Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
One of my favorite cheesecake recipes is the Italian Cheesecake recipe that I posted previously. However, that cheesecake recipe calls for specialty ingredients (mascarpone cheese + ricotta cheese) which can be somewhat expensive and a little bit harder to find – so I don’t make it all the time. Most of the time, I use this recipe instead [...]
When making chocolate mousse (or chocolate silk) pie… a number of recipes call for raw egg white. You can always use pasteurized egg white if you are worried about salmonella – but those recipes are typically more complicated to make. Sometimes, I just don’t have the time. This recipe is SUPER SIMPLE, and can be [...]
In my free time, I like to go through the “food & drink” section of Pinterest, and drool all over the delicious looking photos. Making the rounds around Pinterest… I’ve seen several links for versions of “Cake Batter Fudge”. After seeing the pictures of Cake Batter Fudge over and over… I couldn’t take it anymore, [...]
With several holidays just around the corner… Halloween, Thanksgiving… and all the December holidays… many of us may need appetizer recipes that are easy to prep and serve. Mini quiches are the answer! You can make the tart shells for these mini quiches a few days ahead of time, then add whatever ingredients you have [...]
Rugelach are delicious cookie-sized crescent shaped pastries – traditionally made with a yeast leavened dough containing sour cream, wrapped around some sort of sweet filling (walnuts, cinnamon, raisins, poppy seed, marzipan, jam, etc.). Although they are quite simple to make, they look very impressive and are the perfect little treat to go with afternoon tea [...]
Last week, I posted a recipe and method for making mini tart shells using my new Williams-Sonoma mini tart baking set. You can make a few batches of these shells and fill with a variety of flavors for some very beautiful and impressive looking desserts! I made: pineapple tarts, chocolate ganache with peanut butter cream, [...]
Awhile back, I spent the day trying to figure out the Starbucks Lemon Pound Cake recipe. After baking three loaves in a row, making changes here and there… I think I came pretty close. The first loaf… was just ok. The second… better, but still not exactly what I wanted. The third… score! That was [...]
Fresh cannolis are one of my favorite Italian (Sicilian) pastries… crisp flaky pastry on the outside, sweet creamy filling on the inside… yum! Good cannoli are hard to find, though… not very many places around here sell them fresh, and nothing is worse than taking home a soggy cannoli! My solution, of course, was to [...]
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