Desserts

Easy Recipe for Soft Homemade Italian Butter Cookies, perfect for dunking in afternoon tea or in morning milk and coffee, here's how to make these sweet and simple shortbread cookies. The dough for the butter cookie recipe is essentially a shortbread dough, these are simple and quick homemade treats to prepare, worth trying with hot chocolate or tea. The crumbly shortbread obtained with the homemade italian butter cookie recipe is a pleasure we can't let you miss, plus they are a light dessert to offer to your friends. Let's see how to make easy cookies with this quick recipe, and you can shape and decorate the homemade butter cookies however you prefer. Once you roll out the dough to get the soft butter cookies made with this recipe, you can cut them into any shape and decorate them creatively. (more…)

Chocolate cake is that irresistible soft cocoa dessert that tastes good to everyone and in all shapes and variations, so here's an easy and tasty chocolate recipe. Tall and soft, this chocolate cake will be loved by all, whether with icing sugar or with a filling based on cream or icing. In just a few steps it is possible to prepare a delicious dessert, loved by everyone and with ingredients that you often already have at home, therefore at a low cost. With this chocolate cake recipe, the result is a soft, compact and soft cake with the right amount of humidity that makes you feel the sweet aroma of cocoa with every bite. (more…)

The homemade Milk and Nutella Ice Cream is made with just two ingredients, without an ice cream maker or milk. It doesn't freeze and is ready to serve in a total preparation time of 10 minutes. This quick homemade ice cream recipe with cream, without milk, can also be made with other ingredients, not necessarily Nutella. In fact, if you add another cream or fruit, such as pistachio cream, jam, or diced fruit, the ice cream will still be delicious. Here's how to make homemade ice cream with just 2 ingredients, cream and Nutella, and serve a homemade ice cream scoop in just 10 minutes of preparation. (more…)

The recipe for dark chocolate covered strawberries is a light and delicious dessert that can also be made using white, hazelnut, or milk chocolate. For this recipe, we have chosen to use dark chocolate because, like strawberries, it is attributed with aphrodisiac qualities. Moreover, chocolate covered strawberries have always been the dessert of lovers and a symbol of sensuality. Glazing strawberries requires attention to the temperature of the melted chocolate, and the process is certainly different from what you expect. In fact, strawberries dipped in chocolate risk dispersing their aroma, and the chocolate will instead accumulate in a thick superficial layer. To obtain a perfect result, just follow this recipe. (more…)

The tall and fluffy Lemon Cake is an authentic delight that will conquer your palate. Its fragrant aroma and irresistibly fresh taste make it the perfect dessert for any occasion. I want to share with you a simple recipe, yet incredibly tasty, that will allow you to prepare this delicacy in just a few easy steps. The basic ingredients, such as eggs, all-purpose flour, sugar, vegetable oil, and baking powder, come together with two juicy lemons and a final touch of powdered sugar. Slow baking allows the lemon juice to dry out and release all its fragrance. The result? An incredibly fluffy cake that maintains its texture for up to five days if properly stored. You can also indulge yourself by filling it with a delicious cream or using it as a base for a spoon dessert. Don't wait any longer, try this recipe right away, and let yourself be carried away by the unique taste of the soft and fragrant Lemon Cake. (more…)

Recipe: Homemade dried figs are a traditional treat at the end of summer, but if well preserved in vacuum-sealed jars, they can be stored in the pantry throughout the winter. The original recipe for dried figs involves drying them in direct sunlight for three days, after which they can be eaten, filled, or preserved in jars. Sun-dried figs are preferable to oven-dried figs because the temperature inside the oven must be very low, and there is still a high risk of burning them, not to mention the added cost on the electricity bill. Homemade dried figs using grandma's recipe are much more affordable and definitely tastier because the sun directly acts on the drying process of our seasonal figs. Let's see how to make homemade sun-dried figs in 3 days and what alternatives are available if there isn't enough sunlight! (more…)

These sweet lobster tails with homemade pastry cream will leave everyone speechless with this recipe. They resemble Neapolitan sfogliatelle, but are not; the filling is more like a cream puff. The recipe for lobster tails is in high demand, and although it's a complex dessert, by following the instructions step by step, it's possible to create sweet lobster tails that are just as good and beautiful as those from the pastry shop down the street. Let's see how to make sweet lobster tails with homemade pastry cream, starting from the base dough that needs to chill in the fridge for 12 hours before it can be used to form the sweet lobster tail. The filling of the sweet lobster tail is different from the classic sfogliatelle, which is made with semolina, ricotta, and candied fruit. This homemade recipe for sweet lobster tail calls for a pastry cream filling. (more…)