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This spiced pumpkin cake is exceptional! It has a incredibly vibrant flavor, thanks to all the spices it includes. Today we shape it like a pumpkin, using the Pumpkin mold from Nordic Ware (Don't you find it super pretty and original?), but you can shape it into a bundt cake or another loaf cake, there are so many beautiful shapes!

Have you ever thought about making your own chocolates at home? You're probably often curious to try some of those chocolates with the most glamorous labels, you want to try chocolate with varied ingredients, or you want to make a little something for your guests on a festive day. Making homemade chocolate bars is easy, affordable, and really fun for trying out different flavors!

Beyond traditional crepes, there's a world of original crepes to discover. Today I bring you a savory crepe that's full of flavor: American burger crepe, honeyed sweet onion, and goat cheese. A winning combination!

Few things are better than having a freshly baked croissant with a coffee for breakfast. Whoever says breakfast, says lunch or dinner, because for me it's one of those preparations that work well at any time of day. I would never say no to a croissant. Only if it's badly made... So if you're like me, you can't miss how to make croissants traditional at home.

We bring you a fluffy sponge cake made with only three ingredients. Yes, what you read—only three ingredients and air, lots of air! This is how you'll get the lightness you're after to make an amazing cake you'll love to eat as is, with a bit of chocolate, filled with whipped cream or custard, covered in chocolate and decorated with fruit... It's a perfect cake for a thousand and one combinations!

This beer chicken is one of those recipes that begs for bread, lots of bread. Because the sauce that forms is magnificent. So good you’ll want to eat it by the spoonful. With WMF’s pressure cooker the chicken stays very juicy and it takes so little time to make that it’s almost laughable to say it: 15 minutes from start to finish. Sounds crazy, right? Well, that’s how it’s achieved.

Who doesn't like a chicken with a nicely crispy crust and a delicious filling. This recipe has the best of fried chicken without the drawback of deep-frying.

The Marchioness of Parabere says, in her renowned book Culinary Encyclopedia, The Complete Kitchen, that croquettes are a delicacy generally appreciated by everyone. How right she is! And today we bring her recipe for making homemade cod croquettes, traditional, authentic and utterly delicious.

This classic beef stew with vegetables is perfect for an uncomplicated recipe, since it really takes just 10 minutes of preparation… The rest is taken care of by my WMF Fusiontec pot, which, well covered and simmered slowly for an hour, makes a stew that’s finger-licking good!

A clafoutis is a typical French tart made with a liquid batter of eggs, flour, milk, butter, and sugar. The most traditional clafoutis is the cherry one, which was baked with whole cherries and their pits. But you can make a clafoutis with any fruit! I personally love strawberry clafoutis (we have it on the blog, here), and today we put a twist on the recipe by making a cocoa clafoutis base — the chocolate flavor pairs perfectly with pear, which is what we'll top today's clafoutis with.

I’ve got a super easy, impressive recipe for any snack or dinner: spinach, pine nut and cheese rolls that are absolutely delicious. I love making them with pine nuts and raisins with a touch of Moscatel — you’ll see how tasty they are.

This traditional recipe recipe of Bacalao a la Manresana is based on one of the recipes compiled by the Manresan cook and gastronome Ignasi Domenech (1874-1976), in his cookbook "La Teca". In its pages, he collected stews and braises and desserts that were cooked on the stoves of Manresan homes of the time. As well as two recipes for Bacalao a la Manresana: one with potatoes and quince alioli and the second with spinach, plums, raisins and pine nuts.