Islands in the sky, food & travel

Hello again, everyone! The fun part about cooking in my parents' kitchen is finding all kinds of pans that I don't have at home. One of them is a Bundt pan which you can find so much to do with (fruits, chocolate or candy in the center...). As I was limited in movement (fractured foot), and couldn't go food shopping, I made do with ingredients at home, so this version has a caramel center and cherries with kirsch preserve on the side. Here's the Bundt cake recipe: 1 cup sugar 4 eggs 1 cup butter 1/3 cup sour cream or yogurt 1-1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup all purpose flour 3/4 cup cake flour (or almond flour + 1/2 teaspoon baking powder) 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon almond extract Preheat oven to 180° C or 350° F.  Butter and flour a Bundt pan generously . In a bowl, cream butter and sugar, add eggs one at a time, then the rest of the wet ingredients.  Add dry ingredients and mix for about 2 minutes.  Pour batter into pan and bake f...

Hi, everyone! It's been a couple months since I posted, but I was sideswiped with illness and the holidays and an unexpected trip to see family back in the USA. Speaking of, while I was there, I had several requests for cookies, not just ordinary cookies but cookie shop-style cookies that are thick, moist, and irresistible... almost like individual cakes with a variety of toppings and flavors. Seeing as I had the ingredients and I was in my old family kitchen (I had my utensils dating back to childhood, it was a hoot seeing them again!), I couldn’t help but give it a try. They have all kinds of flavors in the shops : lemon glaze, red velvet white chocolate,  candy bar cookies..., which I will bake next time, I simply made do with ingredients I had at home. Flavors this time around included peanut butter cups, strawberries and cream, s'mores and cinnamon bun, flavors that everyone in the family would like, so no fighting!  Dough ingredients : 1 cup salted butter, softened ...