Nadine bakes

I made this Rice Pie for my 22nd birthday :)

Chocolate and Orange Cake. I made this one for my birthday ;)

Carrot Birthday Cake

Carrot Birthday Cake

Rijstevlaai (Tarte au Riz)

Today I reached the milestone of having 400 followers. I’d like to thank each and every one of you for following my blog. Please have a virtual slice of rice pie!

Fougasse with Grana Padano, Onion, Chili Pepper and Herbs

Banana Bread with Walnuts, Dates and Chocolate

When my mother asked me to bake something sweet for a concert at a local library I obviously couldn’t decline. Supporting your local library is important and I try to volunteer as often as I can. Seeing as the festivities were centered around the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, I decided to do mini Sacher cakes as well as mocha hazelnut cakes. Looking back, I must say the task I had set myself was beyond ambitious - at first I didn’t realise I had to bake for 150 people! So, over the weekend I baked eight individual layers of cake, for which I used 36 eggs in total! I made a litre of dark chocolate ganache and whipped quite a few cartons of cream. Finishing each little cake was quite a hassle but I got there in the end.

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When life the supermarket gives you lemons… you make lemon macarons! 

Of course I could use this space to complain about supermarkets that do not offer single lemons, but I’d rather be optimistic and resourceful and well… I like making macarons. With four surplus lemons you can imagine that this recipe was born out of pure necessity. The macarons are filled with a homemade lemon curd buttercream, which uses up the leftover egg yolks from the meringue shells! Since I was short on ground almonds this recipe also uses ground hazelnuts, which gave the loveliest result. The combination of hazelnut and lemon turned out to be an absolute delight!

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Etxeko Biskotxa (Gâteau Basque)

Cherry and crème-filled cake.

Sweet Spelt Breads