When mom made these watermelon shaped bites for the first time, I was delighted at their vibrancy. But it was when I tasted them that I was really astonished. Walnut overtones combined with chocolate dots, and buttery dough goodness really took me on a trip of tastes. Yum! (BOSANSKI) Every person that sees these inevitably…
Desserts
No Bake Walnut Pralines (Bajadera)
No bake walnut pralines are a three layer easy-to-do dessert. A homemade version of the regional Bajadera candy, these pralines are less creamy but more filling. (BOSANSKI) Bajadera is well known in the area. It’s one of the favorite regional candies. It’s nearly impossible to recreate the exact replica of this praline at home. (However…
Chocolate Cake Rolls
Chocolate cake rolls are deep and rich two-layer rolls that keep well in the freezer for a while, yet are fresh every time you serve them. So good you’ll want to make two batches at once. (BOSANSKI) Around the holidays our households (I assume this is true for you as well), are turned upside down…
No Bake Chocolate Pudding Biscuit Cake
Chocolate pudding biscuit cake: three tier no bake dessert made from ingredients you already have in your kitchen (pudding, biscuit, butter, heavy cream, sugar and milk). Because, sometimes, simple really is the best. (BOSANSKI) A few weeks ago during a brainstorming session, Aleksandra and I decided you needed a super simple dessert. Pudding + biscuit…
Mama’s Apple Crumble Cake
Apple crumble cake: a divine, four layer cake straight out of my mom’s kitchen. (BOSANSKI) A friend recently told me he paid $10 for two pounds of apples. He works for the UN in Africa. When he returns to work from a vacation back home, instead of clothes he brings suitcases full of Granny Smiths. Meanwhile, my fruit…
Dried Fruit & Walnut Cookie Boats
Apricot raisin walnut cookie boats: a simple cookie with a complicated name. Apricots and raisins ground in a meat grinder, combined with sugar and chocolate, then topped off with a walnut. (BOSANSKI) I’ll be straight with you. The last couple of dessert recipes were made and photographed around the holidays. This one too. Generally I don’t make this…
