To save a bit of time while you prepare your evening, use a chocolate cake mix to bake ultra scrumptious cupcakes. Stuff them with a hazelnut spread and cover them with chocolate ganache. Then sprinkle them with crushed hazelnuts, just like on the famous chocolatey rochers.
Рубрика: Desserts
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Old-Fashioned Glazed Doughnuts (The Best)
This year, put the spotlight on the best old-fashioned maple-glazed doughnuts. We made sure you could freeze them (and defrost them) well, so that they remain moist on the inside and brittle on the outside once reheated.
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Molasses Spice cake
This molasses spice cake is as delicious as in your childhood memories. Enhanced with a rich blend of spices, it’s ideal for the holidays. The success of this dessert lies in the use of citrus zest to balance out the aromas and syrup to make it super moist—and more indulgent than ever! The house is going to smell amazing!
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Macerated Rum (Rhum Arrangé)
You always try to distinguish yourself, so you can’t go wrong with a homemade gift perfect for spirits enthusiasts. The recipe is incredibly simple: just put pieces of pineapple and clementines in a container, and add a vanilla bean, a bit of sugar and white rum. Since the flavours of this original recipe from Réunion island improve with time, you must let the rum macerate at least two weeks before giving it away. So, make it well in advance. Present the gift in a one-litre bottle decorated with a small wreath made from a twisted sprig of rosemary.
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Elaine’s Soda Cracker Bark
Bark gets unanimous approval as a great treat. This recipe is from our colleague Elaine, executive assistant and office manager, who makes this classic once a year. Put the saltines on a baking sheet, then cover them with homemade caramel and bake them in the oven. Then just add melted chocolate and almonds for a sweet and salty treat reminiscent of childhood sweets. Put a few pieces of bark in a metal container, then wrap it in a pretty cloth.
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Linzer Cookies
Christmas would never be the same without pretty cookies. And if there’s a variety that perfectly represents this idea, it’s Austrian linzer cookies. Made with roasted hazelnuts and cinnamon, the bottom cookie is covered with raspberry jam, then topped with a second cookie featuring a hole in the centre cut with a cookie cutter. A sprinkling of icing sugar brings the finishing touch. Made on the day you serve them, they’ll have a shortbread texture; the next day, they’ll be chewier. In either case, they’ll taste of Christmas with every bite.
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Spiced Caramel Flan Cake
This recipe is inspired by Mexican chocolate flan, a cake topped with flan. Despite their very different textures, the two preparations are baked in the oven at the same time. In this version, the cake is flavoured with Christmas spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Incorporate egg whites beaten until stiff to make the cake ultra moist. The flan evokes crème caramel with its slightly jiggly texture. A wonderfully chic retro-looking dessert.
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Lemon-Pistachio Baked Alaska
For this version of the baked Alaska, make a frozen parfait with lemon curd, which will prevent it from melting too quickly at the table. The genoise cake is soaked in limoncello syrup, which makes it super moist even after being frozen. The recipe may include many steps, but almost all of them can be taken care of up to two weeks in advance. You’ll just have to brown the Italian meringue with a kitchen torch on the day—and cause a sensation.
