Desserts

Let's prepare a jam tart with apricot jam, the recipe without using yeast makes it light and easy to digest, let's see how to make it. Making shortcrust pastry without using yeast means that the jam tart will not be soft, but it won't be too hard either, it will have the consistency of butter cookies. The classic italian jam tart is made with apricot jam, and that's how we made it, but you can use any other jam, it will be just as good. Let's see how to prepare the jam tart, great for children's snacks, breakfast or as a snack for friends and family! (more…)

The eggless lemon cream is a light and quick recipe that can be prepared instantly. It's useful for using lemons in the kitchen to make creamy and light desserts. Lemons are widely used in pastry making, and lemon zest is essential for adding fragrance to cakes and creams. That's why the eggless lemon cream is incredibly delicious even without the other essential ingredient in creams, which is eggs. Let's see how to prepare a light lemon cream that can be used to fill cakes and create fragrant creamy desserts in just a few minutes, with a lighter recipe than the traditional one. (more…)

Panna Cotta is a simple yet perfect recipe for an original spoon dessert made with just a few simple ingredients, originating from the Piedmont region of Italy. Knowing how to make the original Panna Cotta recipe with the use of gelatin is a way to speed up and simplify the execution of this original italian recipe. Panna Cotta can be garnished with chocolate, caramel, and fresh fruit coulis, making it the perfect spoon dessert for every season and occasion. Let's see how to make it perfect at home. (more…)

The soft orange donut made with water, juice, and zest of two oranges is a light recipe for a bundt cake that can now be made without eggs, milk, and butter. The essential recipe for the soft orange donut with water has less fat than a classic cake and is appreciated by those with high cholesterol or following a slimming diet. Making the soft orange donut with water and without butter takes little time, but pay attention to the steps of the recipe to obtain a soft and tender orange bundt cake. (more…)

To try immediately, this soft carrot cake with dark chocolate pieces (not "chips" but actual chocolate pieces) is delicious and fluffy. This is a great cake to decorate thematically or you can enjoy it as is with a sprinkle of powdered sugar or chocolate glaze. To make this soft carrot cake with dark chocolate pieces, you only need simple ingredients and it will be ready to enjoy for a snack or breakfast in no time. This carrot cake is easy to make, without almonds, and if you want, it can be made gluten-free using rice flour as indicated in the recipe. (more…)

Italian meringue is cooked, it is prepared by whipping the egg whites with a sugar syrup at the exact temperature of 250°F, in fact, a pastry thermometer is necessary to perform the recipe. Making Italian meringue is actually very simple, once it is ready, it is used to decorate cakes, pies, and to make meringues, macarons, or a semifreddo. In short, it is a basic pastry recipe that one must necessarily learn if they want to impress with their pastry skills, meringue desserts are not only tasty but also beautiful to look at. Here's how to make Italian meringue cooked with high-temperature sugar syrup, to be carefully measured with a pastry thermometer. (more…)

The two-colored bi-flavored soft and spongy donut cake that everyone enjoys is perfect for both kids and adults' snack time. Here's how to make it according to the recipe. The ingredients used to make the soft and spongy bicolored donuts are the same as those used in a classic donut cake, with one half of the dough colored with cocoa creating the two-tone design inside the cake. The recipe for the two-colored (bi-flavored) cake is, therefore, very easy to make, a soft and spongy bicolored donut that can be made with ingredients you surely have at home. Milk, eggs, flour, sugar, oil, cocoa, baking powder, and begin to knead and mix until the delicate artistic phase: pour the two-toned cake batter into the pan. (more…)

Homemade condensed milk is an original and quick recipe to make, a few minutes and you immediately get a lot of product to use right away in recipes with condensed milk or to store. The recipe for making condensed milk consists of four ingredients: milk, cornstarch, sugar, and vanilla extract. In detail, we will also recommend a less sweet variation for those who want to use homemade condensed milk in recipes but not too sweet. With this original and quick recipe, you can make it without butter and even vegan. Let's see how to make condensed milk, a product to use in a thousand sweet, delicious, and dessert recipes that require this ingredient. (more…)

Let's make Cat's Tongue Cookies, the original recipe by Iginio Massari, to be prepared just in time for tea or hot chocolate! Cat's tongue cookies are flat and crunchy biscuits full of sugar and butter, characterized by an oval shape and a rough surface that resembles real cat's tongues. Iginio Massari has the perfect recipe to make cat's tongue cookies and here it is, step by step with all the tricks to obtain crunchy biscuits to enjoy with chocolate, tea, coffee or a delicious dessert cream. The ingredients are the ones from the original recipe, which include butter, powdered sugar, egg whites, and type 0 flour (manitoba). Here's how to make cat's tongue biscuits. (more…)

How to make ice cream without an ice cream maker? Here's the recipe for homemade ice cream without an ice cream maker, all you need is a whisk, whipping cream, condensed milk, and the flavor ingredient, and you're done! In the summer, sooner or later, the craving for a cold dessert arrives, and you try to make homemade ice cream. It's better to have the recipe ready for that moment, right? This is the basic recipe for ice cream without an ice cream maker, so by adding an ingredient of your choice, you can create the flavor of ice cream you prefer. Homemade ice cream without an ice cream maker, of course, needs to be frozen for a long time, so prepare the recipe at least 6 hours in advance. (more…)