Pancake Coffee Cake

Dessert assembled with a bunch of pancakes fixed to each other with creamy coffee frosting and topped with chocolate ganache.

Unusual Cottage Cheese Bread

You need something quick to put on the table with a smell of the freshly baked homemade bread? Try this out!

Twisted Pastry Braid

So crunchy outside and soft inside with salty note of freshly baked pastry like the one in the bakery shop around the corner.

Doughnuts with Vanilla and Chocolate cream

It takes less than an hour for the dough and a few more minutes to serve it with anything you have at home.

Chocolate Filled Cocoa Sandies

Perfect little cookies for an afternoon snack in a garden. The kids would like them very much.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

St.Lucia Buns - Saffron Buns and Cheesy Buns

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With these buns I would be dragging a parallel between cultures. In my area, Lucia buns are called Luca buns and more like without saffron... :-) We use cheese and salt instead, and they have a different meaning. Those eye shaped Lucia buns are sweet and all about illuminating the day which is the shortest day in the year. The other ones are salty and served to relatives - for the living and for those who passed away. The nickel in the bun brings the richer upcoming year for the one who finds it.   

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