Anyone would think this was a baking blog. I love baking, this is probably my favourite aspect of cooking. Cakes like this one are not at all Turkish but here I am, living in Turkey, and I find ...
Cakes and Cookies
Cranberry-pistachio Brownies
This is a recipe for those of us lucky enough not to be on a diet. First, take some plain chocolate ... 300g to be precise and interestingly enough, it doesn't have to have a high cocoa solid ...
Carrot and Almond Cheesecake
Hi Cooking! I'm back. I've missed you. Yes, having been in the UK last week and with a million and one things to see to, I've had to desert my beloved blog but I'm back. I bought a few magazines ...
Delia’s Fallen Chocolate Soufflé with Prunes
How was your lunch yesterday? We had the works: a traditional English Christmas lunch with roast (organic) turkey plus all the trimmings, and thanks to the new website that has revolutionized my ...
Olga’s Very Own Turkish Persimmon Bread
moist and packed with the flavours of persimmon, dried fig and walnut Here is one of those jewels of a recipe: this persimmon loaf is scrumptious beyond ...
Expresso Cookies
I should really call these Emily’s Expresso Cookies. Who is Emily? She is one very intrepid lady who came to Assos some years ago now with her husband to run a pansiyon. Sadly her ...
Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake
Yes, it’s another cake recipe but this time more suitable for tea than dessert. The other day I was flipping through Nigella’s book ‘Kitchen’ in quest of a simple uncomplicated cake recipe. I ...
Upside-down Pear and Ginger Cake
upside-down pear and ginger cake - does it look yum or what? A long-awaited visit from old friends from America was all it took to make me try this latest find from the November ...