DESSERTS

Food editorial on D di Repubblica (Feb 2nd, 2019)

Food editorial on D di Repubblica (Feb 2nd, 2019)

I cooked, styled and shot a food editorial for Italian newspaper La Repubblica‘s Saturday women’s magazine D di Repubblica out on Feb 2nd, 2019 (#1125).

Pineapple & ginger pudding {vegan + gluten free}

Pineapple & ginger pudding {vegan + gluten free}

(cliccate qui per la versione italiana) Happy Monday everyone! One day I had a pineapple. It wasn’t a great one, it was completely unripe and sad looking, so I sat it on the balcony to let it ripen. A week later it was still there […]

Fluffy chocolate muffins {vegan}

Fluffy chocolate muffins {vegan}

(cliccate qui per la versione italiana) Happy Monday friends! I don’t have much to say about these chocolate muffins except they are super simple, quick and fluffy AF!! I love adding (plant-based) yoghurt to batters because it makes everything moister and fluffier. This recipe yields […]

Sweet potato tart with coconut whipped cream {vegan + gluten free}

Sweet potato tart with coconut whipped cream {vegan + gluten free}

(cliccate qui per la versione italiana) Happy Monday! Sweet potatoes are not native to Italy and so naturally they are not part of our traditional diet. I can’t remember the first time I heard about them or tried one (maybe in 2012?) – embarrassing! But […]

Xmas panettone muffins {vegan}

Xmas panettone muffins {vegan}

 (cliccate qui per la versione italiana) Happy Monday, friends! It will be Christmas soon and, as every year, without fail, I tell myself I want to try and make a vegan Panettone (I hope all of you know what an Italian panettone is?! If not […]

Sweet potato cinnamon rolls with an orange glaze {vegan}

Sweet potato cinnamon rolls with an orange glaze {vegan}

(cliccate qui per la versione italiana) Happy Monday, friends! Who loves cinnamon rolls? No, actually – who doesn’t love cinnamon rolls?!?! I must admit that as much as I do, I’d never actually MADE one! Ever! It’s quite embarrassing. So here’s my perfected version, after […]

Perfectly fluffy chocolate and orange pancakes w/ chestnut spread {vegan}

Perfectly fluffy chocolate and orange pancakes w/ chestnut spread {vegan}

(cliccate qui per la versione italiana) Happy Monday! I don’t know you, but I’m not happy that it’s not warm outside anymore…at all. I mean, I’m not a fan of extreme heat, but I don’t love the cold either. I’m an easy person, see?! Haha! […]

Shortbread cookies filled with a chestnut and chocolate spread {vegan}

Shortbread cookies filled with a chestnut and chocolate spread {vegan}

(cliccate qui per la versione italiana) Happy Monday everyone! Here’s another first time for me: just like with the chestnut flour crêpes (see previous post), I love shortbread cookies but I’d never tried making them until a few months ago (I have another shortbread cookie […]

Chestnut flour crêpes  + hazelnut cacao spread {vegan + gluten free}

Chestnut flour crêpes + hazelnut cacao spread {vegan + gluten free}

(cliccate qui per la versione italiana) Happy Monday! Even though fall has technically been here for 3 weeks already, Italy is still quite warm so I haven’t really made anything fall-y yet until now. Here’s the first of a few recipes involving chestnuts, one of […]

Rice pudding tart {vegan}

Rice pudding tart {vegan}

(cliccate qui per la versione italiana) Happy Monday! Many of my friends who have known me for a long (looong) time know that I used to love store-bought rice pudding, the extra white kind that tastes like sugar, fake vanilla and that had a few […]