Cakes Desserts Honey and black tea cake This soft and moist cake, originally from the Jewish community of Germany, contains two flavors that remind me of winter: honey and black tea. It... 17 February 2025 33 by Ilaria Barisi
Cakes Desserts Banana cake, oat flakes and milk chocolate American cakes are definitely quick to make. This one is super quick and super yummy. You eat a slice for breakfast and you are full... 3 June 2024 202 by Ilaria Barisi
Cakes Desserts Yogurt pound cake I don’t know why we call it plum cake here in Italy, perhaps because of a well-known Italian snack brand. I have been making it... 6 May 2024 351 by Ilaria Barisi
Cakes Desserts Yogurt and Chocolate Cake There are desserts that sit in your recipe book, ignored for years. Then you reread the recipe and ask yourself: “Why haven’t I made it... 9 October 2023 248 by Ilaria Barisi
Cakes Desserts Cupcakes with chocolate chips Being a lover of 1980s cuisine, I use that very strange ingredient called “cooking cream.” I use little of it and (in order not to... 8 May 2023 310 by Ilaria Barisi
Cakes Desserts Xmas Chiffon cake Chiffon cake is a very fluffy and light-as-air American cake. The history of Chiffon cake is very bizarre: Harry Baker, its inventor, was not a... 23 December 2022 518 by Ilaria Barisi
Cakes Desserts Maritozzi: Roman sweet buns These slightly sweet buns, made with left-over dough and enriched with pine nuts and raisins, were once also allowed during the Lenten period. They were... 21 March 2022 1.4K by Ilaria Barisi
Cookies Desserts Pearl spelt cookies My sister gave me this delicious recipe. I slightly modified it, replacing the sugar with honey in order to make the cookies even more “rustic”.... 7 February 2022 462 by Ilaria Barisi
Cakes Desserts Ricotta cake Ricotta is not a cheese but a dairy product, a derivative of milk that is marketed fresh, without aging. In Lazio, we traditionally make a... 22 November 2021 939 by Ilaria Barisi
Cookies Desserts Cream Shortbread These are not very sweet, but are crunchy. I love to dip them in latte: they don’t soak too much and you can eat them... 13 September 2021 283 by Ilaria Barisi