Crackle Chocolate Cookies

Ugly cookies are delicious… and they’re actually pretty. It is the first time I am making this type of cookies, even though I’ve been planning to make them for years now.  I try not to bake unless I have a reason, which this time was Saint Nicholas day, and share the sweets immediately after I…

Marbled Chocolate Cake

What can I say? I bought too many chocolate candies for Halloween… and I was eating the leftovers like there was no tomorrow. Since, I still have one third of the bucket full of chocolate candy in the house; I think might be more of a troublemaker, then a problem solver. The cake was really…

Mama’s marble sponge cake * Reteta de chec a mamei

            This is my mom’s recipe for marble sponge cake. I miss my mom, so I had to make something that would bring me back home …at least smell/ taste/ eat wise. My mom makes the best cakes and sweet breads in the world, of course, and this was just a pale replica of her…

It’s my party and … I bake if I want to!

  I am a Taurus, but more on the lazy side than on the stubborn! This year I decided I should celebrate my commitment to never growing up with a grown up party and I even baked a cake … for my own birthday… first time ever… Yeah, I know it’s a little lame but I…

Romanian Biscuit Salami * Salam de Biscuiti

  What’s up, guys?! I’ve been baking a lot lately, but due mostly to the fact that baking goes pretty well with drinking… well, let’s say I don’t have any proof of either baking or drinking! Since I will be traveling for the whole summer, I’m trying to use up as much of my pantry…