I may be the last one to discover the Magic Cake and when I saw the pictures on Pinterest I was fascinated. How could one simple cake batter separate into 3 different cake layers, each one more scrumptious than the other? I had to give a try! Continue Reading…
Where has July gone? I swear we were just starting summer and now we are already more than halfway through! But July was a good month, food and vacation wise. Continue Reading…
Have you ever tried marzipan in combination with ground pumpkin seeds? If not you are missing out! Marzipan Pumpkin Seed Rolls are a scrumptious Austrian twist on classic cinnamon rolls. My mom invented these sweet, fluffy rolls, with a perfectly sweet filling made of ground pumpkin seeds and marzipan. The pumpkin seeds give the rolls a subtle nutty aroma and the marzipan lends the perfect amount of sweetness. I don’t know why they haven’t become a Styrian classic yet! Continue Reading…
Don’t we all have a love/hate relationship with Nutella? We love it when it is sitting in our pantry, waiting for us to be spooned straight from the jar, but hate it when we feel guilty afterwards about having eaten half of it in one sitting. And haven’t we all done that, in the middle of the night, in our PJs?!
What if I could tell you that there is a healthier alternative, that doesn’t make you feel as guilty and that tastes just as delicious as the store-bought kind, if not even more!
You know those nights when you want a home cooked dinner but are too tired/lazy to stand in the kitchen for hours and just want an easy, quick, no-fuss meal? That is exactly what this recipe is! I created it on exactly one of those nights. I wanted comfort food but was tired of the usually tomato pasta that we have way too often. So I chopped up all the vegetables we had in our fridge, whipped up a creamy, spicy peanut sauce, cooked the noodles (they only take 5 minutes), tossed in the veggies and voilà dinner was ready. Continue Reading…
Is there a better flavor combination than chocolate paired with raspberries? I don’t think so! Chocolate covered strawberries may come pretty close but chocolate and raspberries are still my favorite.The sweet berries add the perfect contrast to the deep chocolate flavor. Continue Reading…