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I'm not bringing you just one bundt cake recipe but three: first, a basic, must-have recipe for every home—the recipe to make an easy, delicious vanilla bundt cake. That same recipe can be turned, in a very simple way, into a lemon bundt or an almond bundt cake. At the end of the post I'll tell you how.

We bring a quiche with a 100% autumnal feel: Pumpkin, apple and gorgonzola quiche. What a combination, right? The contrast of sweet and savory is perfect, especially when cheese is involved.

I don't know whether this lemon cake will be the best in the world or not. What I can tell you is that it will make you fall in love like nothing else before. It's a dense cake, with all the texture of buttery English cakes and with lemon flavors and aromas that will put everyone in the house in a good mood.

A KitchenAid stand mixer is a significant investment but one that lasts a lifetime. For that reason, we receive some very common and recurring questions that we hope to answer in this post, ranging from what the differences are between the various KitchenAid models to others like which KitchenAid mixer is right for me, which KitchenAid is the most popular, questions about accessories, or how to obtain the recipe book.

Today I bring you one of those traditional — gluten-free — recipes that never fail: Mallorcan coca de cuarto; this sponge cake with just 3 ingredients (eggs, sugar and potato starch) will delight everyone, from the oldest to the youngest in the house.

The coca boba may be one of those recipes that have been there in my life since day one. My mother made it (and still does) all the time like it was nothing, with no preliminaries or planning – that's how simple she is; now even my father joins in!

I discovered long ago that pure cocoa and oil work very well. Personally, I love cakes made with butter, but olive oil gives an unmatched flavor and texture to cocoa cakes.

This type of bread closely resembles cristal bread. It is a slightly flattened bread, with a very thin, crispy crust and a very light, airy crumb. Without a doubt the perfect option to use as a side or to enjoy as the base of a coca. For example using the same ingredients we use to make the Coca de Recapte.

With these temperatures you need a lot of nerve (or a pastry-baker's willpower that ignores thermometers) to face a hot oven. Even so, so as not to discourage those who refuse to give up a sumptuous dessert despite the summer heat, today I bring you this S'mores Cake, a recipe that doesn't require an oven, yet will hardly find a rival among those that do.

Do you like Nutella? And oatmeal cookies? I love both, and if we combine them I get the perfect dessert. Besides, now that it's summer, the best dessert takes the form of ice cream. Don't you agree with me?

So today I suggest a good homemade Nutella ice cream served in a homemade oatmeal and coconut cookie cup. How do you feel about that?

Few things are more refreshing when the heat hits than a granita, and if it’s homemade and lemon, even better. The perfect way to start and keep going!
Sorbets and granitas differ from ice cream, in general, in that they contain no dairy (nor egg in the case of custard-style ice creams), so they are much less creamy and tend to produce a icier sensation. But for that very reason they’re perfect for hot weather.

I love herbs; I use them for almost everything in the kitchen. Some, like basil, I can't get year-round, while others I always have available in a pot… like rosemary.

In general, herbs are usually sold in trays that contain more than we'll need. Many times, just as happens with bunches of parsley, the herbs end up spoiling inside the refrigerator.