Maman Piment

Sometimes, my quest 🔎 to save the ingredients that have spent an eternity in my pantry gives birth to the most wonderful creations 🪄. This Carrot Cake 🥕 is the easiest and absolute most delicious you will ever try 🤤. It is adapted as a traybake, but can be made into a layered cake 🎂 (by doubling the quantities for the cake batter) and making a whole lot more frosting (my guess is 3 times more). Enough talking 🙊, swipe right for the recipe 👉🏻 and get baking, you won’t regret it!

Sometimes, my quest 🔎 to save the ingredients that have spent an eternity in my pantry gives birth to the most wonderful creations 🪄. This Carrot Cake 🥕 is the easiest and absolute most delicious you will ever try 🤤. It is adapted as a traybake, but can be made into a layered cake 🎂 (by doubling the quantities for the cake batter) and making a whole lot more frosting (my guess is 3 times more). Enough talking 🙊, swipe right for the recipe 👉🏻 and get baking, you won’t regret it!

There was a sad block of tofu in my fridge 🧀, so I decided to try my luck at making Vegan Spring Rolls 🥬, especially because I love ordering them from Asian restaurants. These are quite quick to make, once you get over the painstaking process of cutting everything thinly 🔪, which I have zero patience to do. Use a mandolin slicer if you are any bit like myself and want to make your life easy. The dipping sauce 🥜 is as easy as mixing all of the ingredients in a bowl 🍜 (which is why no explicit recipe is provided). The spring rolls can go just as well with a sweet and sour sauce or a tamarind sauce 🤤. Curious? Swipe right 👉🏻 for the recipe, and enjoy!

There was a sad block of tofu in my fridge 🧀, so I decided to try my luck at making Vegan Spring Rolls 🥬, especially because I love ordering them from Asian restaurants. These are quite quick to make, once you get over the painstaking process of cutting everything thinly 🔪, which I have zero patience to do. Use a mandolin slicer if you are any bit like myself and want to make your life easy. The dipping sauce 🥜 is as easy as mixing all of the ingredients in a bowl 🍜 (which is why no explicit recipe is provided). The spring rolls can go just as well with a sweet and sour sauce or a tamarind sauce 🤤. Curious? Swipe right 👉🏻 for the recipe, and enjoy!

Today’s recipe is dedicated to my beautiful .m.surdu and her love for Masala Chai 🍵. Each time I make this, I feel the hug 🤗 of every single God of Ayurveda. I am instantly transported to a space of cosiness 🛋️ and comfort, where my spirit is replenished 🔋 with the flavour of all the spices that make this tea an absolute delight 🤤. I generally freestyle this recipe, based on my mood: sometimes it is milder; sometimes it has more of a kick 🥊. However, the basic principles can be found in the recipe, one right swipe away 👉🏻.

Today’s recipe is dedicated to my beautiful .m.surdu and her love for Masala Chai 🍵. Each time I make this, I feel the hug 🤗 of every single God of Ayurveda. I am instantly transported to a space of cosiness 🛋️ and comfort, where my spirit is replenished 🔋 with the flavour of all the spices that make this tea an absolute delight 🤤. I generally freestyle this recipe, based on my mood: sometimes it is milder; sometimes it has more of a kick 🥊. However, the basic principles can be found in the recipe, one right swipe away 👉🏻.

Since the start of the year 📆, not much has been happening in my kitchen 🍽️. That, until asked me to make her birthday cake 🎂. Thus, this Salted Caramel Speculoos Cheesecake (inspired from my Upside Down Apple Cake) was born 🎁. And while I may not have tasted it, I heard it got rave reviews 🎉 and instantly vanished from the table. Which is why I confidently invite you to try it out 👩🏻‍🍳. The cheesecake is fool proof, absolutely delightful 🍰 and can be customised with the cookie base and topping of your choice. So, swipe right for recipe 👉🏻 and enjoy perfection!

Since the start of the year 📆, not much has been happening in my kitchen 🍽️. That, until asked me to make her birthday cake 🎂. Thus, this Salted Caramel Speculoos Cheesecake (inspired from my Upside Down Apple Cake) was born 🎁. And while I may not have tasted it, I heard it got rave reviews 🎉 and instantly vanished from the table. Which is why I confidently invite you to try it out 👩🏻‍🍳. The cheesecake is fool proof, absolutely delightful 🍰 and can be customised with the cookie base and topping of your choice. So, swipe right for recipe 👉🏻 and enjoy perfection!

Since the start of the year 📆, not much has been happening in my kitchen 🍽️. That, until asked me to make her birthday cake 🎂. Thus, this Salted Caramel Speculoos Cheesecake (inspired from my Upside Down Apple Cake) was born 🎁. And while I may not have tasted it, I heard it got rave reviews 🎉 and instantly vanished from the table. Which is why I confidently invite you to try it out 👩🏻‍🍳. The cheesecake is fool proof, absolutely delightful 🍰 and can be customised with the cookie base and topping of your choice. So, swipe right for recipe 👉🏻 and enjoy perfection!

I have had this recipe pending since back when pumpkin 🎃 was still a thing (a month ago, during Thanksgiving season), but I was persistently unhappy with image processing and framing and I kept finding flaws in my work 👎🏻. And then I remembered that, when I taste-tested these Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats, I enjoyed them so much that I emptied the whole thing 🥄, completely forgetting that I needed to snap some photos of the final product 📷. So really, looks are of little importance and it’s what’s inside that counts ❣️. Which is why I leave you with this recipe 📝 as we wrap the year, and look forward to bringing you more yumminess in 2022 🥙. Taste life to the fullest, darlings! 🍎

I have had this recipe pending since back when pumpkin 🎃 was still a thing (a month ago, during Thanksgiving season), but I was persistently unhappy with image processing and framing and I kept finding flaws in my work 👎🏻. And then I remembered that, when I taste-tested these Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats, I enjoyed them so much that I emptied the whole thing 🥄, completely forgetting that I needed to snap some photos of the final product 📷. So really, looks are of little importance and it’s what’s inside that counts ❣️. Which is why I leave you with this recipe 📝 as we wrap the year, and look forward to bringing you more yumminess in 2022 🥙. Taste life to the fullest, darlings! 🍎

A few weeks ago,
discovered Raspberry Raffaello .deutschland. She loves raspberries and coconut 🥥, so those two flavours together meant instant love 😍. Which is what inspired her birthday cake 🎂. Drawing from the mastery of and her many fabulous mousse cake recipes 📝, I played with my food and freestyled as I went.
Lessons learned: 1. Almond Sponge Cake is delicious and as fluffy as a cloud ☁️, but deflates dramatically after cooling down. If you want to play safe, bake your cake in a 24 cm spring form pan (use half a measure more of the quantities) and set it into a 22 cm pan when assembling the cake 🍰. You can toss in a handful of almond flakes for some extra body (that’s what I would do next time).
2. While puffed rice white chocolate 🍫 may be delicious, making a chocolate mousse alternative turns into a mushy mess (don’t try it at home! 🙅🏻). Use candied almonds for your crunch factor instead.
With that, I present you a Raspberry Raffaello Mousse Cake, the recipe of which is one swipe away 👉🏻. Welcome to my plate!

A few weeks ago,
discovered Raspberry Raffaello .deutschland. She loves raspberries and coconut 🥥, so those two flavours together meant instant love 😍. Which is what inspired her birthday cake 🎂. Drawing from the mastery of and her many fabulous mousse cake recipes 📝, I played with my food and freestyled as I went.
Lessons learned: 1. Almond Sponge Cake is delicious and as fluffy as a cloud ☁️, but deflates dramatically after cooling down. If you want to play safe, bake your cake in a 24 cm spring form pan (use half a measure more of the quantities) and set it into a 22 cm pan when assembling the cake 🍰. You can toss in a handful of almond flakes for some extra body (that’s what I would do next time).
2. While puffed rice white chocolate 🍫 may be delicious, making a chocolate mousse alternative turns into a mushy mess (don’t try it at home! 🙅🏻). Use candied almonds for your crunch factor instead.
With that, I present you a Raspberry Raffaello Mousse Cake, the recipe of which is one swipe away 👉🏻. Welcome to my plate!

I am far from being a fan of soup🥣, which explains why I cook them so rarely. I do have a few favourites though ⭐, which happen to go perfectly with moody weather. And nothing says winter like pumpkin 🎃 and earthy spices. Which is why this Curried Coconut Pumpkin Soup is the perfect treat on cold days 🥶.To enjoy a nice bowl of soup in the comfort of your own home, swipe for the recipe and enjoy 👉🏻. Welcome to my plate!

I am far from being a fan of soup🥣, which explains why I cook them so rarely. I do have a few favourites though ⭐, which happen to go perfectly with moody weather. And nothing says winter like pumpkin 🎃 and earthy spices. Which is why this Curried Coconut Pumpkin Soup is the perfect treat on cold days 🥶.To enjoy a nice bowl of soup in the comfort of your own home, swipe for the recipe and enjoy 👉🏻. Welcome to my plate!

I am far from being a fan of soup🥣, which explains why I cook them so rarely. I do have a few favourites though ⭐, which happen to go perfectly with moody weather. And nothing says winter like pumpkin 🎃 and earthy spices. Which is why this Curried Coconut Pumpkin Soup is the perfect treat on cold days 🥶.
To enjoy a nice bowl of soup in the comfort of your own home, swipe for the recipe and enjoy 👉🏻. Welcome to my plate!

Yesterday evening, told me that the Pumpkin Pie Bars 🎃 I whipped up for the KEYS workshop were the first to go and everybody loved them (Yay! 👏🏻). That is good enough a reason to share this lovely, wintery 🧣, comfort-filled recipe. As listed below, the recipe makes for a pumpkin pie 🥧, which I adapted in order to get the individual serving format, by using double the amount of crust to 1 ½ amount of filling. The ratios for the filling are 225 g of roasted pumpkin to 100 ml of dairy 🥛 (cream or milk), one large egg 🥚 and ⅓ cup of sugar. Swipe for the recipe and enjoy 👉🏻. Welcome to my plate!

Yesterday evening, told me that the Pumpkin Pie Bars 🎃 I whipped up for the KEYS workshop were the first to go and everybody loved them (Yay! 👏🏻). That is good enough a reason to share this lovely, wintery 🧣, comfort-filled recipe. As listed below, the recipe makes for a pumpkin pie 🥧, which I adapted in order to get the individual serving format, by using double the amount of crust to 1 ½ amount of filling. The ratios for the filling are 225 g of roasted pumpkin to 100 ml of dairy 🥛 (cream or milk), one large egg 🥚 and ⅓ cup of sugar. Swipe for the recipe and enjoy 👉🏻. Welcome to my plate!

I have deliberately let a beautiful bunch of organic, fair-trade bananas 🍌 lie around for about 2 weeks, in order to get them nice and ready for this simple and flavourful Coconut Banana Bread 🍞, sprinkled liberally with coconut flakes 🥥. You can have a taste of it tomorrow 🕓, during the 2nd edition of KEYS - unlock your potential 🔑, the meeting spot of creation, imagination and art. Or you can make it yourself 👩🏼‍🍳, by swiping for recipe 👉🏻. Welcome to my plate!

I have deliberately let a beautiful bunch of organic, fair-trade bananas 🍌 lie around for about 2 weeks, in order to get them nice and ready for this simple and flavourful Coconut Banana Bread 🍞, sprinkled liberally with coconut flakes 🥥. You can have a taste of it tomorrow 🕓, during the 2nd edition of KEYS - unlock your potential 🔑, the meeting spot of creation, imagination and art. Or you can make it yourself 👩🏼‍🍳, by swiping for recipe 👉🏻. Welcome to my plate!

I have had a recipe for "Pecan Atole" saved in my phone notes for more than a year 📅, but had not tried it. Sunday afternoon and the bunch of walnuts 🥜 laying around the pantry served as the perfect excuse to start playing with my food 🎨. While doing my bit of background research, I realised that "atole" is a Mexican corn-based warm beverage 🌽, therefore, in the absence of corn this drink would be something else. But the English language seems to fall short on words 📚 describing hot, thick, decadent, porridge-like drinks. Which is why I settled for the generic "milkshake"🥛 to describe one of the most satisfying flavour experiences. Truth be told, this would probably be just as yummy served cold 🧊, but warming it up brings it to a whole new level. And since winter is coming ❄️, I invite you to swipe for the recipe 👉🏻 and enjoy. Welcome to my ... cup 🍵?

I have had a recipe for "Pecan Atole" saved in my phone notes for more than a year 📅, but had not tried it. Sunday afternoon and the bunch of walnuts 🥜 laying around the pantry served as the perfect excuse to start playing with my food 🎨. While doing my bit of background research, I realised that "atole" is a Mexican corn-based warm beverage 🌽, therefore, in the absence of corn this drink would be something else. But the English language seems to fall short on words 📚 describing hot, thick, decadent, porridge-like drinks. Which is why I settled for the generic "milkshake"🥛 to describe one of the most satisfying flavour experiences. Truth be told, this would probably be just as yummy served cold 🧊, but warming it up brings it to a whole new level. And since winter is coming ❄️, I invite you to swipe for the recipe 👉🏻 and enjoy. Welcome to my ... cup 🍵?