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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!

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.

With leftover brioche, pan de leche, croissants, or ensaimadas you can make a delicious dessert. This coconut milk pudding won us over from the very first spoonful.

With today's Chocolate Cheesecake recipe we're going to show you two things: first, that cheesecake is delicious, but it can be taken to another level when paired with such tasty flavors as chocolate and peanut. And second, but certainly no less important, that the pressure cooker lets you make not only vegetables, grains, and stews, but you can also use it to make fabulous desserts.

Here's my family's traditional egg flan recipe. The ratio of yolks to whites in a flan is important to achieve the right flavor and texture, and to me this recipe is perfect.

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.

If there’s any dessert that’s incredibly fluffy and soft, it’s this lemon pudding cake we bring you today. We present it in individual portions, served in the Le Creuset mini cocottes we love so much, both for serving at the table and for baking — because honestly, they make truly luxurious little cakes!

I love making sweet preparations, whether tarts, desserts,… I enjoy any of them — with fruit, with cream, with or without pastry. But above all I like them not to be excessively sweet, that is, so I can appreciate all their nuances rather than have them masked by too much sugar.

Related to the family of flans and the puddings, Calatrava bread may be one of the easiest and most rewarding recipes to prepare. Its basic ingredients couldn't be simpler: milk, eggs and sugar, to which a portion of pastry or bread (hence its name) is added as the main feature. Basically, a classic egg flan only with a bonus. Not bad, right?

I've always loved finding a way to use leftovers and not waste anything in the kitchen. This coconut pudding recipe is precisely that: a recipe for using up stale bread. The bread, rolls or even croissants you have left over from a party that you don't want to waste.

When Claudia suggested I prepare a recipe with the Ilsa flan molds, I immediately replied that I wanted to make my tocinillos de cielo. They are such an exquisite and delicate bite that I wanted to show you how to make them at home. And the thing is, whenever I serve them at a gathering, they’re a hit.