Claudia&Julia's Blog

One of the best times of the year for those with a sweet tooth is Christmas, without a doubt. You can find a very wide and varied assortment, so it's absolutely impossible not to feel satisfied. I include myself because I am very fond of sweets.

Extremely moist and visually appealing, this apple layer cake (apple mille-feuille or layered apple cake) leaves no one indifferent. From the outside it looks like a sponge cake, but inside are layers and layers of sweet roasted apple and, in fact, very little batter.

Eggnog is what we call here "ponche de huevo" or "ponche de Navidad," a sweet drink made from eggs and milk, and spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, a good amount of ginger and clove. It's a really special drink that you have to try if you want an alternative to a nice glass of hot chocolate to sweeten the afternoon or if you want to offer your guests a drink to finish the meal and accompany some cookies. I've fallen in love with this punch!

You're probably familiar with lemon bars, little lemon squares, or the popular Lemon Bars. They're a delicious bite for dessert, or a treat for a special moment.

Cheesecake is a classic because it’s a super easy dessert to make and is always welcome after any meal. Today I bring you a version that turns out perfectly: a creamy cheesecake that tastes delicious with jam inside. We make it with a cookie crust which, although it adds a few extra minutes of initial prep and baking, is worth making—how delicious cheesecake with a cookie base is!

I love coconut. It's something there's no cure for, so rather than hide my little passion I try to make the most of it. One of my favorite uses is in flans and puddings, and today I'm sharing a recipe that turns out perfectly. More than perfect — you get utterly addictive flans!

You can make mini blondies in Nordic Ware mini-bundlettes molds! This caramel blondie recipe is utterly delicious and gives you a bite ready in no time. Its buttery flavor and the aroma of brown sugar are delightful, and it’s a great way to present classic blondie bars in a beautiful format, thanks to the finish the Nordic Ware mini-bundlettes mold provides.

Boiling chestnuts, not roasting them, is one of the easiest things you can do if you plan to cook chestnuts and the result is delicious. I fondly remember how at home, when I was little, at Sunday autumn dessert time they would bring two trays to the table: one with chestnuts roasted over the fire, and the other with boiled chestnuts. Honestly, it was hard to decide which were tastier. They always disappeared!

Although the origins of the cannelé are uncertain, history has it that the nuns of the Annonciades convent in Bordeaux made them for the poor. They used as ingredients the wheat they found on the docks, fallen from the holds of ships or from torn sacks, and the egg yolks that were discarded to clarify wine, since only the whites were used in the cellars. Thanks to the ships that arrived at the Port of the Moon, they obtained vanilla and rum to enrich their recipe.

Making baked pear or apple is one of the easiest, quickest, and most delicious things, and you can imagine that when tossed with a touch of cinnamon and combined with yogurt it's a delightful recipe. Today I bring you how to make these yogurt cups with cinnamon-baked pear, which you'll have ready before you can say "plis".

Cooking in stainless steel is possible and today we demonstrate it with this recipe as delicate as it is delicious: caramelized, fragrant pineapple, a classic and typical dessert, ideal to bring to the table any Sunday or after a heavy meal. It's refreshing and a dessert that goes down very well!

Condensed milk flan is surely one of the most popular traditional flans. If you haven't made it at home yet, you should know that you've most likely tried it, because with its vanilla-like flavor and how easy it is to prepare, it is often the homemade flan recipe served in many restaurants.