A deliciously moist cake with espresso-soaked dates, scattered walnuts and a silky espresso glaze. For the coffee addition, I like to use freshly brewed espresso coffee from the coffee machine. You can get away with using instant coffee in the cake itself, but you will certainly appreciate using freshly brewed coffee in the glaze. This…
Category: Bread
Honey Puffs | Greek Donuts | λουκουμαδες
Greek honey puffs (λουκουμαδες) served in a delicate rose-water scented honey syrup – endowed with a golden, crispy shell, and an irresistible spongy, super-airy inner-casing. You can choose to drizzle with the rosewater honey syrup or sprinkle with cinnamon and crushed walnuts or perhaps dust with icing sugar. You could even dust with a…
Greek Tsoureki Recipe (Sweet Brioche Bread) | Τσουρεκι αφρατο
Greek Tsoureki is a captivating sweet brioche-style bread – light, pull apart and elastic, infused with a delicate touch of Mastiha, Mahlepi, Cardamom and Orange. The smell of this Greek Yeast Mastic Bread brings me back to memories of some of my favourite times spent in the early years living in a small town…
