Tag: dessert
Happy Valentine’s Day! To celebrate this year, I made maraschino cherry flavoured macarons with an white chocolate ganache filling. They came out finger licking great. Crunchy and chewy and really delicious.
Hello Autumn, I’ve missed you. I feel like it’s been so long since we saw each other. Maybe because last year was so damn long… This year, things aer better, so here I am, first day of the season, baking my little heart out.
They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but I think they misspelled chocolates. And it tastes even better when it’s homemade. This year, I made a surprise box of chocolates with my favorite fillings as an edible version of a love letter to myself.
Growing up in Brazil, passion fruit mousse was a must. Today I was feeling a little homesick, so, I figured, nothing like the sweet taste of Brazilian summer to put me back in a good mood.
Salted caramel is the most perfect example of opposites attracting. How something so delicious can be made even more delicious by adding something that should ruin it is one of the great mysteries of life.
Winter is coming. Which means ‘all you can eat’ season is upon us. We deserve it, we counted calories, we said no to carbs, we worked out, but now summer is gone, bring us the chocolate. Double the amount!
Happy apple pie day, everyone! Yes, this is a made up social media holiday, most likely an American invention, but since is autumn here down under, may 13th is actually a perfect day for baking apple pies.
When I first moved to Australia, my newly acquired friend Faten put together an adorable care package for me. It contained delicious sweets Aussies love: tim tams, vovos, anzac biscuits and, of coarse, lamingtons. I was love at first bite.
Baking macarons is hard, y’all. It requires a little patience, some technique and a lot of practice.