Desserts Tarts Linzer Tart The oldest cake recipe written down in a recipe book is the Linzer torte. The recipe is kept in the recipe book of Countess Anna... 18 November 2024 6 by Ilaria Barisi
Cookies Desserts Sablé azur with chocolate and fleur de sel In one of the many pastry courses I have taken in my life, I met a Roman pastry chef called Andrea De Bellis. His pastry... 4 November 2024 28 by Ilaria Barisi
Cookies Desserts Spoon desserts Grandma Irene’s snack: custard and langue de chat Pellegrino Artusi, one of the greatest Italian gastronomes, described the langues de chat like this: “They are tea pastries, taken from a recipe from Paris”.... 7 October 2024 91 by Ilaria Barisi
Bases Desserts Japanese Milk Bread I first saw recipe on an Instagram page and I was fascinated by it. It is a bread called Hokkaido milk bread. Traditionally in Japan... 30 September 2024 63 by Ilaria Barisi
Cakes Desserts Raspberry and white chocolate muffins Many years ago, I started looking for muffin recipes and making them almost daily for almost a year. Maybe it had become an obsession, but... 27 September 2024 58 by Ilaria Barisi
Cakes Desserts Hot milk sponge cake One of the easiest cake you can make for breakfast. A light and fluffy cake that is delicious. It can be filled with custard, whipped... 9 September 2024 70 by Ilaria Barisi
Cookies Desserts Extra Chocolatey cookies This is the chocolate version of American cookies that I ate years ago in New York. They are indescribably delicious and I recommend them to... 22 May 2024 113 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 225 by Ilaria Barisi
Desserts Tarts Ricotta and sour cherry tart One of the classics of Jewish-Roman cuisine is this tart. Myth has it that in 1775 the Papa issued an edict that prevented Jewish shopkeepers... 22 April 2024 100 by Ilaria Barisi
Cakes Desserts Vacherin I have an enormous passion for recipe books. I especially love the old ones which let you discover the recipes of our great-grandparents. One of... 8 April 2024 190 by Ilaria Barisi