Healthy fruit cake with almond flour and chocolate glaze

Gluten-free products are very popular, so I decided to try new gluten-free versions of my favorite cakes. In cooperation with grana.hr, a manufacturer of gluten-free products, I made a perfectly juicy and healthy cake, and I didn’t have to give up of the favorite chocolate flavor. Chocolate glaze with 95% cocoa and hazelnut oil is…

Chard Pie Soparnik

Soparnik is Dalmatian dish and it’s traditionally baked on Good Friday. This famous Chard Pie was known as a food for the poor. It’s especially tasty when it’s baked in a fireplace. But since most of us don’t have a fireplace, here’s a recipe for Soparnik that you can make in the oven. Ingredients for…

Fried Egg Cake

An interesting and attractive Fried Egg cake – it looks exactly as the name suggests. This sweet ‘fried’ egg is made of a soft biscuit, vanilla pudding and sour cream, with apricot or peach compote. For a better impression, a Clear Cake Glaze is poured over the cake. It’s not too sweet, and it will…

Easter Bread Pinca

Sweet bread, called Sirnica or Pinca, is traditionally baked in Croatia during Easter. There are several versions of Pinca, but this is my favorite. I used candied orange peel, but it can be combined with lemon peel and raisins. Ingredients for Easter Bread Pinca: Half a dice of fresh yeast 4 eggs 100 g of…

Eingemachtes Soup

There is lots of versions of this popular soup, with German origins. Many people made it with meat, but this is the version of my grandma. My familiy always prepare Eingemachtes with only carrot, peas and homemade dumplings. Ingredients for Eingemaches: Preparation: Did you make this recipe? Share on Instagram: tag @foodcroatian

Hedgehog Cake

Recipe for cute Hedgehog Cake with chocolate, Ladyfingers biscuits and almonds. It’s perfect for children’s parties and birthdays! Original recipe from Croatian chlidren’s cookbook: Ingredients for Hedgehog cake 200 g of Ladyfingers biscuits 500 ml of whipping cream 200 g of chocolate 50 g of almonds (peeled, chopped like needles) 3 chocolate dragees for eyes…

Valentines Day Cake

One special white cake for Valentines Day made of almonds, white chocolate, whipping cream, berries… INGREDIENTS for Valentines Day Cake : Biscuit: 6 egg whites 100 g of sugar 1 vanilla sugar 50 g of flour 1 baking powder 100 g of ground and peeled almonds Cream: 3 egg yolks 200 g of white cooking…

Krostule

I got this Krostule recipe from a friend whose family has been living on the island of Krk for generations, and the name of her mother’s original recipe is Kroštuli. I saw on the internet that there are also recipes for crunchy Krostule that I would also like to try, but these are soft, because…

Dark Chocolate Doughnuts

It’s time for masquerades and Croatians always making doughnuts at this time of year. So I remembered this old, family recipe for Dark Chocolate Doughnuts. Dark Chocolate Doughnuts are crustily on the outside, but soft on the inside, wrapped in chocolate powder and small enough to fit in one bite. These special donuts are perfect…

Pumpkin soup

It’s pumpkin season and this soup is often on our table. With carrot and potato, I like to add pumpkin seeds and pumpkin seed oil. Ingredients for Pumpkin soup: 1 onion 1 carrot 1 potato 1 pumpkin Pumpkin seeds and pumpkin seed oil Preparation: Just peel the onion, don’t need to chop it, and fry…