This Swedish Midsummer Cake is a show-stopping celebration cake filled with fresh strawberries, cream, and luscious vanilla custard, everything stacked between an airy vanilla sponge. It’s a traditional Midsummer staple, baked everywhere in Sweden to celebrate the year’s longest day. READ MORE: Swedish Princess Cake Recipe The cake’s vibrant colors […]
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Romanian Sweet Cheese Pie was the first type of pie I was introduced to when I was little. Both my grandmother and my mother used to bake this sweet cheese pie, and I loved it every single time, especially when it was a weekend treat. Growing up, I started also […]
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Eating eclairs filled with luscious vanilla cream and chocolate glaze was one of my greatest childhood pleasures. Of course, there were chocolate, coffee, or hazelnut-filled eclairs besides vanilla. But the classic eclair with vanilla custard remains my true love. Eclairs were a cake we would find everywhere in Romania in […]
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My grandmother used to make plum dumplings in the late summer and fall when she would find juicy and sweet plums everywhere on the outside markets in Bucharest. This recipe has Hungarian, German, and Romanian origins, and it’s filling enough to be served as a separate dish or as a […]
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This year was the third time when I decided to bake the Cinnamon Stars Biscuits for Christmas, so you can imagine this has become one of our favorite recipes! First published by the royal pastry chefs in 2019, the Cinnamon Stars Recipe is not very complicated to make and brings […]
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Spinach Frittata is my go-to recipe when I want something fulfilling to eat, healthy, and ready in a couple of minutes. It’s a good recipe for breakfast and also for brunch. And lately, it’s been a favorite food for my almost two-year-old toddler, too! This recipe is so easy to […]
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The Roasted Eggplant Salad is one of the best appetizers in Balkan cuisine and a beloved Romanian recipe, prepared in every household, especially as a summer and fall dish. I remember walking the streets of Bucharest on a late summer morning, and the smell of roasted eggplants and peppers would […]
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I discovered the Date Shake on one of my trips to Palm Springs, and since then, I’ve been captivated by its exotic, earthy, and caramelly flavor. So this year, after returning from Palm Springs, I decided it was time to give it a try and recreate the Date Shake recipe […]
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This Fruit Cake was always present on the menu during summer in our house in Bucharest. My mother and grandmother used to make this fluffy and easy cake, and I think it was a must-do recipe for every family in Romania. Because the main ingredients are the fresh fruits, it’s […]
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Caipirinha is Brazil’s National Cocktail and one of the classic and well-known cocktails in the world. It’s the refreshing cocktail you can savor in Rio de Janeiro while sitting on one of the most famous beaches in the world, Copacabana or Ipanema Beach. What does Caipirinha mean? The name of Caipirinha […]
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Cannoli—a tube-shaped pastry dish filled with sweet ricotta cream—is a staple of Sicilian cuisine and is largely known worldwide. “Cannoli” means “little tube” (is grammatically plural in Italian), referring to the pastry’s shape – a small tube, not bigger than a finger. In ancient times, Cannoli was referred to as […]
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The food in Hawaii is a melting pot of cultures with influences from all over the world: Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Thai, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, American, and Mexican. First, there was native Hawaiian cuisine, but over the years, the waves of immigrants brought their own food culture, adding more flavored layers […]
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Rio de Janeiro’s reputation for beach and samba culture may be worldwide, yet Brazilian food shouldn’t be overlooked because this country has some real gastronomical gems. If you have already read my first article about traditional dishes you should try while traveling to Rio de Janeiro (or anywhere in Brazil), […]
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