This Coconut Rice Pudding with Mango Spheres is a perfect dessert for Valentine’s Day or any occasion when you want to wow your loved one. And just like that, welcome to February! Are you excited for Valentine’s Day? I sure am because I am a holiday loving type. The type that tries and makes a [Continue Reading…]
Mango Spheres
These impressive mango spheres are sure to be a hit at your next party! Dress them up on the serving spoons or put on top of your favorite dessert. There is nothing more multi-sensory than food and drink, stimulating our sense of taste, smell, touch, vision, hearing and on occasion even pain – just think [Continue Reading…]
Pistachio Cranberry Snowflake Cookies
Tis the season! Pistachio Cranberry Snowflake Cookies – the perfect holiday cookies. Holiday baking at my house is in full swing. I am baking dozens of these Pistachio Cranberry Snowflake Cookies, donuts and cherry pie bars to give away to friends, co-workers and loved ones. I love this time of the year, when it’s crispy cold outside [Continue Reading…]
Cherry Pie Bars
These Cherry Pie Bars have a delicious shortbread base, a layer of juicy cherries, and a crunchy topping drizzled with sweet vanilla glaze. BRING IT ON, winter, you are totally getting me excited to bake all the things! Are you guys ready to embrace sugar cravings and gather with family and friends over some seriously delicious food? I am [Continue Reading…]
Honey Glazed French Cruller Doughnuts
Honey Glazed French Cruller Doughnuts are light, airy and eggy clouds of sticky glazed dough. Unlike classic yeast doughnuts, these honey glazed French cruller doughnuts are cooked using a choux pastry dough technique. You will be in love with the distinctive twisted ridges and the extra light interior of these delicious doughnuts! These are possibly [Continue Reading…]
Homemade Plombir Ice Cream
Yes! We’re going to make our very own homemade Plombir Ice Cream! This stuff is pure gold, and might easily become the best thing that you’ve ever made in your kitchen. Bring it on, ice cream season! I’m ready for you. This old classic Soviet Plombir ice cream brings back some memories… my childhood memories [Continue Reading…]
Creme Brulee Doughnuts
What’s more indulgent than a fried sweet dough? Maybe a fried doughnut that’s been heavily stuffed with a creamy vanilla custard and a perfectly crunchy glaze on top. These Creme Brulee Doughnuts are Irresistible! Woohoo, hello from the world of motherhood! I love being a stay-at-home mom, and I treasure the time we spend with my little man. It’s been [Continue Reading…]
Easter Bread – Kulich
This traditional Easter Bread – Kulich or Paska is enriched with plenty of egg yolks, milk, butter, vanilla and raisins. I love all things Easter so I am beyond excited about this traditional Orthodox Easter Bread – Kulich. It’s enriched with plenty of egg yolks, milk, butter, vanilla and raisins. The sweet, eggy, buttery taste is complex, [Continue Reading…]
Classic All-Purpose Crêpes
Happy Maslenitsa, my friends! Maslenitsa or Pancake Week is a eastern european religious and folk festival that celebrates the end of the winter and the start of spring. In Orthodox tradition it is the week of preparation before the start of Great Lent, a time to eat all the cheese and dairy and animal products forbidden during [Continue Reading…]