Tufahije – walnut stuffed baked apples

Tufahije – walnut stuffed baked apples

Tufahije (it is a plural, tuffaha means apple in Arabic) are one of those simple autumn desserts I looooved when I was a kid. You can find it all around the place in the Balkans but it was brought to us by the Turks from 

Healthy pudding snack, ready in 5 min!

Healthy pudding snack, ready in 5 min!

When you have growing children, like I do, you know that 3 meals a day is not enough. They need snacks! And as long as you can control what they are snacking (up until puberty more or less šŸ™‚ ) you can insist on the 

Simple coconut cake with strawberries

Simple coconut cake with strawberries

Very simple to make, this coconut cake is super coconutty and tastes delicious with fresh strawberry garnish. For a wow effect even with a simplest cake (like this one), all you need to do is invest in a nice cake mould and add fresh fruit. 

Spring berries crepe cake

Spring berries crepe cake

I had seen so many beautiful version of this layer cake on social networks that I simply had to make one. Especially having in mind that French crepes are our favourit dessert that I am always happy to make. My son’s 10th birthday was a 

Super easy puff pastries, sweet or savoury

Super easy puff pastries, sweet or savoury

If you have tried to make puff pastry dough yourself, you know how tedious and time-consuming it can be. My mom used to be the champion of puff pastry. She would have prepared a large quantity of which she would have frozen a good part. 

Orange scented poppy seed rolls with raisins

Orange scented poppy seed rolls with raisins

Orange scented poppy seed rolls with raisins evoke childhood memories. My mum used to make us poppy seed pastries. She would cook poppy seeds in milk with sugar and I would steel a spoonful of this delicious filling when she would not watch. Or rather