My Favourite Orange Walnut Cake

Best enjoyed with a cup of coffee or aromatic tea, this is one of my much-loved cakes and has certainly won the recognition throughout the years as becoming the distinctively characteristic, “Moi” cake. You can substitute walnuts for pecan nuts without risking the recipe’s gorgeousness. My Favourite Orange Walnut Cake Ingredients: 230 g butter, unsalted 2 cups white sugar…

Greek Easter cookies

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Greek Easter Cookies In Greek households, it is a lovely tradition to bake these cookies while waiting for Easter. People give them as gifts and eat them for breakfast or afternoon tea. Few cookies are better dunked in coffee. Greek easter Cookies Ingredients: 1.200 g all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 500 g fresh butter 500 g sugar 3 oranges, zest 2 teaspoons vanilla extract ¼ teaspoon…

Fanouropita – St Fanourios’ Cake

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Shared Blessing For the Orthodox Greeks, the Fanouropita is the cake of a saint who reveals things, Saint Fanourios helps people find lost items; he also helps unmarried women… to find love! “Faith and a strong wish” are the key ingredients for its success. Other than that, the typical recipe strictly includes 7 or 9…

Tahini Dressing with Orange

Tahini Dressing with Orange

Tahini Dressing with Orange Ingredients 2 tablespoons tahini 2 tablespoons tamari 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely grated 1 orange, zest and juice 1 tablespoon olive oil freshly ground pepper, to taste Method 1. Put all the ingredients in a small jar. Cover with a lid and shake well to mix. Season…

Raw Granola Bars with Dried Fruit and Nuts

Raw Granola Bars with Dried Fruit and Nuts

Go with grains… Home made Granola has been a happy- hippie solution to the quick breakfast or on-the-go snack. What’s better than a no-bake granola bar? One that has zero junk, preservatives, chemicals or suspicious dyes. Just dates, oats, prunes or dates, honey, and nuts (any kind you want!) make up these tender, chewy beauties….