19 December 2017

Chocolate Corn Flakes Clusters

Chocolate corn flakes clusters only require 2 ingredients. It's also a no-bake recipe !


2 ingredients no bake recipe
Christmas is less than a week away ! If you need a last minute treat or food gift, then I introduce you to chocolate corn flakes clusters. They only require 2 ingredients (dark chocolate and corn flakes), and it's a no-bake recipe ! Also, as a bonus, you only need a bowl and a spoon to make them, which means no extra dishes to wash. I added some festive red, green and white non-pareil sprinkles to the top of the chocolate corn flake clusters, but you could leave them plain or use any kind of sprinkles for any kind of holiday. You can also use white or milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate ! This no bake recipe is really easy to make, so chocolate corn flakes clusters could also be an activity to do with kids this Holiday season !

12 December 2017

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever

This is my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. I've used it for years and it makes the best chocolate chip cookies ever.


best chocolate chip cookies
I realise there are thousands of chocolate chip cookie recipes on the Internet. There are also probably hundreds of recipes out there that claim to make the best chocolate chip cookies ever, so adding mine shouldn't have been a priority for me. Yet here we are, with me talking about the best ever chocolate chip cookies. See, the recipe I'm sharing today is one I've been using for years now. When I say years, I think it's been over eight years now. I can't remember where I found it, and I wouldn't even be able to find it again, as it's changed so much over the years.

08 December 2017

Free Printable : Holiday Gift Tags for Baked Goodies

Free printable Holiday gift tags for baked goodies and Christmas food gifts.


Free Printable Holiday Gift Tags for Baked Goodies
I've shared free printable recipe cards, Holiday baking planners, Christmas cupcake toppers, so now it's onto free printable gift tags that you can use for all those cookies you're planning on gifting ! There are nine different gift tag designs, including Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noël, Happy Holidays/Joyeuses Fêtes, and Baked with Love.

How to download and print your free printable Holiday gift tags :

● Click the download link below.
● Click the arrow (top right corner) to save the file.
● Open the document.
● Print the document on A4 (21cm x 29,7cm/8.3in x 11.7in) size paper.
● Cut the gift tags.


Let me know if you download these Holiday gift tags !
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05 December 2017

Coquille de Noël (French Christmas Brioche)

Coquille de Noël is a French Christmas brioche. Originally from Northern France, this brioche will be perfect on your Christmas Day breakfast table !



French Christmas brioche recipe
I feel like my duty as a French dessert blogger is to share French recipes. I mean, it makes sense, right ? As a result, today's recipe is a traditionnal French Christmas recipe.

French Christmas brioche recipe
Coquille de Noël is a brioche from Northern France (by the way, this tarte au sucre is another recipe from Northern France - can you guess where I live ?). This brioche is only available in stores around the Holidays (which is a shame because it's delicious). When you start seeing coquilles in stores, you know Christmas is coming.

French Christmas brioche recipe
This Christmas brioche, shaped as a swaddled baby Jesus, is a staple of Christmas day breakfast or Holiday snacks. In elementary school, before Christmas break, we'd get a little bag filled with chocolate, an orange or a clementine and a coquille. It's not Christmas if we haven't eaten our weight in coquille de Noël - at least in my house.

01 December 2017

Free Printable : Christmas Cupcake Toppers

Free printable Christmas cupcake toppers in four different designs.


Free Printable Christmas Cupcake Toppers
It's the season of giving ! After posting free printable recipe cards, and printable Holiday baking planners, I'm posting free printable Christmas cupcake toppers !
There are 4 different designs, represented 3 times, making 12 free Christmas cupcake toppers. They include simple Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noël toppers, and Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noël toppers with Santa and his reindeers :)

How to download and print your free printable Christmas cupcake toppers :

● Click the download link below.
● Click the arrow (top right corner) to save the file.
● Open the document.
● Print the document on A4 (21cm x 29,7cm/8.3in x 11.7in) size paper.
● Cut the toppers and stick them to paper straws or wooden skewers.


Let me know if you download these Christmas cupcake toppers !
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24 November 2017

Free Printable : Holiday Baking Planner

Two different free printable Holiday baking planners to get organized for Holiday baking !


Free Printable Holiday Christmas Baking Planner
The Holidays are coming ! After sharing free printable recipe cards to organize those family favorite recipes to get ready for Holiday baking, I thought I'd share two free printable Holiday baking planners ! Yes, two different ones, so you can choose which one you like best !
These Holiday baking planners have a "Recipes" list for you to write down what you want to bake, and right next to that is a "Sources" column, so you can write down in which book/recipe binder or on which website you can find the recipe. Then there's a "To Buy" or ingredients list, so you can write down which supplies you need to have and buy for your Holiday baking.

How to download and print your free printable Holiday baking planners :

● Click the download link below.
● Click the arrow (top right corner) to save the file.
● Open the document.
● Print the document on A4 (21cm x 29,7cm/8.3in x 11.7in) size paper.

Click to download a free printable Christmas Baking List (#1 on the image)
Click to download a free printable Holiday Baking Planner (#2 on the image)

Let me know if you download these Christmas baking planners !
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17 November 2017

Free printable : Recipe Cards

Free printable recipe cards in three different colors and two sizes.


free printable recipe cards
I thought I'd share some free printable recipe cards with you today ! The Holidays are coming, and they'll be here before we know it. Personnally, this is the time of year when I bake the most, and I think it's the same for a lot of people. This means it's time to organize those family favorite recipes ! Whether it's chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodles, cakes or even turkey stuffing, I've got you covered. I made free printable recipe cards in two different sizes (A4 and A5) and three different colors (pink, blue, and dark grey). You can choose to use only one color, or all three of them.

How to download and print your free printable recipe cards :

● Click the download link below.
● Click the arrow (top right corner) to save the file.
● Open the document.
● Print the document on A4 (21cm x 29,7cm/8.3in x 11.7in) size paper.

Click to download free printable recipe cards (A4)
Click to download free printable recipe cards (A5)

Let me know if you download these recipe cards !
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03 November 2017

Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies

These chocolate cookies are topped with mini marshmallows : they're a hot chocolate in cookie form !



Mini marshmallow cookies
Remember how in my last post I said I wanted cookies ? Well, I finally got them !
And they're not just any cookies, either, they're chocolate and mini marshmallow cookies !

Mini marshmallow cookies

25 October 2017

Chocolate Cake (No Eggs)

This delicious, moist chocolate cake is made without eggs.


How to make chocolate cake without eggs
I made this chocolate cake because I wanted cookies.
Problem was, I was out of eggs.
I did try to find a recipe for egg free cookies, but I soon realised I probably wouldn't like the result ; I'm not a fan of dry cookies. I then set my mind on finding a recipe for a chocolate cake I could bake without eggs.

How to make chocolate cake without eggs
I found this one, and then realised I was also out of oil. Seriously, this kind of thing only happens to me. I had butter, though, so I replaced the oil with butter and I was able to eat egg free chocolate cake.
And it was delicious. This chocolate cake is moist, and light despite it having no eggs. Add a generous dusting of icing sugar, some chocolate flakes, and you'll be in chocolate cake heaven. It would definitely pair up well with whipped cream, too.

09 October 2017

Snickerdoodles (Baking soda and cream of tartar free)

Want to make delicious cinnamon cookies that stay soft ? This Snickerdoodles recipe uses only baking powder, no baking soda and no cream of tartar involved !


Snickerdoodles no baking soda no cream of tartar
Snickerdoodles. Snickerdoodles.
That's a fun name. Where the heck does that word even come from ? BRB going on a Google search.

Snickerdoodles no baking soda no cream of tartar
Back from my Google Search, and apparently snickerdoodle either comes from the German word for snail, or it's a completely made up word. That sure helps.
ANYWAY.

02 October 2017

Free Printable : Halloween Jack O'Lantern Cupcake Toppers

October is here, which can only mean one thing... Halloween's coming ! And because Halloween is coming, I made you guys some free printable Jack O'Lantern cupcake toppers, so you can start planning your Halloween party :)
There are 6 different toppers, and there are 2 of each design, making 12 cupcake toppers ! (How good am I at math, huh ?) You'll have to click the link below to download the file, then print and cut the toppers. Stick them to pretty paper straws* or toothpicks, and voilà ! These free printable toppers will make even the simplest of cupcake Halloween party ready :)
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Click HERE to download free printable Halloween cupcake toppers
halloween jack olantern cupcake toppers printable
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11 September 2017

Mascarpone Whipped Cream Frosting

Learn how to make this fluffy mascarpone whipped cream frosting with only four ingredients !


This mascarpone whipped cream frosting is high on my favorite frostings list. Yes, I have a list of favorite frostings.
How to make mascarpone whipped cream frosting - only 4 ingredients
I have used this mascarpone whipped cream on cupcakes and cakes, and I love it. It's light and fluffy and delicious. It takes like whipped cream, but the addition of mascarpone makes it more stable, so the frosting holds itself a lot better than plain whipped cream. It's perfect for anything that involves fruit, and it'd be great with chocolate cake, too. And the best part about this mascarpone frosting ? The recipe doesn't involve softening butter or cooking egg whites in a bain-marie, and you'll only need four ingredients !
How to make mascarpone whipped cream frosting - only 4 ingredients
First, you want to stick your bowl, heavy cream and hand- or stand-mixer whisk attachments in the freezer for about 10 minutes, so everything is cold. Once the ten minutes have passed, take everything out of the freezer, add some icing sugar and vanilla extract to the heavy cream and start your mixer on low speed before switching to medium speed. You want the cream to be forming firm peaks : put the whisk attachments upside down, the whipped cream should form a peak that doesn't lose its shape. You can then add in the (room temperature !) mascarpone, and whip on medium speed until the frosting is firm. That's it ! Keep the mascarpone whipped cream in the fridge until you're ready to use it, either to frost a cake or to pipe on cupcakes.
How to make mascarpone whipped cream frosting - only 4 ingredients
The recipe below makes enough to fill and frost a 9 inch four layer cake.

How to make mascarpone whipped cream frosting - only 4 ingredients


Ingredients :
800mL of heavy whipping cream, cold
200g of icing sugar
1 tsp of vanilla extract
500g of mascarpone, room temperature

Instructions :
  • Put the hand- or stand-mixer attachements, bowl, and heavy cream in the freezer for 5 to 10 minutes.
  • Add the icing sugar and vanilla extract to the heavy cream, then beat on low to medium spead until stiff peaks form.
  • Add in the mascarpone, and beat on medium to high speed until well incorporated.
  • Keep the frosting in the fridge until ready to use.

  • How to make mascarpone whipped cream frosting - only 4 ingredients

    05 September 2017

    Nectarine Layer Cake

    This easy vanilla cake filled with nectarine chunks and frosted with a mascarpone whipped cream is the perfect way to celebrate the end of summer.

    vanilla cake + mascarpone whipped cream + nectarines
    This cake is my way to hang on to those last couple weeks of summer. I mean, nectarines and whipped cream scream summer, right ?
    vanilla cake + mascarpone frosting + fresh nectarines
    Pinterest and Instagram have already been all pumpkin-everything and apple this and Halloween that these last few weeks, and I'm just scrolling through my feeds, internally screaming "SUMMER ISN'T OVER YET !". Let's just enjoy early September, when it's still warm enough to go out without a coat, before the leaves all turn yellow and it seems like it won't ever stop raining. I realise we're entering the most exciting time of year, with Halloween and Christmas (well, and Thanksgiving in between for those of you who celebrate). The thing is that a week before Halloween, people'll be talking about Thanksgiving like Halloween is a thing of the past, and it will be the same with Thanksgiving and Christmas, and can't we just enjoy things before moving on to the next one and time is just flying by so fast what even is the point of life ?
    Alright, sorry, went a bit existential crisis on you there. I'll end my rant and go back to cake.

    17 August 2017

    Brown Butter Caramel Chip Cookies

    Delicious brown butter cookies with caramel or butterscotch chips make a perfect any time of day snack !

    Delicious brown butter cookies with caramel or butterscotch chips make a perfect any time of day snack !
    I won a contest. This doesn't happen very often.
    A few months ago, Vahiné - which is a baking ingredients brand here in France - launched a contest : all you had to do was post a picture of something you'd baked, with a hashtag. And I was one of the winners ! I received a box with a bunch of their products, including these chocolate caramel chips. I knew right away how I was going to use them.
    Delicious brown butter cookies with caramel or butterscotch chips make a perfect any time of day snack !
    My chocolate chip cookies recipe is a favorite of mine, it just seemed too simple for these caramel chips. BUT, brown butter cookies ? Now we were talking. I'd tried a recipe for brown butter cookies once but it didn't turn out great. I went around online trying to find THE recipe I was going to try, and found this one, which appeared on several recipe blogs. I modified it slightly, and the brown butter cookies turned out amazing. Yes, amazing. I could've eaten them all in one go.

    17 July 2017

    Apricot Tart with Sweetened Condensed Milk Cream

    Sweetened condensed milk cream and fresh apricots make this tart the perfect summer dessert !

    Sweetened condensed milk cream + fresh apricots
    To be honest, I'm not really sure what to say in this post. I had a craving for apricot tart. I made apricot tart.
    Sweetened condensed milk cream + fresh apricots
    Maybe it was all the chocolate I'd eaten, but I needed something fresh and fruity.

    07 July 2017

    Fondant au Chocolat

    A classic French dessert, fondant au chocolat is an easy-to-make chocolate cake that you'll want to bake if you can't choose between chocolate brownies or chocolate lava cakes.

    Classic French recipe
    Hi !
    After a break, we're back to chocolate ! In cake form, obviously. Let me introduce you to fondant au chocolat, a classic french dessert, the lovechild of chocolate brownies and chocolate lava cakes. Yep, you read that right. Fondant au chocolat is smack dab in the middle between those two desserts. It is delicious.
    Classic French recipe
    In French, fondant means melty/melting, so you can be assured that this chocolate cake is just melt-in-your-mouth heavenly goodness. Eat it warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or cooled with a couple tablespoons of vanilla custard or whipped cream.
    Classic French recipe

    23 June 2017

    Tarte Tropézienne

    Tarte Tropézienne is a classic French dessert. You're going to love this brioche filled with cream (pastry cream folded into whipped cream) !


    A classic French recipe, this is a cream filled brioche
    This week I'm sharing one of my favorite dessert : Tarte Tropézienne ! What the heck is that, you're asking ? Well, "Tropezian Tart" is a dessert that's originally from St Tropez. It's a brioche that's filled with a mix of pastry cream and whipped cream, and it was apparently named by none other that Brigitte Bardot !

    I first made one a couple months ago, and gave a couple slices to my grandparents, who spent a lot of holiday time around St Tropez. My grandma assured me there was nothing missing, not even orange blossom water, which I'd seen added to some recipes. So if you give this recipe a try, you'll most definitely feel like you're seating in the sun in the South of France ;)
    A classic French recipe, this is a cream filled brioche

    16 June 2017

    Triple Chocolate Brownies

    Milk and white chocolate chips are added to a dark chocolate brownie base to make these brownies a delicious triple threat !

    Milk, white and dark chocolate brownies
    It was so hot outside the day I made these Millionaire's Shortbread that the caramel wasn't cooling down and the chocolate top wouldn't set. I had to put it in the freezer for 20+ minutes so it would set, and even when taking pictures of it, I had to go back and forth between the freezer and my photo set-up. Why am I telling you this ? Because a few days later the weather did a 180 and we had rain and wind. What does that weather call for ? Chocolate brownies, of course.
    Milk, white and dark chocolate brownies

    09 June 2017

    Millionaire's Shortbread

    A millionaire's shortbread is a biscuit base covered in chewy caramel and topped with melted milk chocolate. It's also known as homemade Twix bars !

    A millionaire's shortbread is a biscuit base covered in chewy caramel and topped with melted milk chocolate. It's also known as homemade Twix bars !
    See, I think this is called Millionaire's Shortbread because a small bite of this thing has about a million calories. I could have eaten the whole plate and then I'd have gained six pounds. Millionaire's Shortbread is that delicious but also very not healthy (I mean, hello, biscuit base + caramel center + two types of chocolate to top it all off = me not looking like a supermodel on the beach this summer. Heh, who cares.)
    A millionaire's shortbread is a biscuit base covered in chewy caramel and topped with melted milk chocolate. It's also known as homemade Twix bars !
    Also, fun fact : Millionaire's Shortbread tastes like Twix bars ! So now you'll know how to make them. I suggest you make a batch and impress everyone, tell them you spent a reaaally long time laboring over "homemade Twix bars" when in reality it's super easy and relatively quick to make ;)

    02 June 2017

    Homemade White Chocolate Spread

    This quick and easy homemade white chocolate spread only requires three ingredients, and it can be made in the microwave !



    homemade white chocolate spread recipe
    First published June 2nd, 2017. Edited June 29th, 2019.

    Homemade white chocolate spread. Three ingredients. Microwave. Do I really need to say more ?

    This white chocolate spread is very easy to make, only requires one bowl, 3 simple ingredients, and a couple of minutes in the microwave.

    homemade white chocolate spread recipe
    How to make white chocolate spread :

  • Break the white chocolate into small pieces and put in a microwave safe bowl with the heavy cream.
  • Microwave in 30 seconds intervals, stirring in between, until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth.
  • Add in the sweetened condensed milk, stir until smooth. Transfer to a glass jar and keep in the fridge.

  • Tada ! You now have white chocolate spread you can use on bread, brioche, pancakes, or just eat straight out of the jar.

    Oh, one more thing : you might want to double the recipe for this white chocolate spread, just in case half a jar disappears mysteriously. If you know what I mean 😜

    homemade white chocolate spread recipe

    Here is the recipe for homemade white chocolate spread :

    Homemade white chocolate spread with only 3 ingredients


    Ingredients :
    100g of good quality white chocolate
    15ml (1 tbsp) of heavy cream
    100ml (1/4 cup + 3 tbsp) of sweetened condensed milk

    Instructions :
  • Break the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl, and pour the heavy cream on top. Microwave in 30 seconds intervals, strirring in between, until the chocolate has completely melted.
  • Add in the condensed milk, and stir until the mixture is smooth.
  • Pour in a jar, and let cool in the fridge.
  • Keep in the fridge for up to a week.


  • homemade white chocolate spread recipe


    Original pictures :

    Homemade white chocolate spread with only 3 ingredients !
    Homemade white chocolate spread with only 3 ingredients !
    Homemade white chocolate spread with only 3 ingredients !ngrédients !
    Homemade white chocolate spread with only 3 ingredients !
     Homemade white chocolate spread with only 3 ingredients !
    Homemade white chocolate spread with only 3 ingredients !
    Homemade white chocolate spread with only 3 ingredients

    14 May 2017

    Tarte au Sucre

    Tarte au sucre (literally "sugar tart") is a specialty from the North of France. A thin round brioche is topped with a mixture of heavy cream and light brown sugar. This classic French dessert is easier to make than it looks !


    Tarte au sucre (literally "sugar tart") is a specialty from the North of France. A thin round brioche is topped with a mixture of heavy cream and light brown sugar. This classic French dessert is easier to make than it looks !
    So, I already complained about the weather in my last post, but here I go again : where is spring ? It's been so cold and rainy and ugh lately. I need comfort food.
    Tarte au sucre (literally "sugar tart") is a specialty from the North of France. A thin round brioche is topped with a mixture of heavy cream and light brown sugar. This classic French dessert is easier to make than it looks !
    So I made this tarte au sucre.
    Tarte au sucre (literally "sugar tart") is a specialty from the North of France. A thin round brioche is topped with a mixture of heavy cream and light brown sugar. This classic French dessert is easier to make than it looks !
    This is comfort food for me. When I was younger, there was a bakery in town that made the Best Ever Tarte au Sucre. We'd have one on birthdays, or just on a random Tuesday after school. It was the most delicious dessert in the world. Unfortunately, the bakery changed owners, and then closed down, so I'll never have the Best Ever Tarte au Sucre again.
    Tarte au sucre (literally "sugar tart") is a specialty from the North of France. A thin round brioche is topped with a mixture of heavy cream and light brown sugar. This classic French dessert is easier to make than it looks !
    This recipe won't ever come close to what I used to eat when I was a child, but it is still a perfectly good tart.
    Tarte au sucre (literally "sugar tart") is a specialty from the North of France. A thin round brioche is topped with a mixture of heavy cream and light brown sugar. This classic French dessert is easier to make than it looks !
    This is a specialty from Northern France, where I live, and it has nothing to do with Québec's sugar pie (who knows why the French Wikipedia page puts them together).
    The base of this tarte au sucre is a brioche, and it is topped with cream and light brown sugar, making it the perfect treat to ruin your diet :) I had some pearl sugar on hand after making a Tropézienne, so I added a tablespoon before baking and one after for good measure ;) This sugar tart is very easy to make, don't let dry yeast discourage you !
    Tarte au sucre (literally "sugar tart") is a specialty from the North of France. A thin round brioche is topped with a mixture of heavy cream and light brown sugar. This classic French dessert is easier to make than it looks !

    tarte au sucre brioche + heavvy cream + brown sugar


    Ingredients :
    For the brioche :
    25g of sugar
    5g (1 tsp) of salt
    7g (2 tbsp) of dry yeast
    10cL of milk (room temperature)
    300g of flour
    2 eggs
    100g of softened butter, cubed
    For the topping :
    5 cL of heavy cream
    150g of light brown sugar
    2 tbsp of pearl sugar (optional)

    Instructions :
  • Make the brioche : Mix the sugar in half the milk, and the dry yeast in the other half of the milk.
  • Mix the flour and the eggs, then add in the milk. Knead the dough, and add in the butter.
  • Let the dough rest for 20 to 30 minutes.
  • Spread the dough in a pie or tart dish or cake pan, and let rise in a warm spot for 40 minutes.
  • After the 40 minutes, preheat the oven.
  • Prepare the topping : mix the cream with the light brown sugar.
  • Using a toothpick, poke large holes in the dough, leaving about an inch around the edge, and making sure you don't go all the way through.
  • Pour the topping on top of the brioche. Add the pearl sugar if using it.
  • Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the tart is golden brown.
  • Eat warm.


  • Tarte au sucre (literally "sugar tart") is a specialty from the North of France. A thin round brioche is topped with a mixture of heavy cream and light brown sugar. This classic French dessert is easier to make than it looks !
    Tarte au sucre (literally "sugar tart") is a specialty from the North of France. A thin round brioche is topped with a mixture of heavy cream and light brown sugar. This classic French dessert is easier to make than it looks !

    25 April 2017

    Raspberry Mascarpone Cupcakes

    These vanilla cupcakes have a delicous raspberry filling and a light and fluffy mascarpone frosting.

    These vanilla cupcakes have a delicous raspberry filling and a light and fluffy mascarpone frosting.
    Spring is here !
    Even though we've had low temperatures and I'm still wearing jumpers, we are in late April, so it is technically Spring. That means I'm ready for recipes that include fruits. Chocolate cake is for Winter, raspberry anything is for Spring and Summer.
    These vanilla cupcakes have a delicous raspberry filling and a light and fluffy mascarpone frosting.
    These raspberry filled cupcakes were made a couple days after my birthday, as an excuse to use up the leftover mascarpone frosting I used for my birthday cake (being the cake baker in the family means you have to bake your own cake). Also, the raspberry filling is amazing and I needed more of it in my life. So, yep, these cupcakes are the result of all that.

    10 April 2017

    Free Printable : Easter Cupcakes Toppers

    Hello, hello !
    Easter is in a few days now, so here are free printable Easter cupcake toppers ! Just print, cut, and stick them on toothpicks or pretty straws*. There are two pages, one with 6 "Happy Easter" toppers and the other with 6 "Joyeuses Pâques", so you can choose to print only one or both pages :)
    Have fun !
    Free printable Easter Cake Toppers
    Let me know if you use them ! :)
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    31 March 2017

    Easter Cake (Vanilla Cake + 2 Ingredients Chocolate Frosting)

    Easter Cake : Easy vanilla cake with two ingredients chocolate frosting


    Two ingredients chocolate frosting & vanilla cake
    Today I thought I'd share the cake I made for Easter last year : a vanilla cake with a two ingredients chocolate frosting. Yes, you read that right, two ingredients chocolate frosting, that can even be made in the microwave !
    Two ingredients chocolate frosting & vanilla cake
    I decorated the cake using pastel mini confetti sprinkles (similar here), gold pearl sprinkles (Mine were "Soft Gold Pearls" from Dr Oetker, but it looks like they've been replaced by Chocolate Gold Pearls), mini meringue candy (or "Petit Jésus" here in France, usually found in stores around Easter and Christmas. They're often shaped like, well, baby Jesus. See here ; do you have those where you live ?) and chick and eggs picks (I didn't find anything similar, as mine were originally decorating a plant and I just re-used them. I did include pastel bunny face picks in my Easter Party Moodboard.)
    Two ingredients chocolate frosting & vanilla cake
    The cake is almost a génoise. A génoise only requires flour, sugar and eggs to make, but the ones I bake always end up tasting like eggs. One day I was looking for a baking powder free cake recipe and found this one. I tried it even though the ingredients are almost the same as a génoise, hoped it wouldn't taste like an omelet, and it didn't ! This recipe is now the one I use for every birthday cake I bake. It's the perfect base for any kind of frosting, the cake is light and soft, you can add any flavoring you want, or none at all and it still tastes great !
    Two ingredients chocolate frosting & vanilla cake
    As for the frosting... well, it's the most simple frosting ever. No need to cook egg whites or soften butter. Just two ingredients, a microwave (or bain-marie if you're feeling fancy), a handmixer, and voilà ! Frosting !
    Two ingredients chocolate frosting & vanilla cake
    Two ingredients chocolate frosting & vanilla cake


    FOR THE BAKING POWDER FREE CAKE :
    Ingredients :
    5 eggs
    220g of sugar
    150g of flour
    100mL of milk
    1 tsp of vanilla extract (optional)

    Instructions :
  • Preheat the oven.
  • Separate the egg whites for the yolks. Beat the egg whites until firm, set aside.
  • Beat the yolks with the sugar, until the mixture has whitened in color.
  • Mix in the flour, then add in the milk and vanilla extract.
  • Gently fold in the egg whites.
  • Transfer the batter to the cake pans, and bake for 50 minutes to an hour (180°C/350°F), until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let cool before frosting.

  • FOR THE 2 INGREDIENTS CHOCOLATE FROSTING :
    Ingredients :
    250g of unsalted butter
    250g of dark chocolate

    Instructions:
  • Cut up the butter and break the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl.
  • Microwave for 1 minute, whisk, and microwave again for 30 seconds. Repeat until the butter and chocolate are completely melted and whisk to combine.
  • Set aside and let cool completely.
  • Once the frosting has cooled, beat on medium speed using a hand or stand mixer. The frosting will lighten in color and fluff up.
  • Keep in the fridge until ready to use (Beating again on low speed if the frosting isn't soft enough to spread.)

  • ASSEMBLY :
  • Put the first cake layer on the cake board or serving plate.
  • Spread a little frosting on top of the cake and put the second cake on top of the frosting.
  • Spread a thin coat of frosting all around the cake, and allow to set in the fridge for about 15 minutes.
  • Once the crumb coat has set, spread the remaining frosting all around the cake.
  • Two ingredients chocolate frosting & vanilla cake

    Two ingredients chocolate frosting & vanilla cake

    03 March 2017

    Donuts (for donut maker)

    Here is how to make donuts with a donut maker !


    Donut maker recipe
    I've had my donut maker for a long time now. There were recipes given with the maker, but I didn't really like the donuts I ended up with.
    Donut maker recipe
    Plus, they'd dry out really fast (like, straight out of the maker fast. Not good). What do you do in that case ? Turn to Google. This recipe came up on several blog posts, so I decided I'd try it. Success ! These donuts were actually tasty.
    Donut maker recipe
    Sure, they don't taste like actual donuts, but they're still delicious.
    Donut maker recipe
    Just watch out for little stealing hands ! ;)
    Donut maker recipe

    Donut maker recipe


    Ingredients :
    150g of all-purpose flour
    100g of granulated sugar
    1 packet (11g/2tsp) of baking powder
    1 pinch of salt
    150 mL of milk
    2 eggs
    4 tbsp of vegetable oil

    Instructions :
  • Whisk together all the dry ingredients, then add the milk. Mix together and add the eggs and the oil, mix until well incorporated.
  • Transfer the batter to a squeeze bottle, and bake the donuts in the donut maker.
  • Cover with icing sugar or melted chocolate.

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    Donut maker recipe
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