Muskmelon smoothie!

Oh! I just love it! an you  must try it this summer!

MUSKMELON SMOOTHIE + FRESH MINT...it's soooooo delicious!

You just blend the muskmelon and add some mint and voila! 

Enjoy you guys! and have a wonderful summer!

XOXO

Happy 2014!!

I wished I do small mushroom pizzas for New Years Eve and so I did! I know it's not a fancy dish but it's what I wanted!

I hope you all have a wonderful New Year and may all that you wish will come true in 2014!

Have a happy and prosperous New Year everyone!

See you next year!!

xoxo

Christmas cookies as gifts- Prăjiturele de craciun

M-am tot gândit ce daruri să meşteresc Crăciunul ăsta...şi cum am descoperit recent că ador să gatesc prăjituri, am zis..hei un set de prăjiturele făcute acasă ar aduce cel mai bine spiritul crăciunului în casele oamenilor aşa că m'am pus pe treaba şi iată rezultatul , după multe ore de muncă şi reţete combinate..I NAILED IT! : D

Dacă doriţi reţetele oricarei dintre prăjiturici să imi lasaţi un comment si le voi posta ; )
1. biscuiţi cu gem şi cocos
2. steluţe cu marţipan
3.biscuiţi spriţaţi cu ciocolată
4. turte dulci cu ghimbir
5. cupcakes cu portoclae şi miere


This Christmas I decided to gift homemade cookies :D it was the best idea I ever had! so here is the result!

3 flavours chocolate cake

Ok guys, this is my first cake ever, inspired by Little Accidents in the Kitchen

I used a wider cake  tin for this one as the one from the original recipe was really tall 

For my birthday I wanted to try making this cake but everyone said it's better to skip the hard work and order one...well as I am stubborn as a donkey I insisted that baking it will give me more satisfaction than ordering it and I WAS RIGHT! it was indeed a lot of work...but the fact that I was able to do it was more rewarding :) and  also I have a great reminder of the day : D! 

So the 3 flavours are: chocolate, caramel and vanilla

It took me more than 3 hours to make it but it was worth the struggle :)

It's not an easy recipe but you will love it! especially if you are a chocolate lover!

If you want to try it please write me in a comment and I will send you the recipe and share with you what I've discovered while baking it so maybe yours will be much better, who knows ;)

Hope you enjoy and try it too!

THIS is the original recipe but the measurements must be more because it's made for a 16 cm cake tin  as you see the chocolate cake is more fluffy because i added more flour and ingredients

for the ganache well I just melted some chocolate and poured it randomly  over the buttercream 

and pay attention ...do not pour the syrup(unless you have some maple syrup or something thicker)  with the butter at all..in my opinion , butter has it's water in it (at least butter from romania) and it just may not stay thick anymore just mix it  with sugar and add some essence if you have or let it be like that 

Blatul alb:

Ingrediente:

1/3 cana lapte

2 oua

1 vanilie

100g faina 

57g zahar 

1 1/4 lingurite praf de copt

113g unt la temperatura camerei

Metoda:

1.amestecati separat albusul cu zahar si apoi galbenusul batut 

2. bateti untul cu zahar

3. adaugati peste faina cu praful de copt, vanilia, laptele si apoi compozitia de la 1. si apoi 2. 

4. amestecati totul cu mixerul

5. turnati compozitia in forma de tort ( recomand forma cu fund detasabil) unsa bine cu unt sau ulei si daca preferati si cu faina, eu nu am pus faina doar am uns cu ulei;

6. lasati sa se coaca la 180 grade Celsius pentru 35-40 de minute

Blat caramel:

sirop de caramel ( daca reusiti sa il facti mai consistent ar fi miunat, sau sa achizitionati deja unul gata facut)

Ingrediente:75g zahar3/4 cani apa

Metoda:1. Combinati zaharul cu 3/4 cani apa, pana se topeste zaharul lasati sa se raceasca

Ingrediente:

125g zahar

70g unt la temperatura camerei

4 lingurite de sirop caramel

1 ou intreg

180g faina

1 lingurita praf de copt

1/2 cana lapte

Method:

1.amestecati oul cu siropul de caramel si laptele 

2. bateti untul cu zahar

3.  peste faina cu praful de copt adaugati compozitia de la 1.

4. amestecati totul cu mixerul

5.turnati compozitia in forma de tort ( recomand forma cu fund detasabil) unsa bine cu unt sau ulei si daca preferati si cu faina, eu nu am pus faina doar am uns cu ulei;

6. lasati sa se coaca la 180 grade Celsius pentru 35-40 de minute

Blatul  ciocolata:

Ingrediente:

60g cacao

1/4 cana apa fiarta

1/4 cana lapte

120g faina

1/2 lingurita praf de cop

85g unt la temperatura camerei

50g zahar

1 ou

1 vanilie

Metoda:

1. amestecati cacaoa cu apa fiarta apoi adaugati laptele, lasati sa se raceasca

2. bateti untul cu zaharul

3.  peste faina cu praful de copt adaugati compozitia de la 1. si 2.

4. amestecati totul cu mixerul

5.turnati compozitia in forma de tort ( recomand forma cu fund detasabil) unsa bine cu unt sau ulei si daca preferati si cu faina, eu nu am pus faina doar am uns cu ulei;

6. lasati sa se coaca la 180 grade Celsius pentru 35-40 de minute

Crema de unt 

( daca gasiti un unt cu continut mic de apa ar fi perfect..daca nu nu puneti sirop de caramel decat daca este foarte gros)

Ingredients:

3 oua

2/3 cana zahar

300g unt la temperatura camerei taiat in cuburi

6 lingurite sirop caramel ( doar daca este consistent)

Method:

1. amestecati albusurile pe aburi ( un vas cu apa pe aragaz si un vas deasupra primului vas unde va fi compozitia) pana cand compozitia ajunge la 60 grade Celsius (sau pana simtit ca se prinde un pic pe fundul vasului ),  trebuie sa aiba un aspect lucios si consistent

2. adaugati untul cate un cubulet pe rand, cu grija sa nu se inmoaie compozitia

4. puteti adauga si siropul de caramel daca este destul de consistent, daca se lasa apa din unt  NU recomand

5. puneti compozitia dupa ce s-a racit un pic intr-o incapere rece/ sau afara

*Ciocolata de menaj se topeste cu un pic de apa ca sa nu se ingroase prea tare

*Asamblati blaturile cu cate un strat subtire de crema de unt intre ele apoi acoperiti pe toate partile tortul cu crema de unt cu un cutit lat sau spatula , daca se poate sa il asamblati intr-o incapere rece, dupa ce blaturile s-au racit pentru a evita topirea untului

*Turnati ciocolata topita deasupra  si gata! :D 

Cheesy Pull Apart Bread

Brace yourselves :)) I guess winter is doing this to me...anyhow I made this tonight..I wasn't really sure it'll work out but it DID! If you want to try it ,it's really easy & most important thing to me ... QUICK!  I added more ingredients than the normal recipe and it turned out delish  aaand yees..feel free to dig in with your hands..who cares :))

the filling: butter, onion, garlic, boiled chicken breast, oregano, pepper, white cheese - stuff that in the bread (bread is sliced in small squares close to the bottom)after that just pour some sour cream with an egg -> put all that in the oven wrapped in cooking paper
after 10 minutes take it out and put a lot of cheese on top of it and put it in the oven again till the cheese is brown and Voilà!

Chilly chicken tacos

I never thought I will see myself making tacos...but today was the day when I did it! and I ate 3 of them..and now I just want a movie and the day is done!  me happy!

Spicy chicken tacos with spinach, red onion, tomato,chilli flakes, chilli peppers, cumin powder, coriander powder, lettuce, cheese, parsley and the tortillas : white flour mixed with corn flour salt, water, oregano 

You can try it too it's yummy but I must admit it's a bit of work on this, it won't be ready in '15 seconds'..but it's worth the work 

Autumn cupcakes!

Hi guys! I have to brag about these 

These are my first cupcakes ever! I just had to try ! I am really clumsy in the kitchen though...I spilled the cup with apple juice on the floor...and some chocolate...and some walnuts...and I chopped the tip of my nail off ...but guess what I liked making them :D 

It's half invented but I can assure you it tastes really good!

It's cinnamon, apples and vanilla. And for the top part : honey with walnuts and dark chocolate and tiny lemon slices .

Hope you like how they look and try it too!

Have a nice week-end you guys! xoxo