Quickbreads from the book Gabriel gave me - made with fine cornmeal and poppy seeds.

(Em português)

Quickbreads, this wonder of humanity!

In fact, I would call these tiny guys cakes, because they are made with baking powder, not yeast.

And this is the reason why you can whip up a batch so fast.

They are great as last-minute snacks, for those times when someone comes over and you're not ready for it, to serve as an excuse to turn on the oven on chilly days, this kind of thing...

The recipe comes from a book a friend gave me last year, it's called "Marvellous mini cakes" by Ilona Chavancova.

Lemon and poppy seed cake, and absolute truths.

(Em português)

There are some things we learn as small kids, often times through observation, and they end up becoming absolute truths for us.

One of such things I have learned from my grandmother Nelci: everytime we receive a visit at home, or every time someone from home is coming back from a trip, we make something special to wait for that person. Every time.

It happened that 98% of the time the special thing was to bake a cake.

So in my head, receiving a visit is associated to baking cakes.

A few days ago, I received two very dear people (hi Ire, hi mom), so there it is, lemon and poppy seeds cake.

Of course I got this recipe at technicolor kitchen, the kingdom of sweets made with citrus fruit, and for me, the perfect place to find something good to do with my recently-acquired seeds.

Cinnamon cake, filled with dulce de leche and peanut crispy.

(Em português)

So, what do we have here?

A boyfriend's birthday, a huge jar of dulce de leche from Minas (I think it was 500g, maybe more), and some great peanuts.

For me, it seemed like a good idea to turn it all into a cinnamon cake filled with a peanut crispy and dulce de leche. I adapted this recipe for the cake dough, which came out a bit too dry, but even so it tasted nice, and the result was the cake in the pictures.

White yogurt cake.

(Em português)


This is a basic everyday cake, so so fluffy.
The recipe is quite a bit adapted from here.

Cupcakes for Santa Fé.

(In Portuguese)

Lucas and Ariane, friends who study fashion design, had to make for class something that

related palate to a brand, for example something to serve at an inauguration party.

They chose Santa Fé, Arianes's brand of bags and purses, and asked for some help with the cupcakes.

Well, in the first batch I used a recipe which I didn't know, and the result was the disaster you can

see in the picture above. But the day was saved by Edi's chocolate cake recipe. Whew!

Flourless banana cakes.

(In Portuguese)

Did you notice I frequently have leftover bananas? haha

This is a simple flourless cake, pretty good to have at breakfast.

Love from little monster to little monster.

(In Portuguese)

A trick.

(In Portuguese)


Obs: the previous post, as well as this one and the next are being written while I eat some junk pre-cooked noodles, purely because of hunger and tiredness due to a crazy week.

Well, the trick is something quick.

Whenever you have at a home a cake that's getting old, drying, and isn't so much of a hit anymore

(and no one wants to throw food away, because that's not something ok to be done)

it gains a whole new appeal if turned into a toast, nice and warm.

I had mine alone with coffee. But if it is the case, having it with butter/jam/honey or whatever is great too.

Visitors!

updating: the cake and things owned by my baby visitor who came with her parents. :)

(In Portuguese)


Today I had lunch at a small restaurant here in college, it was rice and beans with a salad that was so-so.

The thing is: my mother and a couple of friends are coming to visit town, and they're staying at my place. So I baked them a wellcome cake (that's an habit I have learned from my grandmother).