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Category: Dessert

Polish dishes / March 15, 2015

Today, another variation on breakfast pancakes. It’s practically a tradition now that on one day of the weekend, Ninka and I have…

Cake / March 10, 2015

Last week I had visitors from a distant planet. That distant planet is the Pomeranian region, right in the middle of the…

Cake / March 9, 2015

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m a simple lad (let’s not make things worse by saying “primitive”). Admittedly, I sometimes go for coffee to…

Dessert / February 21, 2015

A very unusual breakfast today. Pancakes. Unusual because Ninka isn’t here, and she’s the pancake lover. I’m not particularly keen, but today…

Christmas / February 15, 2015

Yesterday, apart from sweet beetroot, we were supposed to make gingerbread hearts for Valentine’s Day. This brilliant idea came, of course, from…

Polish dishes / February 15, 2015

A small change for breakfast today. Instead of pancakes, crêpes. Very classic ones, with one exception. Buttermilk instead of milk. Milk lost…

Christmas / January 31, 2015

I’m not going to pretend otherwise: this is today’s hit. Carrot cake, which I’d never made before. Today I asked Nina whether…

Christmas / January 27, 2015

This cake is an example of how to make something good out of next to nothing. Today we fancied something sweet and…

Christmas / December 10, 2014

I really got the urge yesterday. Late-night baking. And I mean late, late. I started at 23 h. Luckily, this recipe for…

Christmas / November 27, 2014

Ninka and I were supposed to make muffins on Tuesday. But somehow her enthusiasm faded, so we put it off until today.…