My mum tells me- quite often- that I make a lot of cakes. She is right: I do make a lot of cakes. I truth is that I enjoy making them and I love taking a break from the traditional breakfast food, such as toast, cereals, yogurt… Read more
Author: lapetitecasserole
Almond orange cake
Believe or not, it took me more than four months to be able to post this recipe on the blog. I know, it’s completely insane, but I really couldn’t do otherwise! Rather than getting bogged down in too much detail, let me tell you just a few words about this AMAZING almond and orange cake. Read more
Peanut butter chicken
At home we don’t eat meat very often even though we like it a lot. When we eat meat, this must be prepared in a very appetizing way in order to please everyone, especially the children. How it happens for other kind of recipes (veggies, cakes, pasta..) some of these have their moments in the sun and so I made them several times in a relatively short period of time. Read more
Alfajores
Alfajores are the classic Argentinean sandwich cookies stuffed with dulce de luche and rolled into coconut flakes. Not only this combination of flavour is heavenly, but the cookies are extremely soft and tender, thanks to the cornstarch among the ingredients. Read more
Chocolate and lentil cake (gluten free)

If you are wondering if there is a mistake in the title of this post or, if I simply lost my mind, the answer is no to both your questions. This chocolate and lentil cake is something that I wanted to make for a long time; I was just waiting for the right moment to come. And so it happened on a Sunday of January, with a heavy snowstorm outside. Read more