If you like chocolate chip cookies, you will love this upgrade to a full double-layer cake with frosting and everything. This cake is moist and rich, and the addition of the chocolate chips just adds a nice bite to it. Pairing it with whipped chocolate ganache is perfect since it’s silky and smooth and is not as rich as a…
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Classic Egyptian rice pudding
This dessert is what I like to call a “No Brainer!”. It does not require any special ingredients, any special utensils or even any talent at all. It might need a little bit of patience, but then again most desserts do. However, this dish is so delicious and so resilient, you will not regret the time it took you to…
Butternut squash pudding
The butternut squash pudding is a very popular Egyptian dessert, also known as Ar’ Assalyقرع عسلي and comes in many varieties; with or without nuts or coconut shavings, topped with bechamele sauce or with milk thickened with corn starch, with spices or without spices. But only one thing is common among all varieties; the sweet, decadent flavor, that not only…
Tomato ricotta pie with pine nuts
This is, indeed, a crowd pleaser! I love making appetizers that combine pastry, cheese and veggies. I am also a big fan of flexible recipes that can be made in individual portions or in a large batch if I am feeling lazy. So if it’s not quiche, my go-to appetizer is this gorgeous, picturesque tomato ricotta pie with pine nuts…
Moist banana cake with whipped caramel cream
This cake was inspired in a spur of a moment. As you can probably imagine, some ripe bananas on lying on the kitchen counter, waiting to be mashed. The problem is, after baking the same quick banana spice cake a hundred times and while I love a good banana bread, I just wanted something a bit fancier. And that’s how…
Milk bread rolls
This is by far my most favourite of all the milk bread recipes. The rolls are so soft and pillowy, they make me so nostalgic. The recipe is very simple and does not require any special tools or techniques. It takes around 3 hours to make but 2 hours and a half of those are idle time. Ingredients: 1 stick…
No-churn vanilla ice cream with caramel swirl
While some people may be preparing for Halloween and the rest are eager to set up their Christmas trees, we are still enduring the heat here in Dubai. And what’s a better treat after a long day of work or school than a delicious no-churn vanilla ice cream with a luscious caramel swirl. View this post on Instagram A…
Chocolate chip cookies
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Elation Bakery (@elation_bakery) I have only one secret to this recipe; chilling the dough. I have been making those cookies for more than a decade now and I have made countless tweaks to the original recipe, but nothing I did made a big of a difference as big as chilling…