Leny's hazelnut macaroon dream cake

This is by far the most complicated cake I have ever made. It took me two hours but it was totally worth it... it tastes of dreams!

My mother's in law birthday is coming up, and we celebrated yesterday. She loves hazelnuts and especially this type of cake. It has a very fine taste and it is not particularly sweet.

Heavenly fluffy Mexican Pancakes

These are the perfect weekend breakfast, lunch or...let's call it brunch :)

We used to have these for lunch, every day during our vacation in Playa del Carmen, in Mexico. I had them with ice-cream and strawberries and my husband, Ruud, always with syrup.

The secret to their fluffiness this beating the egg whites separately. And using baking powder of course!

Heavenly fluffy Mexican Pancakes

ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1 pinch of salt
• 170 gr flour
• 1 tea spoon baking powder
• 140 ml milk

instructions

1. Whisk the egg whites with the salt until stiff.
2. Mix the flour with the backing powder.
3. Whisk the yolks with the flour, until smooth.
4. Add the milk to the smooth mix and whisk.
5. Fold the dough with the egg whites mix, using a spatula.
6. Use a big soup serving spoon to pour the dough to a hot lightly oiled pan. 
7. Remember... they are Mexican pancakes, so max cm diameter.
8. When bubbles staring to appear, they are ready to turn around.
9. Pile in top of each other and serve warm, with syrup, honey, marmalade or anything else your heart desires!

Mix gently to retain all air from the egg white and use a large soup spoon to spread in the pan.

Don't forget to oil the pan and let it become hot before pooring the mix. Once bubbles appear you can turn the pancake. It takes about a 2-3 minutes to bake.

Grandma's honey and cinnamon baklava flutes

I used to make these baklava flutes together with my grandmother, around Christmas time. The are a traditional treat on the island that my grandmother lives on, Chios. They are easy and they can't really go wrong :)

They will take about an hour to make, including baking time and preparing the syrup. You first need to prepare the flutes, and as they are baking prepare their honey and cinnamon syrup. This recipe makes about 18-24 pieces. 

Jonathan's super crunchy 30 min oat cookies

These cookies are named after Jonathan for a reason. He actually helped me make them! 

Jonathan doesn't always have the patience to eat his bread in the morning, so these ones will give them the best alternative breakfast :)

They only take 30 minutes to make, and that is including baking time. They are super easy too!

Meina's exotic banana cake

This cake is the most amazing banana cake I ever tasted. The recipe was given to me by my dear friend Meina and altered by me, so it is only fare to name it after her ;)

You can eat it plain, or use it as base a cake with icing.

Jonathan's amazing birthday cake

It is the cover of this blog and, by far, the best looking cake I have ever made!

It took me a whole day, we had about 40 guest and my husband thought I was mad. I started baking the cakes the day before and I used 2,5 dose, of the recipe below.