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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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July: Viennese Whirls

These may be the best sandwich cookies I’ve ever had! Fluffy sweet cream and tart raspberry jam oozing out between…

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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…

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May: Florentines

While waiting for my filo dough to rest for our June bake, I figured maybe it was a good time…

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April: Cardamom Lemon Buns

Wow! That lemon curd is like tasting sunshine! The little buns were light and moist with just a touch of…

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March : Pasteis De Nata

Never heard of it? Me neither, but my husband called them “little bites of love”. Glad he liked them because…

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