by Rena Cook | Mar 11, 2013 | Sweets, Vegetarian
This jam pie is very light and tasty. It is very versatile and for the filling you can use any jam you like. For this pie I used home-made apricot and strawberry jam. If you use homemade jam, it will not be terribly sweet, because you can control the addition of the...
by Rena Cook | Dec 31, 2012 | Sweets
This is another version for the New Year’s Cake. There are so many versions and I think that each cook has her/his favorite recipe. Well, as long as it is tasty and there is a coin hidden inside the cake, it is a Vasilopita, and if you really like it you can make it...
by Rena Cook | Dec 31, 2012 | Sweets
These wonderful Christmas cookies have been given a facelift, and all the sweet goodness is wrapped in chocolate. The recipe is a little different from the one I gave you last year, so you can decide which one you like best. The cookies can be eaten without the...
by Rena Cook | Dec 24, 2012 | Sweets
It is a beautiful, fruity and nutty but light cake. Although it is supposed to be a Christmas cake, we all love it so much that I make it quite often. I make a large pan, and when it cools down I cut it into squares. I wrap two squares in cling film and keep them in...
by Rena Cook | Jul 23, 2012 | Sweets
If you like walnuts and chocolate, look no further. It is a rather decadent and flavorful cake full of walnuts and chocolate with brandy for aroma and flavor together with cinnamon and cloves bathed in syrup. It is easy to make and easier still to eat. ...
