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Madeleines

by Simone (junglefrog) on February 17, 2011 · 21 comments

in Desserts & other sweets, Food and Drink, Recipes

It’s funny how you can be intrigued by something as soon as you see it and madeleines, that small cake like cookie (or is it a cookielike cake??) were just the thing I was dying to make. I can’t even remember where I first saw it to be honest. It had been simmering in the [...]

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Lavender macarons

by Simone (junglefrog) on December 9, 2009 · 38 comments

in Challenges, Desserts & other sweets, Food and Drink, Macattack, Recipes

Macarons

My last failed attempt at making macarons has been a while ago and was for the Daring Bakers in october. So when Jamie and Deeba started their MacAttack I could not stay behind! My goal, obviously, to finally produce a decent batch of macarons. One that I would be able to serve to other people [...]

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Oatmeal raisin cookies

Just a few days ago I stumbled upon the website of Sweet and Simple Bakes where I read about their monthly baking challenge. Now I love challenges as it gives me a reason to bake something that I maybe otherwise wouldn’t have attempted to do and this particular challenge brought back fond memories of the [...]

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