Chocolate Cheesecake Muffins

It was the last weekend at home before I will go traveling for a month. I had great plans of cleaning, planning the trip, what to pack, writing, reading, and not to forget relaxing. I was terrified. There were so many options. I started slowly, mixing house chores with reading a book, after a few …

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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 …

Crepes with sweet cheese filling

This weekend I spent on my own. Tomek was out on his long, boys-only weekend. For me it usually means to be able to catch up on some reading, cooking, or just browsing. To be fair I didn't catch up with too many things, I don't know where time goes, but for sure it goes …

Strawberry cheesecake

I try to uncover the reasons why Polish cheesecakes are liked so much. I always thought it is hard compete with food people know and like, but it looks like it is the other way around. I usually experiment on my coworkers. They seem to like it, well they even demand for more. When I …

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 …

Polish lazy dumplings

Comfort food means something different for everybody. Once Ania from the blog Strawberries from Poland wrote that for her comfort food would be soft, melting dishes. It's something that you would eat when you are sick, that brings childhood memories. I need to agree with Ania. And by the way if you have a moment visit …

Mixed berries cheesecake

There are days when you don't know what to say. No story today. It's long weekend. Finally. There is Chinese-Italian wedding tomorrow. Poland just won 3 medals in the Olympics, 2 gold ones and one bronze. I made this cheesecake for a house-warming party. And I must admit it was huge hit as quite a …

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 …

Green pierogi with curd cheese and dried tomatoes filling

It's about time to talk about pierogi. Pierogi are Polish dumplings, similar to Italian ravioli. They can be stuffed with almost everything. Pierogi can be savoury or sweet. One of the most popular pierogi are ruskie pierogi (Ruthenian pierogi) filled with curd cheese (twaróg), potatoes, and fried onions. They are definitely one of my favourites. Other popular fillings are …

Traditional Polish Cheesecake

One of the most popular cakes in Poland is cheesecake. There are endless numbers of recipes. There are people who like it moister and some who prefer it drier. Some prefer it with a base, other without. But a typical Polish cheesecake is made with twaróg (a curd cheese) and bakalie. TWARÓG - If you are living in Ireland, you …