Tag: dessert

Canada Day Muffins!

Posted on by Jasmina Brozović

Happy Canada Day!

What is the #1 thing that comes up in your head when someone mentions Canada? Probably maple (or thank you) 🙂
Our first Canada Day celebration was all about maple (and thank yous).

These muffins were supposed to be cupcakes with maple butter-cream, but some things are just not meant to be. It was like someone was telling us “summer’s here, your summer body is not ready” 😉

The muffins were awesome! Zvonimir ate a couple while shooting this photo 😀 You’re lucky we had some left to show you.
(Z’s note: there was plenty to shoot and that’s where I get inspiration :P)

Fruit Nut Muffin

Fruit Nut Muffins

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chopped dates
  • 1⁄2 cup cranberries
  • 1 cup water
  • 1⁄2 cup butter, cut in pieces
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 teaspoons golden yellow sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Instructions

In a saucepan over medium high heat, combine water, dates, cranberries, nuts and sugar.
Boil for 5 minutes until water absorbs and remove from heat.
Add chopped up butter and stir till butter is melted.
Transfer to large bowl and let cool.
Set oven to 170 °C (350 °F).
Grease and flour muffin cups or use paper liner.
Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir together flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder.
Spoon into muffin cups 2/3 to 3/4 full.
Bake in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Maple! Thank you!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles

Posted on by Jasmina Brozović

When in Rome, ups, Canada, do as Canadians do 😀

Peanut butter is one of the “must eat” ingredients when you come on this side of the world. You fall in love with it over a period of time, but when you eventually do, you make the best of it!

This is one of those ways 🙂

Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles

Ingredients

  • 130 g (1 cup) confectioners’ sugar
  • 70 g (⅓ cup + 1 tablespoon) creamy peanut butter
  • 60 g (2 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 2 1/2 ml (½ teaspoon) vanilla extract
  • 360 g (2 cups semisweet/bittersweet) chocolate chips or dark chocolate
  • 40 g (¼ cup) roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped

Preparation

In the bowl with an electric mixer mix the sugar, peanut butter, cream cheese and vanilla together on medium speed until combined.

Shape mixture into balls. Place on baking sheet lined with wax paper. Cover loosely, transfer the pan to the freezer and chill for 30 minutes.

When ready to dip the truffles, melt the chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water. Dip each chilled truffle, one at a time, coating in chocolate and shaking gently to remove the excess. (If at any point during dipping, the dough balls become too soft, return to the freezer to chill for 15 minutes.) Transfer to a wax-paper lined surface. Sprinkle peanuts on top of each truffle quickly after dipping each truffle before the chocolate sets.

Once all the truffles have been dipped, store them in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Coconut Squares

Posted on by Jasmina Brozović

This birthday I was in a coconut mood. I didn’t even make a round cake 😀
But, I wasn’t sorry. These squares are moist and creamy, full of coconut flavor.

I enjoyed every bite :))

Chocolate Coconut Squares

Ingredients:

Cake:

  • 6 eggs
  • 70 g (6 tablespoons) sugar
  • 45 ml (3 tablespoons) oil
  • 20 g (3 tablespoons) cocoa
  • 30 g (5 tablespoons) flour
  • 10 g (2 1/2 teaspoons) baking powder

Cream:

  • 1 litre (4 1/2 cups) of milk
  • 100 g (8 tablespoons) sugar
  • 200 g (2 1/2 cups) shredded coconut
  • 30 g (15 teaspoons) flour
  • 50 g (10 teaspoons) butter

Glaze:

  • 100 g (1/2 cup) dark chocolate
  • 50 g (10 teaspoons) butter

Preparation:

Beat eggs and sugar until the mixture is foamy, stir in 3 tablespoons of oil, cocoa, flour and baking powder.
The resulting mixture pour into a pre-greased and floured pan and bake at 170 °C for 20 min.

While the cake is baking, cook coconut with milk and sugar. When the milk boils add flour and cook over low heat stirring constantly until the flour thickens. In the warm cream mix add butter and stir until dissolved. Still warm cream pour over the cake. Cool off.

Melt chocolate over steam, add butter and stir until dissolved. Pour over cake and let it cool off. The cooled cake cut into squares.

Enjoy 🙂