Parkin – Yorkshire gingerbread

There is still wintery vibe around. Ireland is not New York and we haven't seen snow, except in mountains, but I still want to wrap with the warmest blanket, get a cat on my laps, grab a book and eat something sweet. That cake would be perfect snack for a winter walk, along with Thermos of hot …

Caramel cheesecake

I was thinking about joining The Great Irish Bake since I've read about it on Adrienne's blog two years ago. The Great Irish Bake is a biannual event organized by Temple Street Hospital Charity to raise money for the children's hospital in Dublin. You know I love baking, but I'm terrified of organizing events, I never …

Orange syrup cake

I was assuming January will be quite as December, I really didn't mind that as with holidays in February I planned a lot of packing and researching, but you know, life is usually opposite of what you expect. There are 4 days to our big trip and I'm in bits, but I've been busy with everything except packing …

Coconut bundt cake

I admit, I love baking. I try to deny it. I try to convince myself that I love cooking as much as baking, but it's simply not true. I look for opportunities to bake. This coconut bundt cake was made for New Year's Eve meeting. We had a lot of food we could take, but …

Poppy seed roll (makowiec)

So after months of excitement, preparation, Christmas shopping, Christmas cooking, Christmas is officially over. Thursday was my first day at work after the Christmas break. Christmas decorations were taken down and Christmas tree was left naked in the corner. It was quite a sad sight. I feel in between seasons now, we had winter, then …

Banana cranberry bread

I'm sitting under a blanket. I'm quite cold even though the weather is extremely mild. 13°C in December is unusual even for Ireland. From time to time I try to convince a cat, that he shouldn't be on the table. After a few months of training most of the times it's enough if I clap my …

Traditional Polish Christmas Gingerbread

Before I started blogging, I would never have thought about making a gingerbread dough or any dough and leaving it for 2 months in a fridge. Well, that sounds scary, doesn't it? I kind of know what am I doing now just by a simple fact, I tried a similar recipe for maturing gingerbread cookies 2 …

Isaura – Polish cheesecake chocolate cake

I always wonder what should I talk with you about. The weather? The cats? Life philosophy? The cats are sleeping, the weather is awful and I wish I could follow this philosophy. Well I can, but I just don't know the answer to the question yet or maybe I'm just a little bit too scare to …

Honey Cake (Miodownik)

Lately, I lost my voice (metaphorically speaking). I don't know if I want to talk about Christmas, or about how full we still are or maybe how the kittens are growing and getting bolder. So instead of trying to make up something, I will present you with a monster cake aka honey cake (miodownik). The …

Snickers cheesecake

Sorry guys, I've been a really bad blogger lately, but I have a really good reason for that. I got a job! So yes, we are staying in Ireland for longer! The new job is really nice, with nice people, who like to eat cookies I bake. Yes, I tried to bribe then on my …