Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! What do you think about birthdays? Is it a fun moment for you or it brings you a sweet melancholy by reminding you the fact that another year has passed? Is it a day of joy or is it a day of retrospect and resetting of...
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Lemon Cake with Egg Yolks
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! All past week I had a terrible cold that was bugging me and I was dragging my miserable body back and forth from work to home, to the supermarket, to household works and son’s studying and back to work next morning. One thing I hate about...
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Orange-Flavored and Spiced Up Honey Mug Cakes
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Do you remember the Chocolate Mug Cake I made some time ago? Well, I called my friend Laura the other time and she told me that she had made this cake many, many times since then and she asked if I could make a mug cake...
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Little Chocolate Zucchini Bundt Cakes
The reason for this post is my son’s friend. My son kept two friends from his old school, who are siblings. The girl has the same age as my son and her brother is two years younger. He plays with both of them and this year we got to spend our holidays together. Their parents...
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Spiced Chocolate Cake with Glazed Chestnuts and Dried Nuts
I am sure you all have experienced a situation, when you buy a product to use it in a particular sweet or savory dish and eventually it lingers in your closet or fridge for numerous days and when you open either of them, it just stares at you, making you feel guilty for not utilizing...
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Lemon Torte di Lefkothea
I have a friend. Her name is Lefkothea. Lefkothea was a sea divinity who saved Odysseus when he capsized close to the island of Phaeacians, his last destination before home. I know Lefkothea, my friend, since 1979. I was 10 years old when we moved to a new home and I went to a new...
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Syrupy Lemon Cake with Candied Lemons
Spring is in the air my friends! Finally, after a long and cold winter, spring has arrived along with the sunshine and the warmer weather. Temperatures here in Greece have risen up to 20’s C/ 70’s F. I started storing my heavy jackets and sweaters and taking out my lighter pans and shirts. I love...
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Saint Basil’s Pie for 2012 (Vasilopita)
You know from my previous year’s post that every New Year’s Day in Greece we have the custom of Vasilopita, which basically is a cake or a tsoureki with a coin in it. We cut pieces of this cake/tsoureki and whoever wins the coin is the lucky of the year. You can find the whole...
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Orange Scented Ravanì
At this point of time, I would like to attribute an acknowledgement. As you all know, a month now, I moved to this new site. None of this would be possible, if it wasn’t for my husband. He worked for two months, so as for me to have this new home. He designed and implemented...
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Mug Cake or Five Minute Cake
I was talking to some friends of mine the other night and I happened to mention this recipe for a very quick cake. All of them immediately asked if I could share the recipe and I told them that I will be posting it the following week. This is not a simple recipe; it is...
