Hot Chocolate Cake

This super fudgy hot chocolate cake so moist and incredibly fluffy! Think of it as having a warm cup of cocoa in cake form. The cake is soaked in a hot chocolate made with evaporated milk and chocolate Cortés, a Puerto Rican style chocolate bar. I served it with a light whipped cream and poured more hot chocolate on the bottom. Every bite was pure chocolate Heaven!

There’s something pretty magical about drinking hot chocolate. If you drink coffee, or even tea, then you need to have a sip of that in your daily routine. But you don’t need to have hot chocolate. That’s a drink for pure pleasure. You do it just for you. Because there’s nothing like grabbing…

cake recipesDev AmadeoApril 16, 2024chocolate, hot chocolate, whipped cream, buttermilk, puerto ricoComment

Blueberry Lemon Gooey Butter Cake

What’s not to love about a good Gooey Butter Cake, especially when it’s made with zesty lemon and juicy blueberries? This melt-in-your-mouth gooey butter cake recipe is made from scratch without using any cake mix. I created a very well balanced recipe that is not overly sweet, something I know not many people love about this cake. It consists of a crumbly cake as the base layer and a gooey cream cheese layer on top. You only need the most basic baking ingredients and 1 hour to make it. It’s a total crowd pleaser that everyone will love!

If I would have made this gooey butter cake back in high school, I can assure you I would have been the most popular girl back then, saving me from many insecurities growing up, lol! But I can make…

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Orange and Olive Oil Carrot Cake

You really need to try it for yourself to understand how moist and full of flavor is this Orange and Olive Oil Carrot Cake recipe. It’s super soft and tender and the combination of cinnamon, ginger, allspice and nutmeg make it so warm and cozy. Two unexpected ingredients, orange and olive oil, elevate this cake to a new dimension! Have a bite and it will transport you to a riviera on the Adriatic sea, eating cake and sipping coffee during the afternoon like it’s your only job.

I sometimes don’t trust my obsession of experimenting with new flavor combinations. It can be bad news to people around me because they will have to eat whatever I decided to put together, no matter what that was. But sometimes, and happy to say it’s most of the times…

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Cinnamon Roll Croissant French Toast

These incredibly delicious overnight Cinnamon Roll Croissant French Toast are crispy, velvety and so much fun! The recipe uses sweetened condensed milk, they are stuffed with a cinnamon-brown sugar mixture and topped with a thick cream cheese icing. Baked to perfection for less mess and crispy perfection. You’ll get that cinnamon roll taste in every bite! Who doesn't love a good dessert mashup for breakfast?!

If the flavors of these cinnamon croissant French toast sound heavenly to you, you will love them even more when I tell you that they can be made ahead. Just fill them with the cinnamon-sugar mixture and let them soaking overnight. The next morning…

Clafoutis with Blueberries and Lemon

Clafoutis is a simple and easy to make recipe that has luscious texture reminiscent of a pudding or a flan. It’s basically pouring a pancake batter over fruits. Its richness pairs perfectly with any fruit you use, whether fresh or frozen. Every bite is delicate and decadent at the same time. You only need a handful of simple ingredients and 45 minutes to have this on your plate. Serve it as dessert or breakfast, totally your call!

If I’m going to be honest (as I’m always with you!) we ate this for breakfast. Please don’t judge and remember this is a safe place to share : ) Maybe it’s because when I first learned about clafoutis many years ago was through Ina Garten’s book “Barefoot in Paris”, and she…

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Lemon Curd Cheesecake

This is simply the best lemon curd cheesecake recipe! The aromatic sweet notes of lemon and the tanginess of the cream cheese make a beautiful flavor combination really hard to beat. The classic buttery graham cracker crust is the perfect base for this cheesecake. You leave it just with the lemon curd topping or you can crown it with a tall and fluffy Italian meringue, which contrasts perfectly with the creamy texture of the cheesecake. You need to taste it for yourself understand how delicious really is this cheesecake. It’s the creamiest, silkiest and most decadent cheesecake recipe you’ll find!

I can’t believe I’m publishing this recipe now. I developed this recipe a long time ago for a family lunch and is the inspiration for my Brownie Cheesecake Bars and my Lemon Curd Cheesecake Tart. But time went by and I never…

Brownie Crinckle Cookies with Coffee and Cinnamon

If you are looking for a highly addictive chocolate cookie (who doesn’t), you landed in the right place! These fudgy and chewy brownie crinkle cookies are super soft and chewy with a glossy crackly topping and a lightly crisp bottom. This is a super easy recipe made in less than 30 minutes and with only 5 ingredients. Add some flaky salt on top for an added layer of contrast and texture. They are the perfect everyday chocolate cookie and a number 1 on my list!

Brownie crinkle cookies are basically cookies made with brownie batter instead of a more traditional cookies dough, which tends to be thick and pasty. Here you will work with a wet batter and…

Angel Food Cake with Blackberry Whipped Cream

Angel Food Cake is a beautiful kind of cake. Is airy, foamy and it has a velvety that feels like a marriage between a pound cake and a cheesecake. It’s made solely with egg whites as the leavening agent and no butter, oil or milk. I topped this delicious angel food cake with a blackberry whipped cream for a sweet and tart contrast. It’s a lovely cake and you will be loving it after the first bite!

You may be wondering what’s the difference between an angel food cake and a regular cake. What makes them different is that angel cake has no fat in the batter, even fat coming from eggs because this cake has no egg yolks, so it’s a non-fat cake. It only uses…

cake recipes, easter recipesDev AmadeoFebruary 27, 2024cake flour, easter, egg whites, meringue, bkackberries, springComment

Lemon Cream Cheese Cake

I simply can’t resist lemon and cream cheese together, so obviously I needed to put them together in a recipe! This cake is super soft and has lots of citrusy notes thanks to all the lemon zest in the batter and lemon juice in the cream cheese frosting. A bit of cream cheese in the actual cake batter makes this cake a bit lighter. It’s pure simplicity and pure perfection!

What I love about this cake, even more than its amazing taste, is that it’s so simple and yet people go crazy for it. Everyone loves a good lemon cake. Most people probably have a nostalgic story attached to one, no matter…

cake recipesDev AmadeoFebruary 19, 2024cream cheese frosting, cream cheese, lemon, lemons, cake flour, loaf cakes, spring Comments

Cherry Almond Sweet Rolls

Starting the morning with warm cherry almond sweet rolls should be a thing in your life. These soft and fluffy rolls are filled with an almond cream makes that makes the dough puff even more in the oven and with a juicy cherry compote that’s bursting with sweetness. I’ll tell you how you can totally make ahead these or leave rolled overnight in the fridge to bake in the morning. Get ready to add these sweet rolls to your new favorites!

I’ve been wanting to do something with cherries and almonds for a while now. The combination is so freakishly good! And now while I’m writing, a ricotta cake…

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Condensed Milk Cookies

These sweetened condensed cookies are so ridiculously easy you would want to jump and throw whatever you have in your hands to bake a batch. These sweet biscuits are buttery and crumbly and not overly sweet. You only need 4 ingredients for the basic recipe and the sky is the limit for other delicious flavors you can add on. No eggs needed! In less than 30 minutes you can have 1 cookie in each hand. You are simply going to love them!

I was super excited to share this basic recipe with you because I have been in a somewhat lazy era. No, it’s not that I’m not loving cooking and baking right now (NEVER!!!). It’s just that nowadays I have been appreciating stillness…

what mom really wants, basic recipes, bars and cookies recipesDev AmadeoFebruary 11, 2024condensed milk, cookies, sugar cookies, cherries, easterComment

Classic Moist Chocolate Cake with Ganache Frosting

This classic moist and rich chocolate cake recipe is the only one you’ll need for a basic chocolate cake in your recipe book. This cake is decadent but still feels light and not overly sweet. The simplicity of it is what makes it extra! Each bite will awaken your senses to a delightful trip of pure bliss! It’s unfussy but still looks beautiful. You can approach it with easiness and no stress at all, which is the key for a perfect chocolate cake!

To this day, chocolate has to be one of the foods we are more passionate about. Just thinking about it makes you feel lush and opulent and yet is a comforting taste that you crave when feeling blue. It’s everything all at once. Like what we are at the essence of our soul. And that essence should be celebrated…