Claudia&Julia's blog

With these temperatures you have to take a lot of courage (or have a thermometer-proof confectioner's will) to face an oven on. Even so, in order not to discourage those who are reluctant to deprive themselves of a succulent dessert despite the summer heat, today I bring you this S'mores Cake, a recipe that does not require an oven, but that will hardly find a rival among those that do.

I admit that I am a person with a sweet tooth, and that desserts are my weakness. I like them all, come on! But even so, I have my favorites and one of the ones I like the most are the fruit tarts, especially the Tatin tart, starting with the traditional apple tart and ending with the one that I bring you today, the delicious pineapple tart Tatin.

The tray with which Emile Henry has made us fall in love this year goes a long way. It is a tray that serves both to present any appetizer, cheese or sausage on the table, as well as for cooking: it is a tray designed to go in the oven, with the great qualities of Emile Henry ceramics, so you can bake as much in it puff pastries, tartlets with brick dough, cookies and everything that your sweet side desires, as you can take advantage of it to bake delicious pizzas, roast vegetables, potatoes, make gratin stuffed onions or mushrooms.... Whatever comes to mind! But with a great additional addition: from the oven you will take it to the table, and its presentation is sensational.

Days are approaching when our kitchen will be at full capacity and, it is one of those moments, in which knowing a simple recipe that solves a Christmas dessert or breakfast for us is received with open arms.

Don't you love easy and lucid recipes that make us look like authentic kitchen professionals with very little effort? Me. I adore them. Every recipe that is minimum effort and maximum brilliance goes straight to the sack and to be tested. And, if I like it, it is incorporated into my recipe book ipso facto . This is the recipe for the ruffle milk pie, wrinkled milk cake or galatopita. The latter is the original name of the creature, of Greek origin, which is to put a floor on it.

We are in autumn, and it is time for chestnuts, sweet potatoes and pumpkins; It seems that you are starting to feel like baking cakes, pies, biscuits and tarts with apples and pears. In a way, we feel like turning on the oven to impregnate our house with those intoxicating aromas of butter, cinnamon and sugar. If only we could keep that smell in a glass jar and open it from time to time!

The prospect of a good homemade cheesecake is always synonymous with parties and celebrations at home, a favorite in practically any of its formats and varieties. And to the greater satisfaction of the staff (this one who writes included), the latest and happy discovery has been the acclaimed Japanese cheesecake , cotton cheesecake (in English) or Japanese soufflé (as it is known precisely in Japan).

The monkey bread recipe (or monkey bread, as we know it here) is pure vice. A caramelized and cinnamon-flavored sponge cake built with patience and love ball by ball. Without a doubt, it is worth it, especially following the wise instructions of Virginia, author of Sweet&Sour, who here leaves you the recipe.

Patry, author of Flavors and Moments, brings us the traditional carrot and raisin cake in a mini version and in a cake version: she turns the mini-carrot cakes into a multi-tier cake covered with cream cheese and coconut. A tender and delicious cake, with which you will surely succeed if you give it that beautiful finish.

Lola, author of Loleta, Food Life & Market, brings us a recipe that, if you don't watch, will become a vice at home. This is the traditional banofee recipe, with a biscuit base and a heart of banana, caramel and cream. I know, if you think of summer it's not the most appropriate thing but, wow, summer is still a long way off and one day is one day!