It’s February! The month which I look most forward to as its SEMLA month in Sweden! Semla is one of my favourite Swedish desserts. Its a cardamom sweet bun, with almond past in the middle topped with whipped cream. It may not sound complicated, and it isnt, sometimes simple just works best! It takes a little time to bake because of the bun, but its … Continue reading Semla Choux – A choux with almond & cream
Theres nothing than a good chocolate cookie. And while I was searching for the perfect cookie, I thought of the sablé, which means ‘sand’ directly translated from french, is a shortbread cookie, and is usually flavoured with something (most commonly almond and lemon). Because i love the texture of a sablé cookie, i decided to bake a chocolate version ( i LOVE chocolate lol). This … Continue reading Chocolate Sablé Cookies
Its fall. And because its fall, you always want to have warming spices in the evenings especially for your desserts. Plus you want it to be easy to bake! So what better way to get exactly what you want than to bake an apple strudel! As long as you don’t attempt baking the filo pastry dough yourself (i didnt.lol) you will be able to concur … Continue reading Apple Strudel
There’s nothing like a cozy hot chocolate in this wet cold fall weather. So what better way to enjoy that hot chocolate than with marshmallows! Ive made tiny cute little cinnamon marshmallows just to give the hot cocoa an extra Ammna kick! 😉 Give it a try! Heres’ how you bake them! INGREDIENTS: gelatin leaves 6 (10g) –I use Halal gelatin leaves silver grade, click here … Continue reading Cinnamon Marshmallows
Theres nothing like digging in to a wonderful pecan pie.. but if you don’t have time to bake a pie shell, or just don’t want to have something super sticky and intense like a pecan pie, then this pecan coffee chocolate cake is your thing! Its absolutely perfect after any meal, or just for ‘FIKA’ as well like to call it here in Sweden 🙂 … Continue reading Pecan Coffee Cake
So let’s talk about the Black Bottom Cupcake! Now I first tried one in New York, and then fell in love with them when living in London. Its basically a dark chocolate and coffee cupcake with a dollop of cheesecake inside of it and a soft cream cheese frosting on top. I mean these three combos, chocolate, cheesecake, and cream cheese.. how can you say … Continue reading Black Bottom Cupcake with Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
So Monday morning I sat with my coffee and was just looking only for over an hour trying to find some sort of inspiration! And then one of my close baker friends Yvonne, ended up asking if i’ve ever made nougat before, and of course I hadent, so she said now is the time to try! So here is it guys! Honey Nougat with Pistachio, … Continue reading Honey Nougat with nuts & cranberries
Puff pastry can be an interesting and sometimes challenging thing to bake. However if you follow this very easy recipe it will change your mind in baking it yourself! HOWEVER.. if you don’t want to bake it just buy it from the store, and fill it with these amazing ingredients, and enjoy! 🙂 Usually you will find chocolate twists, but I added crushed pistachios, and … Continue reading Puff Pastry Pistachio/Almond/Chocolate Twists
Its Apple Season in Sweden! Thinking about something different to bake every time, and every year can be a bit challenging, however if you really look at bakeries all over, you find staple things such as tarts, buns, choux pastries, cream puffs, cookies and cakes. I mean generally these are the main genres, so this time I thought lets try baking a choux (I know … Continue reading Apple Caramel Choux
So there is a new trend around, and its the Black Sesame! Many make black tahini with it and then use it in various ways, but I decided to stick to the natural seed flavour and see how it goes. Mind you this isn’t for everyones liking. You either like it or you really really don’t! I loved it, my husband really didn’t! ha! But … Continue reading Black Sesame Shortbread Cookies
Baked By Ammna 