Yoghurt muffins - recipe (including photos)

Here below we posted a very simple recipe for muffins. After you´ll try this recipe, you´ll never buy muffins from supermarkets again.

It was the first time we´ve prepared muffins as we were missing the tasty muffins we were eating during our December 09 trip to London.

Now we can say (without modesty :) that our muffins are the best.

• ingredients

          - 400 ml of simple yoghurt
          - 100 ml of sunflower oil
          - 3 eggs
          - 100 grams of sugar
          - 300-350 grams of flour
          - dried fruits
          - 1 lemon
          - 1 spoon of baking powder
          - 1-2 spoons of honey
          - 1 packet of vanilla sugar
          - a pinch of salt

• separate the egg yolks from the whites

• whip the egg whites with the packet of vanilla sugar and half of the quantity of sugar

• mix the egg yolks with the remaining sugar, and then add the yoghurt and continue mixing

• add the honey over the mixed egg yolks and continue mixing

• add the sunflower oil, while mixing

• pour the egg yolks over the whites and mix them well together

• add the baking powder, which has been previously mixed with the juice of a lemon

• finally, to complete the composition, add the flour gradually, while mixing continously. Add a pinch of salt

• normally, it is better to use muffin cups ready made. But since it was the first time we baked muffins, we did not have those around the house. So, we improvised them from aluminum foil

• pour the composition into the muffin cups only half-way up, to allow the muffins to rise while in the oven

• bake them for 30 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius

Bon appetit !

Creme caramel - recipe (including photos)

Refreshing and mouth watering dessert.

• ingredients:

                   - 10 eggs
                   - 300 grams of sugar
                   - 1 liter of milk
                   - 2 packets of vanilla sugar

• in a bowl, whisk the eggs with half of the sugar and 2 packets of vanilla sugar. When blended well, add the milk and continue mixing
  

• melt the other half of the sugar in an oven pot and slowly swing the pot so that the melted sugar covers several centimeters of the walls of the pot
  

• once the melted sugar has a golden brown colour, set aside the pot so that the sugar will get cool and transform into a crust on the walls of the pot

• pour the composition of eggs and milk into the pot and bake it in the oven for 30-40minutes at 170 degrees Celsius

• when it's ready, it should look like this:
  
  

Bon appetit !

Nutella sponge cake - recipe (including photos)

Easy to prepare and delicious home made dessert.

• ingredients:

                   - 6 eggs
                   - 100 grams of sugar
                   - 200 grams of Nutella
                   - 200-250 grams of flour
                   - 1 packet of vanilla sugar

• separate the egg yolks from the whites

• in a bowl, whip the egg whites with the sugar and the packet of vanilla sugar

• in a separate small bowl, mix together 3 spoons of hot water with the Nutella chocolate spread, so that it becomes fluid

• pour the egg yolks over the whites and mix them well together with the chocolate

• to complete the composition add flour gradually, while mixing continuously. Add a pinch of salt and 2 tea spoons of melted butter / margarine

• pour the composition into a round cake pan
  

• spread on top some almond and / or pinoli (pine kernels) and bake the cake for 20-30 minutes at 150 degrees Celsius

Bon appetit !

How to prepare Tiramisu - recipe (including photos)

Today we prepared Tiramisu and we want to share with you the recipe:

• ingredients:

            - 100 grams of sugar
            - 4 eggs
            - 250 grams of mascarpone
            - 400 ml coffee freshly brewed
            - 300 grams of savoiardi
            - 100 grams of cocoa
            - 50 ml of milk

• separate the egg yolks from the whites, but use only 3 whites

• in a saucepan mix well the egg yolks together with 50 grams of sugar

• bring the saucepan above boiling water, add the milk and continue to mix until creamy

•  in a separate bowl, whip the egg whites with the remaining sugar until frothy

• add the mascarpone over the cold egg yolks and mix well

•  on the top of the composition above add the egg whites and mix well

•  cover the bottom of a cake pan with a thin layer of mascarpone mixture (we used aluminum foil to cover the plastic made cake pan) or you can use a glass pan.

• dip briefly the savoiardi into the cold coffee and set the first layer of savoiardi

• alternate the layers of mascarpone and savoiardi until you finish the mixture:

•  sprinkle the top layer of mascarpone with cocoa powder and refrigerate for at least 1 hour
•  Bon appétit !

The original recipe can be found here