So it’s nearly Easter and because of the Corona Virus many are at home and will not be celebrating. However, if your anything like me, you still bake a lot and drop it off at peoples doors. And what better way than to bake Macarons! Because it’s Easter themed.. I’ve made Egg shaped Macarons with decorations piped from royal icing and computed sugar sprinkles. They … Continue reading Easter Egg Macarons
So one of my husbands favorite fillings to eat is my Pistachio Buttercream. It’s great in cakes and Macarons! Loved by all and not very hard to bake either! Here’s how you make it! Ingredients: 115 g unsalted butter, softened 100 g ground pistachio 200 g icing sugar 2 tbsp heavy cream 1 tsp pure vanilla extract METHOD : In large mixing bowl with paddle … Continue reading Pistachio Buttercream
It’s April! And all things yellow have started appear everywhere. Outside there are daffodils, and pansies, inside there are easter eggs and lemons! And as always i’m here to celebrate it through baking! I decided to bake a lemon & poppy sees cake, but a little bit differently.. this time i’m making it into a longer cake, in a tart case, adding a few blackberries … Continue reading Lemon & Poppy Seed Cake with Blackberries & Creme Fraiche!
Yes you read right! This is a cookie dough base cake with a brownie center and cream cheese frosting topped on top! the best combo EVER! I mean.. if you ever need carb loading, then here it is folks! plus it tastes AMAZING! It’s not hard to bake, could take a little time, but most fo us are home these days, so why not!? 😉 … Continue reading Three Layered combo – Cookie/Brownie/Cream Cheese!
There is nothing like a good chocolate cake. However sometimes you don’t want something so decadent.. i know what you’re thinking.. ‘Ammna really saying she doesn’t want something so decadent??!!” crazy right.. but yea now and then you want the chocolate boost but not overpowering. So here is a light and fluffy chiffon cake with chocolate and coffee giving you the perfect mocha flavouring. Here’s … Continue reading Mocha Chiffon Cake
Petit Four – meaning ‘small oven’ in French. These are tiny bite-sized treats, often sweet than savoury. They can come in all flavours, chocolate cake with chocolate fillings and frosting, or vanilla cake with multiple different types of fillings. Literally you can bake whatever cake you like and fill it however you like. The only thing I know is that traditionally it should have two … Continue reading Vanilla Petit Four with Raspberry & Diplomat Cream
Sometimes you just want a cookie or something to nibble on that isn’t too sweet with a little grown up taste. And to be honest, I love having something just on the side when your having your evening tea/coffee but don’t want to go overboard and feel stuffed. So here are my version of the crunchy, yummy, nutty Florentine cookies with a little grown-up twist. … Continue reading Almond & Orange Florentine
So here is the thing… it’s Sunday brunch day but literally the only thing I want are blondies … literally a Blondies with my coffee. So that’s exactly what I’ll have! But just cranked up a notch with brown butter, sea salt, almond flour for a little extra depth and pecans of course! Of let’s not forget white chocolate! So yes these are intense but … Continue reading Brown Butter White Chocolate Blondies with Pecan & Sea Salt
There is absolutely no hiding the fact that i’m in love with Chocolate. And lately i’ve been craving it even more.. maybe its the cold rainy weather and chocolate just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside? I dunno, either ways, I decided to bake a loaf cake, and yes of course its chocolate! This is a very very moist loaf cake, and you … Continue reading Chocolate Loaf Cake with Raspberry Buttercream
So , my husband has been (somewhat, +-6 out of 7days)Vegan for almost a month now, and most of what I bake.. I bake for me.. lol. But this time I thought it would be nice to make something that I know he will eat and LOVE! So here is my take on the humble banana bread – in true Ammna form it is CHOCOLATE! … Continue reading Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread (Vegan/Gluten-free)
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