Olive Oil Basil & Lemon Breakfast Cake

Olive Oil Basil & Lemon Breakfast Cake

Looking through my latest recipes I realized it’s been a while since I posted something sweet. I am not much of a sweets kind of person, but I enjoy making desserts and especially cakes. I am very picky with my taste for sweets. Cakes that are full of frosting...
Kumquat Marmalade & Almond Cake

Kumquat Marmalade & Almond Cake

Have you ever had a Kumquat? They are a little tiny orange usually with an oval shape. In Spanish we call them “naranjitas chinas” and that is because they are a native citrus fruit of China. Here in the U.S. they grow in the sates of Florida &...
Pumpkin Cake with Ginger-Mascarpone Frosting

Pumpkin Cake with Ginger-Mascarpone Frosting

There is nothing I enjoy more than family traditions, the ones that I grew up with and now the ones that I have been adopting since living in a different culture. I love them and enjoy them all! Going to the pumpkin patch and carving pumpkins is one of them. The kids...
Buttery Apple Cake

Buttery Apple Cake

One of my favorite Fall traditions is going to pick apples at a local orchard every year. Apples are such an interesting fruit to me. I did not grow up eating apples, they were kind of a luxury really, because they were imported and expensive. There are so many...