baking powder into the flour, then mix both bowls into a larger one. Split the mixture into two parts and add melted dark chocolate into one part, and a teaspoon of ground vanilla into the other one. Spread some butter and ground nuts into the baking mold, so the cake won't stick. Pour the chocolate and vanilla mixture into the mold, one after the other, then use the handle of a spoon to [...]

I love autumn and the smell of cookies is always the first sign that this colorful season is coming. I opened this season up by baking some of my favorite cookies - mini jam pockets! RECIPE: - 500 g flour - 250 g butter (room temperature) - 6 spoons of sugar - 2 eggs - 1 teaspoon of baking soda - 2 spoons of sour cream - vanilla sugar - apricot jam INSTRUCTIONS: Mix well all the ingredients except the jam and let the dough rest for at least half an hour. Then roll the dough out, make sure that it's thinner than 0.5cm, and cut out some circles. Add the jam in the center, then fold the [...]

RECIPE: 225 g dark chocolate 180 g flour 120 g cocoa powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 125 g butter (room temperature) 200 g sugar 2 eggs 1 packet of vanilla sugar or 1 teaspoon of ground vanilla 0,8 dl milk STEPS: Break up the dark chocolate into smaller pieces and melt it on a low heat. Mix all the dry ingredients together, add the butter, chocolate, milk and eggs, and mix everything together until smooth. It will turn out pretty liquid, so put it in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours at least. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and and get two plates ready. Put some sugar in the first one, and powdered sugar in the other. Fashion [...]

This is a recipe for the simplest and extra tasty summer treat that I could eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you have both ingredients frozen, you’ll be able to finish this dessert so quickly, that going to the store for a bar of chocolate would take longer. BANANA ICE CREAM serves four - 6 bananas - 1 cup of greek yoghurt - cinnamon by taste Steps: Chunk up the bananas and put them in the freezer for a couple of hours. Freeze the yoghurt too. Then mix everything together with a powerful mixer and pour the mixture into a bowl. Put some chocolate sprinkles on top, put it in the freezer for another hour, and you’re [...]

Easter is coming, and baking the classic potica is a must in our family this time of year. We all love it, be it coconut, almond, or the common walnut. When baking potica only the egg yolks are needed, so the egg whites are always leftover. I tried out a recipe that calls for egg whites only, so you might find it useful for the coming Easter. Mini Pastel Pink Meringues: - 3 egg whites - 150 g powdered sugar - ground vanilla stalk (1-2 tea spoons) - food coloring -sprinkles The recipe is super easy and is ready in a few minutes. Beat the egg whites so you get stiff peaks, then slowly add the powdered sugar [...]

Easter is coming, and I think it's one of the cutest holidays of all. Everything is coated in my favorite pastel colors, there's lots of creative things to do, such as decorating the eggs and baking interesting pastries. This time I've tried myself at creating bird's nest cupcakes. When I bake any kind of cupcakes which I plan on decorating, I use the following recipe as a base, because it's truly tasty and creates the best starting point for the topping. Cupcake recipe: for 10 cupcakes 125 g sugar 125 g flour 125 g butter 2 eggs 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla bourbon 1,5 tablespoons of milk Take a look here for instructions. Creating the [...]

Home made sweets are the best Valentine's day gift, at least I think so. My Valentine's cupcakes are super easy to make, and so cute that your partner won't be able to resist them. Cupcake recipe for 10 cupcakes 125 g sugar 110 g flour 20 g cocoa powder 125 g butter 2 eggs 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla bourbon 1,5 tablespoons of milk Instructions: First, beat the egg whites until you have stiff peaks and put it aside. Then mix the yolks with sugar and milk and add butter. Then mix the flour, vanilla, and baking soda together using a spoon. Now mix the wet and dry ingredients together gently with a spoon. The mixture is [...]

The first blog of the year is sweet, in hopes that the entire year will stay sweet too. 🙂 I love cute little desserts, so I've decided to bake mini cupcakes with a vanilla flavored topping. Because they came out so splendidly I am sharing them with you. I made the mix following the Rainbow Muffins recipe, because it gives a really light and fluffy sponge. I felt that they would spread and change shape during baking so I gave them some support by using two cupcake molds instead of one. I use the tiny ones, the ones I used in the Coconut Snowballs recipe. I decided to use a new creamy topping which is supposed to be [...]

Here's another of my mandatory Christmas sweets: hazelnut cubes, which we call Bajaderas at our house (after the type of sweet made by the Kraš company). The recipe is very easy and there's no extra work to do, other than cutting them up into blocks when you're done. These are ideal for anyone that doesn't have a lot of time and wants a very tasty sweet for the guests or family. Material for about 40 cubes: - 300 g sugar - 1 dl water - 125 g butter - 250 g butter biscuits, crumbed - 100 g ground hazelnuts - a bit of rum - chocolate frosting The steps: Mix the sugar and water and bring to a boil. If you want small [...]

There hasn't been a Christmas at our house without coconut snowballs and lots of other sweets. As a coconut and almond aficionado I love these things and make them during the year too. Preparing the mix is really quick and easy, let me share the recipe with you. Ingredients for about 50-60 snowballs: - 400g sugar - 1 cup water - 250g butter - 400g powdered milk - 200g coconut flakes The steps: Mix the sugar and water and put to a boil, then let the syrup cool a bit. Add the butter and stir until it's melted. Keep stirring and add the powdered milk and coconut flakes. Keep the mix  in the fridge for at least a few [...]