Baking enthusiast from Prague sharing recipes.
This cake is ideal for Sunday afternoon coffee. Rich, with buttery vanilla aroma, but still nicely fluffy. If you want it to be more festive, you can pour a chocolate glaze over the top of the cake (you might then want to use a bit less sugar in the dough). Ingredients Dough: 450 … Continue reading Grandma’s bundt cake
Recently, I was craving this cake I remember from my childhood. My grandmother used to make it quite often. I like the combination of soft and fluffy base and the rich chocolate glaze, all brought to a perfection by gingerbread spice. One of the best effort to result ratio as it is easy to make and … Continue reading Gingerbread traybake with rich chocolate glaze
Is it just me or are the simplest recipes often the best? I have already done these muffins several times and they have always disappeared really fast! Moist and fruity with crunchy top. And they are easy and fast to make! Ingredients (for 12 muffins) 320 g all-purpose flour 120 g granulated sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder … Continue reading Blueberry Muffins
For quite some time I was looking forward to bake something from yeast dough again. From two reasons. First is I love yeast dough pastries, they might be my favourite type of pastries. The second reason is I want to perfect my technique of working with the yeast dough. These sweet yeast buns (“buchty” in Czech) are … Continue reading Sweet yeast buns (“buchty” in Czech)
I caught myself thinking “I should bake something so that I have something to blog about”. When I started my blog, this was something I promised myself I will try to avoid. To keep this blog as something relaxing and fun and not another responsibility. So I waited..The sugar overdose during Christmas holidays must have been strong as my mood for baking was quite … Continue reading Easy apple pie
This is the last Christmas recipe I am sharing this holiday season, I promise. I know, it’s coming a bit late and I guess we all have had enough of all the Christmass food. Not only on our tables but also everywhere on social media. All food blogs and Instagram accounts are full of holiday-themed recipes and pictures. On the other hand I would not limit these chocolate mini cakes to the … Continue reading Chocolate mini cakes
First time baking gingerbread cookies. I started with searching for the best recipes on the internet. To narrow my search, I focused on Czech websites and the recipes which use honey, not molasses. I tried two different recipes, one from a blogger and one from a quite broadly used website where anyone can share a recipe and … Continue reading Hunting for the best honey gingerbread cookies recipe
