Greek & Cypriot baking recipes or from around the world
Category: Pastry
Rhubarb and Rosewater custard Tart for a Spring Picnic | Rhabarber-Rosenwasser-Vanillepudding-CremeTart für ein Frühlingspicknick
So, welcome to the blog. Welcome to Spring in Bavaria, where dreams do come true!! And my dream comes true and alive too, but I will talk you about it in my following posts.This is the first post …
Flaounas | A Cypriot Easter Traditional Sweet & Savoury Cheese-filled Pastry for the Whole Family!
Tradition, tradition, tradition, is a word you will come across many times in this blog since tradition is part of our Greek culture, life and mentality. Flaounas in not an exception, on the contrary is one of …
Vanilla cake for Valentines Day with Blood oranges icing
. I still remember the first time, about 3 years ago, when I was scrolling my Instagram account and I came across a stunning cake, coloured with {natural} baby pink icing, on top. Although I loved it …
A trip to Munich & an Original German Pretzel Recipe
I always used to see pretzels here and there, in Instagram or magazines and always knew they were called pretzels, but, I never got the chance to try them until a few days ago when I spent …
Pumpkin spice cake with honey & cheese frosting | Γλύκισμα με κολοκύθα & μπαχαρικά και γλάσο με μέλι & τυρί
Monday, October 16th 2017 It’s that time of year again. That time of year were everything changes. Autumn, were the leafs change their colour and start to fall, the first clouds arise and a touch of rain appears, …
Nutritious apple cinnamon, raisins & walnuts home baked bread | Ψωμί με μήλο, κανέλλα καρύδια και σταφίδα
Apple cinnamon, raisins and walnuts home made baked bread is my first attempt to bake and was crown a success. It was kind of weird since I never baked from before, but I always have this idea that …
Vanilla small muffins with natural coloured glazing & crushed pistachios
September 18th, 2017. Monday. Ever since I have return from my holidays in Greece I am experience a lack of inspiration and a boredom that definitely does not represent me as a person. I am always alert for …
Halloumi scones with dry mint & virgin olive oil | Autumn’s first recipe
September and October are those months in the calendar that I like the least, in my country. It’s not summer, is not winter and there is no sign of autumn anywhere around. And the weather is the worst …
Lemon Tart Meringue Summer Recipe with Caramel Sauce & Pistachios
A lemon tarte or a lemon meringue pie is a must have summer cake. It’s fresh, summerish, tasty, sweet and sour at the same time and quite easy to make. A lemon meringue pie, is based on a …
Caramelised apricots, tart with Cointreau Liqueur | Πίτα με καραμελωμένα βερίκοκα και λικέρ πορτοκαλιού
I love making pies, actually, I love creating pastry of any kind in general, but is not that easy to do so. As you already know, I am a cooker, a passionate lover of cooking and creating art …
Summer Special Pavlova with Berries | Καλοκαιρινή πάβλοβα με φρούτα δάσους
Pavlova is a meringue-based dessert named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. It is a meringue dessert with a crisp crust and soft, light inside, usually topped with fruit and whipped cream. The dessert is believed to have been created in honor of the dancer …
Pink Victoria Sponge with Pomegranate glazing | Ροζ Βικτώρια Κέικ
I love Victoria’s sponge. I really do. Is so easy and so tasty, that, with only a few ingredients and little time in the kitchen, you get a 24/7 tasty cake either for you and your family, or …
BBC GOOD FOOD | Fresh Talents Award 2017 by Pink Lady | Finalist Photos by Athena Konstantinou
‘ I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart the Pink Lady Food photography Competition 2017 and the BBC Good Food Fresh Talent Awards for giving me this opportunity and being among the best …
Crust topping Greek Cheese pie with Feta & Yogurt
I know is been a while to post or better, I haven’t been posting as often as I used to and I also know that the photos and the text is less in this post and yes, …
Coloured Glazed Vanilla Cakes | with winter fruits & icing sugar
I can’t believe that is nearly the end of the first month of 2017! It was only a “few” days ago that I had to start preparing my posts and work for Christmas and I had to have …
A Cake for Christmas & Champagne floating
“Christmas is that period of the year we are all entitled to indulge ourselves into luxury and exaggeration in every form, from the way we dress and look to way the food and decorations look. Is that period …
Cinnamon & other spiced rolls with cream cheese and nuts | A winter’s bake special
It’s November, the month of Food Festival in UK, the month of Thanksgiving in America and the month that brings Christmas’s to the rest of the world and that is why planning and preparing ahead are way up to …
KOLOKOTES | Traditional Cypriot Pumpkin pies | Grandma’s recipe
Kolokotes, is a traditional Cypriot recipe of Pumpkin pies. This recipe belongs to my grandma and I could have never, ever anticipated that being around her in my childhood, I would eventually “inherited” a legacy so rich, as …
Spicy Pumpkin Cupcakes | Halloween special
Falling in love is not always about a man. Or a woman. Falling in love can be with various things. You can fall in love with Autumn, or Winter, your new or existing house, an opportunity that arose …
Blackberries & Blueberries Pancakes with Maple Syrup
I know I sound cliché – not that it bothers me much – and I also know that we all made tones of pancakes, ate kilos of blackberries and blueberries and loved or hate maple syrup by now …
Strawberry Mini Tarts & Is crop season again
It’s crop season again… and again… and again because is always crop season, any season any place on earth, whether you are in the UK or Cyprus, USA or Canada, Australia or Japan, where the sun is blooming or …
Off you go, Bake!!! The British Bake off Victorias Sponge cake with Vanilla and fruits
When I decided to create this post I had in mind that the post – except for the cake ingredients and directions – would have a little text, speaking for one of my greatest loves in tv today, …
Sunday Brunch tradition | Quiche Lorraine Pie & The British Bake Off inspiration
An English Breakfast or an English brunch is a must tradition every Sunday in our home, either by ourselves or with a few selected loved ones. Eggs, bread – fried in pure olive oil – Portobello mushrooms, and …
Crepe Suzette With a Twist
I remember eating this delicious French pancakes ages ago, (I am not that old) in seaside hotels and I made a mental note that I should learn how to make this recipe as perfect as possible since I …
Cyprus Sweets | Kattimerka
Kattimerka, boy what a word! Simpler? These are crepes traditionally made by Cypriots; olive oil (of course) and sugar, served either plain or with honey and cinnamon. I remember my grandmother making this unique sweet for my father …
