Category: Sweet tooth
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‘Easter Coffee Pavlova’
‘Easter Monday with coffee flavoured pavlova’ The pale beige colour for the pavlova comes from espresso powder that gives a touch of bitter oomph to the sweet, marshmallowy meringue. We aren’t much of a chocolate household, so a coffee flavoured Easter dessert is a great substitute! Our Easter has been much spent outdoors in the…
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Chocolate Mousse Tea cake
March is officially here and I wanted to cosy up this Sunday by baking a small layer cake that would be perfect for tea time. I haven’t made anything chocolate related in a really long time so I thought a fluffy chocolate mousse cake would do the trick. With a changing month, I also decided…
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Simple Cinnamon Cake
‘Tiny cinnamon cakes perfect for a tea time over snowy days’ Nobody in our household has a crazy sweet tooth but Christmas brings out the cosiest time to bake. If it is not for you, let it be for those unexpected guests or friends coming over for drinks or coffee. I love making small sized…
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Coffee Popsicles
‘ 3 ingredient coffee popsicles’ Even thought August is coming to an end, we have had amazing weather in Helsinki the past week. There have been no signs of fall and days are incredibly warm. A few days ago it was still 26degrees Celsius on the golf course at 18.00 in the evening, so we…
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Birthday semi-naked rhubarb Cake
‘Trees full of syringa (lilacs) and fields full of wild flowers is a sign of June’ June is such a pretty month, nature is lush and at full bloom no matter where you go. I wanted lots of bohemian wildflower bouquets for my party creating that enchanted garden feeling into the house. I love the…
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Easter Pasha Cake & Oreo Crust
How beautiful is the morning light during spring time, it’s warm and pinkish casting a magical colouring into the woods. It makes it quite easy to photograph, I wish you could hear the sounds of the nature, that I am hearing at the moment. Bella is walking closely behind me eating sticks along the way…
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Lavender Lemon Pound Cake
‘Lavender Lemon Tea cake, lace tops & beautiful nature’ Lavender, such a beautiful elegant aroma and is for sure one of my favourite flowers of all time. I love the fragrance and always seek out home scents, sprays, soaps and flowers as it brings me such great memories when travelling. It gives me an instant…
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Blueberry Gingerbread Christmas cake
‘ May your Christmas be sweet & merry´ Don’t be overwhelmed by the christmas rush, this cake is an easy showstopper dessert that is so simple to cake. It takes some time to solidify, but the preparations for it cause no fuss! This blueberry cake is a refreshing end to a hearty Christmas meal, it…
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Arabian inspired Date cake
‘The night before Christmas brings sweet date cake, wrapping the last of gifts & a whole lot of Christmas movies under the blanket’ Inspired by the date market in Abu Dhabi & the festive feeling of dates, I thought it was time to join in on the ride and make a juicy date cake. This…
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December 3rd: Chocolate Ganash Tart
I can’t believe we are in December already! The lack of festive posts have been due to a spontaneous trip to Dubai with my husband, but now all the Christmas inspiration will begin! We will go pick a tree this week and today I’m off to the flower market to pick up winter blooms!…