Capri cake II

I'm always on a look out for a good Capri Cake (Torta Caprese) recipe...

Cocoa polenta cake (Amor polenta with cocoa)

Continuing with my cravings for chocolate...I don't take the easy way and buy a chocolate bar, I make a cake.

Oatmeal cocoa cake (vegan)

It's a cake! No butter, no eggs, not real flour.  I'm not turning vegan or anything but I was out of butter and desperate for a chocolate cake. I didn't find anything in this blog so I quickly hopped over to The Veggie Sisters and got what I needed. And by the way... no mixer, no scale either. Thanks, Girls!

Chocolate almond fine cake

Between a cake and truffles...

Coconut cake with a cocoa heart

Simple, nutty and delightful cake that communicates well with all the juicy Summer fruits around... or an espresso. 

Cocoa almond or ricotta cake with whipped cream and strawberries

...oh, cake and cream, it was just something to go with strawberries. It all went very well with me...

Colomba w/whole spelt

And while my babka was in the oven, I was already working on Colomba (a traditional Italian Easter cake). I fell in love with it last year. I think this Italian love story is going to last...

Mrs. Irena's Easter Babka cooked in water

So, this year, I'm making it. It's been in my mom's recipe notebook for 40 years now and there is no Easter without it. The sad thing was, that my parents were moving last year and my mom threw the special babka form away... I don't know, maybe it was leaking or something.

Whole spelt Italian chocolate cake

Solid, buttery, very chocolaty and not very sweet...exactly what I wanted Sunday morning.

Poppy seed amaretti cake

If you are thinking about poppy seeds...

Whole spelt yogurt cocoa cake

Yogurt cake...? Why not. Out of yogurt? It's OK.

Panettone w/whole spelt

All I want for Christmas is...a panettone.

Tomek's mom gingerbread w/whole spelt

There has to be gingerbread in every Polish home for the Holidays, prepared days ahead. This is an old family recipe...to be completed just before Christmas.

Stollen w/whole spelt (German Christmas bread)

I'd been buying Stollen for years and eating a lot of it. Than I thought, why don't I make it myself ... and eat a lot of it?

Marble ring cake w/whole spelt

This is very much a seasonal cake. It goes with every season. Strawberries have shown up everywhere, but they are too good and expensive to bake with for now. But when I eat half a pound...OK, a pound of strawberries, then I feel like something else. Something cake-ish with a slightly sweet taste and a touch of chocolate flavor. Like this cake.

Lemon capri cake

Do you like the sweet taste of white chocolate? Do you like the rich taste of almonds? Do you like the refreshing taste of lemon? Are you gonna love me for ever and ever?  I do...I do...I do...I will.

Apple and ricotta delicacy

Beautiful recipe. It includes ricotta, almonds, lemon zest, cognac and raspberry sauce. The outcome had to be good and it was. The texture is not quite as dry as a cake. But it is dry enough to play well with apple pieces and the red sauce.  There is some moisture from ricotta and a fun, delicate crunch from almonds.

Colomba

24 hours later, the Colomba, an Italian Easter tradition, is ready. My first one ever. I thought it would be like a Panettone but in the shape of a "colomba", or a dove. But it is not. If Panettone is the best cake ever, I need to invent another word for "best ever". I don't even know where to start.

Mandolata

I found it, lost it, didn't cry, forgot about it and found it again today...like a good love story. I came across the recipe while looking for Easter ideas, the first time and the second time. The cake is originally called "Pinolata"...and I thought I remembered that the name had something to do with "Pasqua" (Easter).

Carrot cake w/whole spelt

More like a bread, but still a cake. Not too sweet, not too moist. Not Paula Dean's style rich carrot cake, but a delicate, light Italian kind. You can taste carrots thanks to the lower sugar content of the cake. I like that.