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I created this chai apple upside-down cake when I was searching for a dessert to make for Rosh Hashanah. I was trying for a different version of apple cake to celebrate the holiday of apples and honey. This cake satisfies that apple pie craving while adding seasonal spices. It is […]
These salted caramel diamond cookies are buttery and melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookie with the addition of salted caramel. I honestly can’t think of a more addictive combo. I’ll need to make enough to avoid fighting for the last cookie in my house. Ingredients to make caramel french diamond cookies: Sugar: I use […]
Tarta de Santiago it’s a Spanish almond cake originally from Galicia but served in every part of Spain nowadays. It’s gluten-free and exceptionally easy to make, and you’ll fall in love with it at the first bite. Ingredients to make tarta de Santiago: Almond: I use store-bought almond meal. Eggs: Whole […]
“Sbriciolata” is an Italian-style crumb cake and a classic dessert that people make at home. Buttery crumbled pastry dough with a scrumptious layer of whipped ricotta and jam, topped with streusel for an extra crunch. It doesn’t require outstanding pastry skills, and it’s a good place to start if you’re […]
I fell in love with dulce de leche while living in Spain, where my Argentinian friends introduced me to this delicacy. Churros, alfajores, and pancakes, to name a few, dulce de leche elevate every dessert, and best of all, it’s ridiculously easy to make. What is dulce de leche: “Dulce […]
The first time I tried the banana pudding from Magnolia bakery, I almost passed away from how good it was! BUT, when I started looking for the recipe online, I found out it is made with Jell-O and store-bought cookies…What??? As a chef and kitchen nerd, I refuse […]
Lingue di gatto literally “cat tongue cookies,” are flat and narrow tea cookies you can find in every bakery in Italy. They are always part of an assorted cookie tray we bring to our family on Sunday lunch. Exists various versions of that, plain, dipped in chocolate, or rolled and […]
This plums and almond torte is probably the most delicious and no-fuss summer dessert I have ever made. It’s juicy, packed with so much flavor, and can be tweaked with many other seasonal fruits like peaches and blueberries. Ingredients to make the plums almond torte: Butter: Room temperature, softened butter. Sugar: Common […]
Lemon poppy is one of my favorite combos of all time, but let’s be honest; there are plenty of recipes already. So I like to jazz it up with mascarpone in the batter to make it nice and moist and topped with limoncello glaze. How to make limoncello poppy seeds […]
As an Italian and avid coffee drinker, discovering that coffee cake doesn’t have any coffee was the equivalent of finding out that Santa Claus isn’t real. So I put together a coffee cake that is finally worthy of the name; for all the sweet tooths and coffee addicts out there, […]
Hey, I'm Luca, a professional chef and content creator from Italy currently living in NYC. All the recipes are tested multiple times to make sure that they are delicious and easy to replicate at home.
