This is truly a spring-celebrating dessert. Light lemon génoise cake is soaked in tangy, Limoncello-spiked syrup, layered with fragrant basil strawberry salad and white chocolate crème Chantill...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2013/04/10/lemon-and-basil-strawberry-trifle/
These chocolate cubes at the bottom are actually Alice Medrich’s “Chocolate deception” cake that I failed to unmold and extracted in two pieces. I should have known better that this kind of...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2012/02/20/chocolate-and-mocha-chantilly-mini-trifles/
This perfect autumn cake is a result of my makeover of an old family recipe, the one from a huge collection of Russian recipes I’m planning to publish someday one way or another. Feather-soft c...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2011/11/16/pear-honey-and-walnut-upside-down-cake/
Here’s a cross between a cake and cheesecake. The base is a moist soft pumpkin cake with added candied ginger for a little heat. The topping is a thin layer of creamy pumpkin cheesecake. The ca...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2011/10/29/pumpkin-ginger-cake-with-pumpkin-cheesecake-topping/
I intended to post before holidays, but with the Easter marathon of the Russian kulich-baking, pascha-making, and egg-dying I simply couldn’t find time. I hope you all had wonderful holidays. T...
Maybe, this cake doesn’t have “the looks”, but it’s got everything else. I would even dare to say it is perfect – so tender, moist, with sweet buttery taste (with not that much butter i...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2011/04/13/buckwheat-wholewheat-cream-cheese-cake/
I baked it mostly out of curiosity. It is quite unusual, liquid batter which is prepared the way the classic Irish bread is made – from the cold butter cut into the flour and cold buttermilk mi...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2011/03/16/guinness-and-malt-irish-whole-wheat-bread/
First, I thought the cake was too seasonal and the time for its posting had already passed, but then I realized the St. Patrick’s Day was still ahead and decided to share the recipe anyway. Bes...
This is not a traditional English trifle. There is no dense pound cake, crème anglaise, and whipped cream inside. My trifle is assembled from light chocolate génoise soaked in Grand Marnier syr...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2010/12/27/chocolate-cranberry-and-cream-cheese-mousse-trifle/
There shouldn’t be any excuses for not baking this time of the year. Perhaps, it would be better to start a bit earlier and not a week before Christmas. But, as an old proverb goes – it’s s...
The cake is sort of a lighter version of classic pound cake. Ricotta cheese replaces half of the butter which results in no less delicious and outstandingly moist cake. Good quality cocoa, choppe...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2010/05/19/chocolate-ricotta-loaf-cake/
It happened so that I have never eaten or made an upside down cake that was a disappointment. They always turn out moist, caramely, and with a perfect crumb. Different fruits for a topping allow ...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2010/04/04/blood-orange-cornmeal-upside-down-cake/
It would be, probably, nice to post it last Wednesday – St. Patrick’s Day, but I’ve been running behind my schedule lately. This recipe is slightly adapted from very old Guinness brewers’...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2010/03/23/guinness-applesauce-cake-with-lemon-icing/
This month’s Daring Bakers’ challenge was Italian tiramisu. Deeba from Passionate About Baking and Aparna from My Diverse Kitchen, the hosts of the challenge, chose Carminantonio’s tiramisu...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2010/02/27/candied-kumquat-tiramisu/
These are basically fruit and nuts with a bit of flour and eggs to bind them together. Exceptionally easy to make, delicious and nutritious, this cake makes not just a fantastic snack, but also a...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2010/02/18/dried-fruit-and-nut-cake/
This cake is one of my favorite Christmas things to bake. Not a fruitcake, but a buttery almond pound cake with tons of brandy-soaked fruits, it is still can be made well in advance (about a week...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2009/12/18/better-than-a-fruitcake-cake/
I’ve already told you (I’m afraid more than once) about my relationship with pumpkin-based desserts. I like it, but only when the pumpkin is seriously diluted and lightened. This cake belongs...
I can’t think of a better pairing for apples. With my apple pie I prefer a slice of cheddar to any ice cream. And when making an apple pie myself, I incorporate the cheese in the crust. Well, t...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2009/10/07/apple-cheddar-coffee-cake/
This is the same lemon pudding I posted earlier, but presented differently. The illusion is very realistic due to the color and consistency of the pudding and a lemon curd “yolks”. For the to...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2009/06/15/trompe-loeil-soft-boiled-egg/
Recently, I’ve been asked to develop a recipe for Nestlé, the recipe utilizing their cereal flakes. The first thing that comes to my mind when cereals are mentioned is something simple and hom...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2009/06/11/cereal-date-cake/
When the weather is as hot as we’ve got here, cool and tangy dessert like this seems soothing and refreshing. I made the pudding late at night, after the summer heat subsided, and the idea of s...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2009/06/09/lemon-pudding-with-ginger-lemon-madeleines/
I have to admit, the cake is not lacking calories. But despite this fact, it feels light, tangy and fresh; just the right thing to serve after a spicy barbecue dinner. You can’t be too generous...
This month’s Daring Bakers challenge, hosted by Jenny from JennyBakes, was Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake. My sincere thank you to Jenny not just for hosting, but also for not limiting us with r...
Here’s an effortless, yet quite nice cake that doesn’t require any preliminary preparation. All can be done in one day. The filling and frosting in this cake is simply whipped cream with gene...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2009/04/13/poppy-seed-raspberry-cake/
I bake with coconut often. This is the only nut my kid can eat. And besides, I like the taste. For these financiers I went with good quality dry papaya and pineapple as a topping, the ones that c...
https://www.bakingobsession.com/2009/03/27/coconut-financiers-with-tropical-fruits/