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My lovely aunt called yesterday saying she’d like to try one of my cakes, anything with lots of chocolate she said.
First thing that came to my mind was my usual daisies cake but then I thought why not to try another version, chocolate cake filled with chocolate cream and Ferrero Rocher and topped with the same.
Final outcome was really amazing and elegant, something all chocolate lovers will love for sure.
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Happy birthday to the amazing DJ Badr, did this awesome chocolate cake filled with peanut butter cream and covered with cream and all kinds of Reeses, his favorite chocolate.
Cake turned out really elegant and rich, hope he liked it.
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Full busy day, order was apple pudding and teramisu cups, guess these elegant ones are a hit these days 👍.
I thought I’d send a small gift with this order, special clients deserve a special treat right? Decided I’d try this cake that I pinned long time ago, been eager to try it cause it does look elegant and light.
End result wasn’t exactly like original photo but good enough I think. I changed a bit in the cream and added almonds to give an extra nutty flavor.
Ingredients and method :
Cake batter :
* 1 cups sugar.
*1/2 cup brown sugar.
* 1/2 cup butter.
* 1/2 cup vegetable oil.
* 3 eggs.
* 1 1/4 cup milk.
* 2 tsp baking powder.
* 1/2 tsp baking soda.
* 1 tsp vanilla.
* 2 1/2 cups flour.
* Beat sugar, butter and oil till creamy.
* add eggs, vanilla and milk.
* add baking powder, soda and flower.
*heat oven (medium) then bake the batter in two or three pans as you wish for 25-30 minutes or till dry from inside.
* remove from pans and leave to cool.
Meanwhile make caramel and frosting.
Caramel sauce :
* 2 cups sugar
* 2 tablespoons water.
* 2/3 cup butter.
* 1 cup heavy cream.
* heat sugar and water till it’s caramelized and reaches the color desired, add butter and stir well.
* remove from heat and add cream very slowly and mix.
Note: better use a deep pan to avoid hot sugar from splashing.
* leave to cool completely.
Frosting :
* 1 cup heavy cream.
* 2 envelopes whipping cream.
* 1/2 cup caramel sauce.
* beat all ingredients well till double sized and stiff.
Assemble cake in two or three layers stuffed with frosting and caramel sauce, I added some roasted caramelized almonds also.
Creamy delicious rich cake.
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Such a busy day,usually Fridays are lazy and quiet but this one was the opposite.
Started with breakfast with my friend who came by to give a German lesson to my son,followed by coffee for sure.
yummy healthy breakfast.
Then preparing today’s last minute order, falafel rolls and great depression vanilla cake with pineapples and roasted coconuts on top.
Directly after that I assembled a strawberry pavlova as dessert after lunch which was a big tasty mansaf.
Mansaf 🙂
Lively nice Spring day.
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Woke up with a terrible flu,headache and fever that shouts out for hot drinks and soup.
I boiled some chicken with whole onion, carrot and seasoning ( cinnamon stick, pepper kernels, cardamom and bay leaf) with the intention to make chicken vegetable soup but then I switched to corn and cream cause kids prefer it I’m sure.
Ingredients and method:
*one small onion finely chopped.
* 1 cup corn.
* some cooked chopped chicken pieces.
* 2 tablespoons butter.
* 3 tablespoons flour.
* 4 cups chicken broth.
* 1 cup fresh cream.
* salt,pepper and a pinch of nutmeg.
* heat butter then saute onions.
* add flour and whisk well.
* add broth and keep whisking or you can use hand blender if you got clots.
* add corn and chicken.
* season and leave to simmer for 20-25 minutes.
Serve with sticks or garlic bread.
Today’s order was a special request for my beloved niece, Sable cookies and simple cake and I made another one with Sativa sugar for us.
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Two busy days, was invited to a big family lunch at my cousin’s in Irbid , loving gathering with lots of yummy food. Always a pleasure to visit my hometown.
Today started with baking Eid bread ( افراص عيد) traditional old kind of bread usually done in Eid time ,this time I tried to correct what I did wrong each time I did them before by making them thick and bake them in a very hot oven.Result was really good this time !
Then I cooked lunch ,Kabseh with hot sauce and fresh salad .
meanwhile I baked a beautiful cake for my friend’s son birthday ,chocolate and strawberries with ganache drippings.
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All family men were invited to lunch Mansaf-ing as we say, on the occasion of my dear cousin’s wedding.
Well it was a good opportunity for family women to gather, I made a small loving meal for my mom,mother in-law, sisters and sister In-law and we celebrated Mother’s day together.
Made beautiful mini cakes with pineapple, strawberries, croquants and red velvet,though they took lots of time but outcome was really cute.
Lunch menu was steaks with mushroom sauce, baked potatoes on salt, fettuccine, eggplant fatteh and a big salad.
beautiful meal finale.
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Went out this morning to celebrate a precious friend’s birthday, lovely people deserves beautiful things that’s why I made a colorful red velvet caked topped with strawberries and red currents.
Recipe is the same one I usually do but this time in three layers and naked style frosting, meaning only a bit of icing around the cake. It was really amazing, light and fluffy.
Here are ingredients and method of the cake:
* 2 large eggs.
* 1 1/4 cups sugar.
* 1/2 cup oil.
*1/2 cup butter.
* 2/3 cup yogurt.
* 1/3 cup milk.
* 1 tablespoon cocoa powder.
* 1 tablespoon vinegar.
* 1 teaspoon baking soda.
* 1 teaspoon baking powder.
* 1 tsp vanilla.
* 2 teaspoons red food coloring.
* 2 1/2 cups flour.
Icing:
* 2 packs cream cheese.
* 1/2 cup whipping fresh cream.
* 2 cups powdered sugar .
or :
*1 pack cream cheese.
* 2 packs dream whip.
* 1/2 cup powdered sugar.
* some red colored food glitter for decoration.
* beat eggs,vanilla,sugar till frothy and creamy.
* add rest of ingredients consequently.
* bake cake in two round baking pans (same size)
* Beat frosting ingredients well together and leave to cool in fridge.
* when cake is done and cooled assemble the two layers with frosting in between and all over.
* leave in fridge to settle for couple of hours.
* decorate top with sprinkles in any shape you like.
Happy birthday my dear Lina,wish you all the happiness in the world.
Morning everybody.
Just realized that I haven’t posted since Feb 10’th , never happened before by the way, reason is that I’ve been very busy lately preparing for catering a big dinner for my sister in-law’s daughter farewell dinner. Thank God it was a big success, food was delicious and everybody was happy . Congratulations lovely bride to be.
As for the menu it was as follows:
Nice loving joyful gathering 🙂
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A full busy day, started by the first order for a special young man “ chicken tikka masala ” with Indian rice. This was done and delivered by noon.
Then I baked two lovely Daisies chocolate cakes for a very dear friend, amazing and elegant as always.
When done I made lunch,ready prepared breaded chicken wings and chili potatoes.
Long busy day but all worth it for sure.