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Chocolate and Salted Caramel Cake

Wednesday 7 Nov 2012 | 1 Comment
Filed under: food photography, General, Sweets Tags: caramel, chocolate

By: Deanna Linder Danya and I have worked together on several productions for the Israeli culinary magazine, Al Hashulchan, but when they asked us to do an article that would feature us as Matkonation, we were thrilled and honored. The assignment was to shoot and style an article for the November (chocolate) issue. The concept was four baking blogs, each featuring their most delicious recipe for a chocolate cake. Danya let me run wild with my more American style of cake, a layered one, while she balanced it out with the idea of salted caramel. The shoot ended up being a fun day of meeting (or re-meeting) some of Israel’s most talented bloggers (all in Hebrew): Chen from Metukim Sheli, Natalie from Oogio.net and Inbal from the Cookie Fairy. A big thanks to Inbal from Mom & Me Homemade for the beautiful aprons I used to style the ladies for the shoot. We think that the combination of chocolate and salted caramel goes perfect with this cake. The salted caramel balances out...
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Mint Chocolate Brownies

Wednesday 23 May 2012 | 4 Comments
Filed under: Sweets Tags: brownies, chocolate, mint

By: Danya Weiner Disclosure #1: This recipe is an atypical version of the most typical dessert. Ok, continue… For some odd reason, the (may I saw) amazing combo of mint-chocolate hasn’t become a big hit in Israel. Personally I love the blend, and almost always have a bar of Lindt (Swiss) Mint (70% cacao) on hand (hidden), for those (many) times when I’m craving something bitter-sweet. A few weeks ago we were invited by friends to a dinner party and I offered to bring dessert. I have a sure-fire recipe for brownies, which I decided I was going to make. The recipe, which belongs to a colleague of mine, Michal Moses, produces the most delicious almost black, rich, bitter-sweet cake. When I got down to making the cake, I realized that I was out of regular dark chocolate, and with two small kids at home, a trip to the market was not in my destiny. There was no other choice than to take my mint chocolate out of hiding. *Disclosure #2- I have a thing for making classic recipes with a...
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Halva and Chocolate Cake

Thursday 22 Dec 2011 | No Comments
Filed under: Breakfast, Sweets Tags: chocolate, halva, yeast

By: Deanna Linder In the opening sequence of one of my favorite movies, Amelie, there is a sequence which portrays the main character’s (Amelie) likes and dislikes in a very sensory fashion. One of her likes, dipping her hand into a sack of dried beans, is depicted in such a way that you can almost feel the feeling yourself. One of my likes, in Amelie fashion, is getting home from the supermarket, opening up and smelling a package of fresh yeast. It’s a bit odd, I know, but I love the smell of fresh yeast. What is even better is the smell of a house after baking with fresh yeast-and this cake does the job beautifully. A yeast cake may sound a bit difficult, but it’s really easy to make. The filling I used here contains halva spread, which can be found in Middle Eastern markets or online here. You can swap the filling halva spread, halva and chocolate with a variety of substitutions: -melted butter, cinnamon and sugar -nutella and ground almonds -melted chocolate (any kind of...
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Seriously Dark Chocolate Pancakes

Wednesday 27 Jul 2011 | 1 Comment
Filed under: Breakfast, Sweets Tags: chocolate, pancakes, powdered sugar

By: Deanna Linder “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans”- John Lennon, Beautiful Boy. Being a cook (with a fully stocked kitchen) and being pregnant was a bad combination. When a craving came on, I could whip it up in a second. I was generally into the heavy on the carb dishes and homemade pizza was at least a weekly menu item. There were also the fudge brownies and the fresh pastas. I thought for sure this kid would come out a foodie just like his mom. Fast forward and the kid is now six months. Time to start feeding him real food and I’m fully motivated to pull out my cooking skills and make this kid the tastiest homemade baby meals. Like John Lennon said, apparently the kid had other plans for me. He has no interest in my homemade cream of wheat with organic tahini and fresh fruit and not the least bit excited over my vegetable- rich chicken soup. Even the amazing summer Israel fruits, like melon and watermelon, don’t bring a smile to his face. This is...
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The Best Chocolate Cake (Gluten Free)

Tuesday 26 Apr 2011 | 2 Comments
Filed under: Sweets Tags: chocolate, gluten free, ground almonds

By: Danya Weiner I’ve always said that I prefer a “white” dessert over a “brown” one: Pana cotta, crème Brule, malabi and vanilla ice cream will always beat a chocolate soufflé or a tricolor chocolate cake. Since I received my English chocolate cookbook (which I told you about in the chocolate roulade post), I have rediscovered my love for the brown stuff, aka, chocolate. My staple banana bread cake has now become a chocolate banana bread cake, and all my other cakes which I make seem to end up now with chocolate chips. Even this past Saturday I prepared pancakes for the kids and I added some chopped dark chocolate. I don’t know what has gotten into me, but I must have gone from my Anchovy phase (see Anchovy post) to a chocolate phase. This is a recipe I wanted to make since I opened the book. I saw Willy, the author of the book, making it in a documentary on his chocolate factory, and I knew I would love it. There is no photograph of the recipe in the book, and its rather...
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