Dessert - Bread Sponge Roll-Pie

Hello little Artists!

Now I bring you a very simple dough that will give many different recipes: Bread Sponge cake (hope I got it right, if not, please, someone correct me). This dough can be used in stuffed pies, simple cakes, birthday cakes and many other things!
This one was the dough for a roll pie, but later I will explain how to make a birthday cake.

Therefore, we will need:

• 150g of sugar;
• 6 eggs;
• 100g flour;
• lemon zest;
• a bowl of any cream stuff the pie.

- Start by separating the yolks from the whites;
- Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until you get a pale and fluffy cream;
- Beat the egg whites until the get firm, and add to the yolks, involving well (in this kind of dough, the better you mix before and after adding something new, softer it will get when cooked);
- Add the lemon zest as much as you like (only put one or two scrapes to give a little taste);
- Add the flour, sifting it, involving quite well and adding the flour slowly (haste is the enemy of a good cook)
- Meanwhile grease a rectangular cake pan with butter, line with parchment paper and grease it again with vegetable margarine;
- Pour the mixture into the pan and bake it at 250 º C. Do not preheat the oven! A good way to bake the sponge cake we are doing is to do it evenly as the oven heats. So bake slowly.  8 or 9 in minutes usually is enough to bake! To be sure, stick a toothpick in different areas of the cake. If out clean, it's ready, if raw but the top is tawny, cover with aluminum foil.
- After cooked, remove it from the oven, spread a cloth on a table and sprinkle with granulated sugar. Turn up the pan of the cloth, remove it and then the paper.
- With the help of a spatula, cover the cake with fruit jelly as you choose from; '
- With the help of the cloth, go rolling the pie without fear of squeezing, pulling the cloth to go shaping the pie.
- Cut the ends of the pie and that's it, we have our pie!

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Dessert - Orange Mini Cheesecakes

Hello Artists!

I'll bring now a really tasty candy, with few ingredients, it makes an astronomical amount of dessert (with this recipe could make 26 mini cheesecakes)! The only drawback is the amount of time you can spent on bake them in a water bath. But lets go to the recipe!
You'll need:

• 500g of sugar;
• 180g flour;
• 80g butter;
• 800 ml of milk;
• 6 eggs;
• zest of 2 oranges;
• 1 cinnamon stick;

- We start by boiling the milk with the orange zest and cinnamon stick;
- In a bowl mix the drys (flour and sugar) and eliminate the lumps that may exist;
- Add the eggs and mix thoroughly. Then add the melted butter (the microwave is a good choice to melt it) and the milk (without the cinnamon stick and the orange zest);
- Grease small cheesecake forms with vegetable margarine and sprinkle with flour;
- Fill the cups with the moisture and bake in a water bath (I put in my oven at 250 º C for 30min) and go watching until they golden. When you think they are cooked, poke with a toothpick, if comes out clean, the cooking is complete;
- Remove the forms from the water bath and let cool slightly until the cheesecakes cast down (but unmold warm is easier);
- Remove them from the cups with the aid of a knife to separate the edges and place the cheesecake in paper cups.

Simple recipe, but it takes a lot of work to grease the forms and so many bake cheesecakes, but in the end, believe me it pays off!

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Dessert - Cream Pudding

Hello little Artists!

Now I bring you a small sin not to eat often (cholesterol is in charge). But, as they say, "Forgive the bad that makes the good it taste."
This Pudding is a very easy to make and it's a different dessert and quite tasty.
We just need:

• 1 L of cream;
• 250 g of sugar;
• 6 leaf gelatin (I always put one or two red ones to give some color);
• 1 dl of water;

- Start by breaking the leaves (just in half) and put them in a small saucepan along with 1 dl of water. Let stand;
- Meanwhile mix 1 L of cream until mixture is consistent;
- Add 250g sugar gradually, continuing to stir the cream;
- Keep the cream in the fridge for a while (helps keep the cream soft);
- Take the gelatin and water on the stove to dissolve them;
- Pour the liquid in the cream (remember that you always pour the most liquid cream on the most thicker) and stir well;
- Pour the mixture into a form for pudding and refrigerate for 6 hours;
- Remove the Pudding from the pan and garnish as you wish (you can use a syrup or fruit puree on top, is very good)

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Dessert - Berliners

Hello Artists!
Berliners is a cake that I always liked and had the curiosity of make them myself. Thus, as in almost all sweets and dishes that do, I researched several recipes and made one of my own, based on what I found.
I made some mistakes, but that's what trying is all about: it was bad, try to be better next time.
Here is what you'll need:

• 500g flour
• 30g Baker's Yeast
• 150g of sugar
• 200ml milk
• 120g butter
• Zest of Lemon / Orange
• 3 eggs
• Salt qs

- Start by dissolving the salt and yeast in warm milk (no need to boil it is better to discard the yeast with the hand so you have to hold the temperature of milk);
- In a bowl mix the flour with the sugar and lemon's zest (or orange one);
- Make a hole in flour and add the milk slowly, stirring constantly with the hand;
- Add the eggs, stirring constantly;
- Once thoroughly mixed the dough, add the melted butter;
- Knead everything well enough to give mass to shape (if it is too watery, go adding flour gradually until you can shape the dough, without it getting too rigid);
- Once kneaded, let the dough rest in the bowl, covering with a cloth and a blanket for half an hour, to grow;

While waiting for the dough, make one portion of "Egg's Jam" (I'm really sorry, I don't know how to call this) to fill the Berliners.

- After growing, stretch the dough on a table or countertop dusted with flour with the aid of a roller, leaving it with about 0.5 to 1 cm thick;
- With the aid of a glass or large cup (the size of the cut will be the size of the Berliners); cut the dough, kneading and stretching the remain over and over again, repeating the procedure until you've used all the dough;
- Let the slices rest a little in order to grow a bit more;
- Fry the slices in hot oil (not too much to be able to fry evenly balls) until they reach the color you want (at this stage the slices should swell forming the balls.) Turn the balls systematically in order to fry both sides;
- Remove from oil and drain on kitchen paper;
- Once cool, sprinkle with sugar (and cinnamon if you like) and with the help of a scissor, open the Berliners and fill with the egg jam.

Hope you like them as much as I did.
Give me your feedback when you try it!

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Creams - "Egg jam"

Hello little Artists
First of all, I'm really sorry if I make any mistake with English. It isn't my first language and there are some words that I don't know how to translate. Most of them will be in quotes.

So, this is a kind of filling for cakes, as well as a topping. We use it a lot in Portugal.
The recipe is really easy and it don't take a lot of eggs, like some of the recipes I've found (one thing you must learn of me is that I never fully copy a recipe. I search for dozens and then, make one of my own).

For this one we'll need:

• 4 yolks;
• 4 eggs;
• 250g of sugar;
• water qs

- Start with putting the sugar in a small saucepan and cover it with water, leading to the fire;
- Separate the yolks from the whites (you can use these in candy that need only whites) and put them in a medium saucepan;

- Mix the yolks with the eggs, but gently;
- Let the syrup boil for one minute, stirring occasionally to prevent burning, then removing from the heat and let it cool for a few moments, but not completly;
- Add the syrup to the eggs (must be in this order), slowly, stirring well so the eggs don't start to cook;
- Bring to boil, to thicken, stirring always so it wont burn;
- If you don't get a soft cream, mash it with an immersion blender.


And with this, you have a delicious cream that you can use in cakes, cookies or any other dessert you like.

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The Beginning

Hello little Artists!
I've started this Blog so I could share one of the things that make me really happy (at least when it works) and that is cooking!
A lot of people think that cooking is really complicated or that they will never be able to impress anyone with their cooking. Well, I believe that anyone can learn to cook and be an excelent cook, able to amaze one or two people, now and then. I can't promise that I'll publish recipes everyday, but I'll do my best to bring new recipes, good ones and most of all, easy ones! Then you'll impress your friends and family, and I'll keep secret when they ask "How did you do this? It's so good!".
More than recipes, I'll try to provide some tips to make it easier and fun!

Stand by and dig in your pans for some fun!

Good Cooking Adventures!