A rainbow of tastes

Chocolate Easter Egg Nest Cake Who doesn’t love a simple, yet tasty dessert for Easter? Especially when decorated accordingly to Easter theme! Making this cake was the perfect excuse to buy these delicious and pretty good looking mini candy coated eggs. Don’t you think they look perfect? And they really taste amazing. How and where did I find these cute eggs? As a matter of fact, I bought these from Italy, just one day before returning to Denmark from a 16 days holiday spent in the country of pizza and pastas. Once I’ve seen them, I thought they will look good on a cake. So, after I eventually decided on the turquoise colour (the decision was hard, as they had lots of beautiful colours) and I instantly thought on how my Easter Cake should look like: dark layers and egg nest, turquoise frosting and candy coated eggs. Below is the recipe I’ve used to make this cake and as for the egg nest, check out this amazing youtube tutorial  on how to make it.  It’s a bit messy but qu...

Mini Rose Chocolate Cake           With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Dragos and I, wanted to share with you a very cute and flavory dessert, filled with an amazing floral aroma: the mini rose cakes. Roses are a symbol of love, therefore a very appropriate flavour for the celebration of love. I hope you all enjoy this recipe! The bellow ingredients are for 4 mini cakes, depending on the size of your cake rings. However you can always adjust the quantities to make more or less portions. Ingredients for Mini Rose Chocolate Cake: For the cake batter: 1/2 all purpose flour 1/3 cup cocoa powder 4 large eggs, separated 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup water 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla extract For the frosting: 250 g Mascarpone cheese 3/4 cup icing sugar 2 teaspoons rosewater 1/2 tablespoon milk 1 to 2 drops  Pink Gel Food Color...