The best pumpkin bread recipe from scratch loaded with dark chocolate chips, organic canned pumpkin puree, smooth extra virgin olive oil ( no butter ), then covered in sea salt caramel and toasted coconut. Like a Samoa style decadent cake my friends! Easy like Sunday morning! You can of course keep it simple and use store bought caramel or make your own, I’ll include instructions below for the homemade version. I used a mix of coconut and granulated cane sugars, simply because I love ...
Easy Italian Desserts
Cannoli Cream Filling Recipe
An authentic, easy Sicilian cannoli cream filling recipe / dip, I picked up while in Sicily last summer, served with chocolate dipped pizzelle cookies. Today we are going to learn how to make cannoli filling or dip, the simple Italian way! Because who doesn’t love cannoli right ? Authentic Cannoli Siciliani that is, filled with the freshest sheep’s milk ricotta cheese and candied fruit or nuts. Before I hear it from the "Cannoli Police" I would like to tell you that there is nothing ...
Fig Jam Recipe ( Easy )
An easy homemade fig jam recipe, a divine marriage of sweet purple figs, tangy pomegranate and exotic Madagascar vanilla, sweetened with just a touch of wild honey. Let's talk about my obsession with figs and this easy fig jam recipe I threw together yesterday. I would like to brag about the fact that I actually picked every single one of those figs with my own little hands, like a boss! Thank you for the applause teeheehee I had to do it myself before mister Nutty the squirrel ...
Fresh Peach Dessert Recipe with Mascarpone and Puff Pastry
An easy fresh peach dessert, baked in puff pastry sheets with creamy mascarpone cheese and vanilla bean. I made us the best fresh peach dessert you guys! Because i am a peach monster this time of the year, and if it was up to me I would eat them for every single meal. How about dessert for breakfast ? Because this fresh peach dessert is baked inside puff pastry, and isn’t puff pastry technically breakfast ? Not sure, but does anyone really care ? Not me kids! I actually made them ...
Limoncello Cake Recipe
This no bake Limoncello cake recipe or Lemon Tiramisu, makes the perfect summer dessert for all the lemon lovers of the World! Let the summer garden parties begin, because this no bake Limoncello cake recipe screams summer and it is super easy to make! A rustic beautiful mess that requires no oven, just a couple of hours in the refrigerator to set. Truth is, not everybody loves coffee, so not everyone will be as thrilled as me with my Italian Tiramisu cheesecake for dessert. But I ...
Blueberry Glaze Avocado Cake Recipe
Fluffy like a pillow and draped in a luscious blueberry glaze, this avocado cake recipe is made with creamy ricotta cheese, decadent dark chocolate chunks and smooth olive oil. Can you resist? I have a confession to make: fragrant Olive Oil + Ricotta Cheese make my world go around, for reals! Because one more olive oil cake recipe, drizzled with blueberry glaze, makes the world a better place you know..? Well, at least for the time we spend eating it anyways! A riff on my old Ricotta ...
Italian Wedding Cookies Recipe
Easy and quick, this is the best Italian wedding cookies recipe ever. Loaded with walnuts and hazelnuts and coated in fluffy powder sugar like a snowball, these Italian cookies are sure to steal everybody’s heart! I know this is random you guys, and tough I have made and photographed more than 5 seasonal recipes this week, today I bring you the best Cookies. Last night I started craving cookies, so weird, so random, but couldn’t help it. And then I remembered I stocked up on organic butter ...
Lemon Ricotta Cookies Recipe
Easy Italian lemon ricotta cookies recipe made with olive oil (no butter) and whole milk ricotta cheese. Crispy on the bottom and fluffy in the center with a luscious lemon glaze and poppy seeds sprinkle. I’m just here today to talk about cookies, how to make my my lemon ricotta cookies recipe! I'm super stoked about today's post you guys, because: Ricotta Cheese! I’m sure that makes sense to no-one but myself but let’s stay focused on what matters most: Ricotta Cookies! I’m breaking all ...
Chocolate Ricotta Muffins Recipe ( Olive Oil Muffins )
Italian chocolate ricotta muffins to give any muffin a run for the money ! |To make these ricotta muffins you will need Silicone Baking Cups like these or These | I made us the fluffiest cheesecake like chocolate ricotta muffins with extra virgin olive oil and lots of smooth dark chocolate. Perfect for Mother’s Day and even served on pretty fuchsia pink rose petals for the prettiest presentation. If you’ve been reading this blog for some time, then you’ll know we believe in ricotta muffins, ...
Berry Tiramisu Trifle Recipe
Easy, no alcohol, no bake berry tiramisu trifle made with Mascarpone cream cheese, lady fingers and a blackberry blueberry puree. A decadent show stopper dessert perfect for Mother’s day, Valentine’s or a spring garden party! Initially I came up with this recipe out of guilt, as I always make the Italian Tiramisu Cheesecake for myself. But the BatMan is not fond of coffee at all. So I came up with a caffeine free, berry loaded version to keep everyone happy, including the kids. Alcohol ...