My first time in a Market
I think the title will probably sound more of a big deal than it really was: but last weekend I had my first experience in a market in Canada! Something that I was looking for since a long time but never had either the time or the courage to do it. This time I joined […]
Orange Macarons
It’s been a while I wanted to post a macarons recipe because I think it’s my ‘speciality’. Not because I was born with the “macaron maker” gift but because it’s by far the pastry that I have practiced most. When I went to pastry school I was obsessed with these little pastries, they were something […]
Summer time Raspberry-Lemon scones
I’ve been totally out of my blog for a long time now… This year was busy in a lot of senses, we found our dream house, we moved after transforming it into our perfect space (well it’s not there yet but it will be over time 🙂 ). In the middle we went through some […]
Rhubarb-berry Galette
It’s summer already, local markets are full of berries, especially those red gorgeous strawberries that make you instantly want to buy them … Don’t you also have the feeling that time is flying? Half of the year is already gone, sometimes I feel that time flies so fast that I will never catch up with […]
The Art of French Eclairs
While I’m still transiting the learning curve I wanted to share my learnings about this “art”, and I call it like that because it is one of the things that for me was not straight forward to learn. For some pastries following the recipe is enough, but Eclairs, Macarons and other french pastries are intricate […]
Linzer Almond-Raspberry cookies
These traditional holiday cookies come originally from the Austrian Linzer Torte, which of course was originated in Austria.
This version uses roasted un-blanched roasted almonds to give the dough a caramel-like colour and fresh raspberries jam.
Why do I want to write a blog about baking?
Baking and food seems to be a trending topic nowadays. Instagram explodes with pictures of the perfect baked and decorated cupcakes, Pinterest is full of pictures of the most delicate cakes, which recipes are incredibly hard to follow, and there are hundreds or maybe thousands of blogs out there talking about how to make the […]