Category: Monthly Mother Son baking challenge
April 2021: Torta di Mele e Ricotta ( apple and ricotta cake)
This is a classic apple cake with a twist. You can find the recipe on page 125 of Southern Italian…
March 2021: Little Cinnamon Cookies (Pezzetti di Cannella)
Love cinnamon? You’ll love these fluffy little nuggets on page 156 of Southern Italian Desserts by Rosetta Costanino. If you…
February 2021: Chocolate-Hazelnut Cake Rolls (Africano)
Hazelnut filling rolled into the middle of a thin cake and dipped in chocolate. Sounds like the dream date for…
January 2021: Orange-Scented Olive Oil Cake
The Panettone we baked in December was the perfect segue into this years theme…Italian baking! What, you couldn’t find the…
August: Dampfnudeln
What? You say that doesn’t look British? You’re correct, it’s not, it’s German, but it’s in the cookbook, so it’s…
July: Viennese Whirls
These may be the best sandwich cookies I’ve ever had! Fluffy sweet cream and tart raspberry jam oozing out between…
June: Banoffee Whisky Cups
Here it is August first, and in my usual timely fashion I’m giving you my June post. Procrastinators unite! Banoffee…
May: Florentines
While waiting for my filo dough to rest for our June bake, I figured maybe it was a good time…
April: Cardamom Lemon Buns
Wow! That lemon curd is like tasting sunshine! The little buns were light and moist with just a touch of…
March : Pasteis De Nata
Never heard of it? Me neither, but my husband called them “little bites of love”. Glad he liked them because…