Cake is a sweet that was very easily incorporated into the Greek range of sweets. We make all sorts of cakes and we have learned to love and appreciate them. As I told you, during this weekend I had plenty of time, because of the snow that held us inside. So, I decided to make...
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Molten Spiced Chocolate Brandy Cakes
I just wanted a recipe that would be easy, since now that schools are open, during afternoons my son is studying and I have to supervise him. Most of the afternoon passes by exactly by doing this, thus I do not have the time to cook anything. Anyway, yesterday I decided to make this cake...
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Molten Chocolate Cake
Now, isn’t this oven glove cute or what? I couldn’t resist the idea of photographing it and I found this opportunity with these cakes. My mother bought them for me and I think they are lovely. Anyway, yesterday my son finished studying early enough to allow me to go to the kitchen and make these...
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Chocolate Walnut Pie
In Greece walnut pie is a traditional sweet. It is more of a cake than a pie, but we call it pie. Anyway, it is very tasteful and we eat it a lot during winter. This one is a twisted version with chocolate. The recipe originally comes from my favorite greek pastry chef Stelios Parliaros...
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Very Chocolate Cake
Trying to prepare a snack and a meal for your child to take to school can become a real headache. The problem is that now that he is in high school he doesn’t want to sit down and eat properly as he used to do in elementary school. So, the dilemma is what should I give...
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Janet’s Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
I know it has been a while since my last post, but I have a very good excuse for that: SUMMER!!! I am sure that you can understand that when summer comes here in Greece everything is different. You cannot possibly sit inside and write on a computer. All you need is your swimsuit...
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Chocolate Torte with Sweetened Condensed Milk
This is not a cake. This is a torte as we call it in Greece. These types of sweets are sold in sweet stores and they are made with chocolate, cream, caramel, etc. It usually has one or two very thin layers of sponge-cake or lady fingers and filling. On top they are decorated with...
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Brownies
I found this recipe from Stelios Parliaros’ book Lessons of Sweet Alchemy. He is a very well known chef of sweets here in Greece and when I saw it I knew I had to try it. Until now, I had the wrong impression that brownies are cakes only not as fluffy. He came to change...
