– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Verwen brownies –
I remember it well, the moment we told our families that I was pregnant. It turned out I wasn’t the only one, my sister
Category: Cakes & pies
Elderflower cake with whipped chocolate ganache
– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Vlierbloesem cake met chocolade ganache –
It’s been a while since I made this cake for a meeting of the LA Cake Club. I wanted to keep it really simple and was thinking about making a Dutch apple pie, but it started to itch so I popped in to the kitchen to experiment with new recipes.
Dutch butter cake
– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Boterkoek –
It’s my party and I can eat what I want to…
No wait a minute… TWO parties today because it’s my birthday ánd exactly two years ago today I married the most amazing man on earth.
But yet today is just an ordinary Wednesday. The older I get, the less I value my birthday. This year is also the first time that I’m not going to celebrate it.
Simple lemon bars
– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Citroen taartjes –
I really into eating desserts lately, that’s definitely a pregnancy thing because I never felt that urge before. When we go out for dinner I first take a look at the dessert menu before choosing what elso I’m going to order.
But what a disappointment
Cheesecake with Dutch stroopwafels
– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Stroopwafel cheesecake –
Oh boy … you must think I’m a little schizophrenic. Or at least a little crazy. A bit bipolar with here and there an identity crisis.
For a month I lived without sugar (except for the natural sugars in fruit) and refined carbohydrates, and so I ate super healthy. As pure and whole as possible, just to get some healthy eating habits again. And you could see that on in my Red Kitchen. All the recipes that I shared for the past 1.5 month were sugar and refined carbohydrates free.
And now I’m here again, with a cheesecake with Dutch stroopwafels.
Yeah… a stroopwafel CHEESECAKE. Oh dear… Millions of calories and lots of cream, sugar and butter. And typical Dutch ‘stroopwafels’, caramel waffles a.k.a. the BEST cookies in the whole world. And yes, you can buy those cookies at the American supermarket. Trader Joe’s sells them, and of course Cost Plus World Market too. And look how beautiful this cheesecake came out. Can you blame me?
Okay, time for some explanation
Pistachio cake with chocolate cream
– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Pistache cake met chocolade crème –
“The cake I made for the LA Cake Club and the cake I was supposed to make for the LA Cake Club”
Starting next Monday I’m avoiding sugar and refined carbohydrates for a month, quite exciting! But that doesn’t mean I can’t have sugar and carbs right now, right? 😉
So when last Sunday the LA Cake Club took place again, I just had to join. The LA Cake Club is a
Key lime pie
– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Key lime pie –
I usually like to post recipes that are unique, because why would I give you a recipe for a key lime pie while there are thousands of recipes for key lime pies to be found on the internet? That would be a waste of my time, isn’t it?
Haha, well let me tell you. I post this recipe because sometimes I get a little upset.
Rose sponge cake with strawberries and pistachios
I love social media. Okay I’ll admit it: I’m a social media junkie. The moment I wake up you’ll find me checking Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (in no particular order) with still one eye closed.
I wanna know what happened while I was sleeping and I want to know what’s going on in the world. It’s my coffee – the only way to start the day properly.
And the best part about social media? Meeting new people! And that’s a very welcome thing if you just moved to LA. Well ‘just’…
Lemon meringue cupcakes
When life gives you lemons… you make lemonade, or lemon curd, or lemon meringue pie, or limoncello.
So many ideas what to do with the variegated pink lemons Frieda’s sent me! I was really hoping to receive some Meyer Lemons as I have never tried them before. They don’t exist in the Netherlands and even after living in Los Angeles for almost a year now, I still haven’t had them. But the Meyer Lemons weren’t available so Frieda’s made sure I would get my lemon-fix with these beautiful lemons that are pink-ish on the inside.
If you love lemon meringue pie and you find yourself being in Paris at one point in your life:
Dutch apple pie for my Birthday!
– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Appeltaart –
Yes! It’s my birthday today! I’m getting old you guys, 32 already! I used to get really excited, weeks before my birthday. But this year everything feels different, I really have to remind myself it’s my birthday and I don’t really care about it. Of course, it’s a good opportuniy to eat cake for breakfast,