Pumpkin Spice with 4 ingredients

Pumpkin spice is a mix of aromatic spices that you can add to a great variety of dishes; you thought that pumpkin spice is only for Fall and pumpkin pies? Well, think again, and try making a carrot cake with a couple of teaspoons of pumpkin spice! 

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Best Carrot Cake Recipe Ever

One of my favorite cakes is the ever classic carrot cake, with its moist and fragrant cake, and the light and creamy cream cheese frosting. I could eat unlimited carrot cake slices if I didn't have to watch the calories! It's a great recipe for any occasion, and I have to tell you, this is THE best recipe I have tried for a carrot cake.

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One optional, but for me, crucial ingredient in this recipe is... pumpkin spice! You my ask "Why pumpkin spice in a carrot cake? Isn't it just for pumpkin pies and other Fall desserts? The pumpkin spice adds the fragrance that pairs so well with carrots, adding warmth and just that flavor you need in a rich and lush cake such as this. You can definitely make your own pumpkin spice blend, I will leave the recipe I use in a future post, but if you can't find anything else, at least at some cinnamon and some nutmeg in the batter.

Almond Chocolate Cake (beginner friendly)

When thinking about making a full cake with filling and glaze, we usually think of a difficult process involving multiple layers, complicated ingredients and pastry chef-like skills. But baking a cake should bring us joy, and the truth is that the process can be simplified significantly. Even a beginner baker can whip up this cake to impress loved ones. 

I made this cake during the lockdown for my mum's birthday, and I certainly found it doable with pantry ingredients. It is a quite forgiving recipe, and beginner friendly, so do give it a try!

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Hello! I know I haven't posted in such a long time! I hope you are all well. Here is Spain the situation has been quite tough, as you may know from the news. Luckily, I was able to come back with my parents to spend the lockdown together.

Mango Kulfi 2 ways (easy recipe for Indian ice-cream)

It's getting warmer and warmer in this part of the world and I just can't be bothered to use the oven now, I prefer to make no-bake desserts to beat the heat, and what's better than my mother's easy recipe for mango kulfi? Kulfi is the traditional Indian ice-cream, it is very rich and dense because it's traditionally made from fresh milk that is boiled down until it's thick and creamy, unlike the Western airy and fluffy ice-cream. Traditionally, this process may take hours, as the milk is boiled on low heat to prevent burning and constant stirring is needed. But my mom makes an easier and quicker version that doesn't require any heating at all. It's a perfect summer treat, kulfi won't melt as quickly as regular ice-cream, so it's ideal to make into ice-pops.

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I will be showing you 2 different ways to serve it, choose the one your prefer or make both! They're both so simple and hassle free, you can ask your little helpers to give you a hand!

Fabulous Baked Rainbow Nachos

Let's wrap up Pride Month with a little Rainbow Tortilla Chips recipe! These colorful tortilla chips are not only aesthetically appealing, but they taste much like the plain store-bought Doritos! If you've ever made tortilla chips at home, you'll know that they hardly ever end up looking like the flawless store ones, well, here's a recipe that is a little bit more hard work than just toasting or frying corn tortillas, but it's totally worth the effort.

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You'll start with cornmeal, not cornstarch, but actual yellow cornmeal, which is coarse and unprocessed, it looks like polenta but don't use polenta! The resulting dough may be unmanagable. For the basic recipe you'll need nothing more than cornmeal, water and salt. Now, since we're making Rainbow Tortilla Chips, we'll need a little something more.

4 Food Colors with Plant Based Ingredients

While I was developing the recipe for my Rainbow Tortilla Chips, I knew I wanted a natural alternative to store-bought food coloring, because I've always used them in desserts, and I've always disliked how much quantity I've needed to put to actually get a bright and vibrant color as opposed to the easily achievable pastel colors. And probably it's because of the brand I use, but most of those store-bought colors fade quite a lot after baking. So I started my quest for natural food colorings, and I found that very few people actually use natural coloring, despite the fact that all the colors are actually quite easy to achieve! The best thing is that I found brilliant chefs who incorporated these ingredients in colorful pasta. That might be my next project! Anyway, without more ado, let's get to the colors.

Chocolate Chip Milk Buns (no-knead)

Today I bring you an amazing recipe for soft, fluffy milk buns that require no strong or special bread flour, and no need to knead!

Milk buns (or pan de leche) are a staple of Spanish breakfast and "merienda" (afternoon snack), There are many varieties of this bread in supermarkets in Spain, but there's nothing like a freshly baked batch with a glass of milk.

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It's hard to believe these yummy buns are so easy to make, but take my word for it! They are a no-brainer. Just make sure to use good yeast (if it doesn't froth up after 15 min, it's not active anymore!) and allow the dough to rest the appropriate times.