Äppelkaka (Swedish Apple Cake)

Serves: Makes ~8 slices Cost: ~€1.30 Preparation and cooking time: ~50 minutes Calories: ~215 per slice Hi folks, this post is coming to you today from glorious England. The dish featured today was made back in France, but I’m in my homeland right now for a couple of weeks of glorious vacation. Spending time with family,...

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Mincemeat Stuffed Baked Apples

Serves: 3 Cost: < €1 if using leftover mincemeat Preparation and cooking time: ~1 hour Calories: ~320 per serving We’ve finally nailed down the details of a little trip we’re going to take in the middle of March, and where, might you wonder will we be going? Ah – nowhere too far afield. England is the...

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Strawberry, Blueberry, and Caramel Cheesecake with Oreo Cookie Base

Serves: 8-10 Cost: ~€5.50 – €8 depending on the season, brands used and so forth Preparation and cooking time: ~40 minutes preparation and 100 minutes total cooking Calories: ~560 calories a slice, if divided by 8 Allow me to start the post today by telling you a story of something that happened a long time ago, in a...

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Spiced Plum Tart and some photos from… Stockholm

Serves: 4 Cost: ~€3.20 Preparation time: ~40 minutes Calories: ~500 per serving Hi everyone! I’ve been rather busy this week and didn’t have a chance to make the things I wanted to make so as a result I’ll be posting something which I made some time ago but never got around to posting (mainly because I thought it...

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Honey, Fig and Walnut Tart

Serves: ~6 Cost: €4.50 Preparation and baking time: ~35 minutes Calories: ~510 per slice Do you know what is annoying? Going shopping, staggering back home, laden with bags, packing everything away, and then three hours later the refrigerator decides that enough is enough and it’s just going to stop working. Yeah… this...

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Guest Post: Hungarian Cherry Squares and Hidden Gardens and Private Spaces in Cabbagetown

Serves: Makes one 9″x13″ pan, about 20 squares Cost: ~€3.80 Preparation time: ~40 minutes Calories: ~120 per square Kicking off my guest posts is the wonderful Eva, from KitchenInspirations. Blogging from Canada she posts a wonderful selection of recipes and restaurant reviews, and always succeeds in making me so...

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