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Cream puffs
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Cream puffs

When I make choux à la crème, everyone in the house usually gathers quickly in the kitchen, especially when I start filling them with cream. The recipe isn't complicated, and I've never had issues...

Chocolate truffles cookies
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Chocolate truffles cookies

The first time I made these cracked chocolate cookies, I was surprised at how much they resembled truffles. I've ended up making them several times, usually when I have leftover chocolate that needs...

Chocolate Christmas Trees
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Chocolate Christmas Trees

I made these chocolate cookies on a Sunday after I found some partially used butter and a few tablespoons of cocoa forgotten in a jar in the fridge. I wasn't in the mood for anything complicated, but...

Cake for puppies
Dessert

Cake for puppies

I arrived on the morning of the dog's birthday without any plan for a cake. I quickly went through stores, found nothing suitable, and online delivery wasn't an option. I looked at what I had at home...

Chocolate tart
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Chocolate tart

I made this chocolate tart on a day when I had some very ripe oranges on the counter, and I didn't want to let them go to waste. It was one of those days when you feel like making something a bit...

Mini cheese pastries
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Mini cheese pastries

A few times a year, I make cheese and raisin pastries when I have leftover cottage cheese in the fridge. In the Dobrogea region, where my grandparents often cooked, these pastries appear at festive...

Semolina pudding with milk
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Semolina pudding with milk

On some mornings, especially when I'm in the mood for something simple, I make semolina pudding with milk. I don't complicate things at all. I put a pot on the stove, take the milk out of the fridge,...

Nut cream cake
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Nut cream cake

I made this cake for a friend's birthday. I wanted something more homemade, with walnut and coffee cream, without too many decorations. The base is simple, it doesn't need many eggs and doesn't have...

Dome with vanilla cream
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Dome with vanilla cream

I have made this dome with vanilla cream several times, most often for special occasions or when I need something refreshing, with a pudding-like texture and a thin base. It's not very complicated,...