mocca oatmeal cake
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Oatmeal Cake with Chocolate Icing Recipe

Oatmeal Cake Oatmeal anytime! If you thought oatmeal was just breakfast, try oats in this fantastic oatmeal cake. Dessert doesn't get healthier than this! I adore everything oats The flavor, the texture, the ease of preparation, the…
Cornmeal Yogurt Blueberry Pancakes
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Cornmeal Yogurt Blueberry Pancakes

These blueberry pancakes have all the appeal of latkas, without the frying. This being Chanukkah, I trust we have plenty of chances to eat more than our fair shares of latkas: You will love my latkas recipe, complete with all tips on frying…
Orange Poppy Seed Cake
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Orange Poppy Seed Cake Recipe

Orange Poppy Seed Cake is amazing: It is fairly bursting with poppy seeds and fragrant with orange zest. Moreover, it soaks up the orange syrup and takes on a lovely glazed sheen. A win-win! It is my daughter-in -law Elisheva's favorite…
Zabaglione
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Vegan Mock Zabaglione Recipe

Zabaglione is great, but can err on the rich side! I haven't had the authentic Zablaglione, the luscious Italian whipped egg-yolk-sugar-and-port cream classic dessert, since one day I got sick from -and ashamed of- splurging on it. But even…
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MilleFeuille with Mock Zabaglione and Berries Recipe

Millefeuille is the easiest dessert ever, and so much fun, and delicious! MilleFeuille is a fun name that literally means a thousand leaves in French, because the puff pastry separates into lots of paper-thin sheets during baking. You can make…
caramel sauce
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Homemade Caramel Sauce Recipe

Caramel Sauce It is delicious everywhere. It’s vegan, so I really mean everywhere. Over ice cream, pound cake, bread puddings, pies etc... You will love the silky texture, deep color and rich flavor of caramel sauce. At a very low labor…
lemon curd
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Lemon Curd Recipe. Lemon Bars Recipe

Lemon curd is pure lemon seduction: Once you have lemon curd, lemon bars are a little step away! I love to make these, not only because they are outrageous, but also because they are so low maintenance. Lemon non-lovers need not apply! but…
plum tart
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Plum Tart Recipe. Apple Tart Variation

For this beautiful plum tart, I have my mother to thank. She provided the inspiration. Another wonderful thing is, my plum tart wears another hat: its close cousin, Apple tart: one and the same recipe. When it comes to baking (and cooking)…
marble cake
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Marble Cake Chocolate Jasmine Recipe

This marble cake is the ultimate! If you haven't made a chocolate-jasmine match yet, it's long overdue! Check out my Roast Turkey Chocolate Jasmine Sauce Submit to the seduction of chocolate and jasmine! Jasmine tea is easy to find and adds…
chocolate bark
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Chocolate Bark Recipe. All Variations

Chocolate Bark is ridiculously simple to make. It is the perfect hipster grub, and makes the perfect gift (save some for yourself, will you?) Now that you know the secret, go ahead and scroll down, and play with all variations of chocolate…
Meringues
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Meringues Recipe with All Variations

Meringues are pure nostalgia food to me. They are to me what madeleines are to Proust. We bought them at street corners after school. Seriously! Not so-distant cousins of the beloved French Macarons, meringues are ethereally light and fragrant.…
Tiramisu
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Tiramisu Recipe. Dairy-Free or Dairy

Tiramisu That’s affectionate Italian for “pick-me-up” That's probably because tiramisu puts together three of our favorite intense robust flavors: rum, chocolate and coffee (please don’t try to substitute anything else for any…