Condensed Milk Cookies

These sweetened condensed cookies are so ridiculously easy you would want to jump and throw whatever you have in your hands to bake a batch. These sweet biscuits are buttery and crumbly and not overly sweet. You only need 4 ingredients for the basic recipe and the sky is the limit for other delicious flavors you can add on. No eggs needed! In less than 30 minutes you can have 1 cookie in each hand. You are simply going to love them!

I was super excited to share this basic recipe with you because I have been in a somewhat lazy era. No, it’s not that I’m not loving cooking and baking right now (NEVER!!!). It’s just that nowadays I have been appreciating stillness…

what mom really wants, basic recipes, bars and cookies recipesDev AmadeoFebruary 11, 2024condensed milk, cookies, sugar cookies, cherries, easterComment

Classic Moist Chocolate Cake with Ganache Frosting

This classic moist and rich chocolate cake recipe is the only one you’ll need for a basic chocolate cake in your recipe book. This cake is decadent but still feels light and not overly sweet. The simplicity of it is what makes it extra! Each bite will awaken your senses to a delightful trip of pure bliss! It’s unfussy but still looks beautiful. You can approach it with easiness and no stress at all, which is the key for a perfect chocolate cake!

To this day, chocolate has to be one of the foods we are more passionate about. Just thinking about it makes you feel lush and opulent and yet is a comforting taste that you crave when feeling blue. It’s everything all at once. Like what we are at the essence of our soul. And that essence should be celebrated…

Sugared Cranberries

Are you as excited for Christmas as I am? I can’t tell you how much we have been waiting for this time of the year. It’s always an uplifting time for the soul!

In the rush of the season, when I want to bake basically everything and share it with the people I love, sugared cranberries are always around. They are so full of sweetness and make the perfect thinking-of-you gift. Also, they will make any baked good look as if it came out of a Christmas tree instead of an oven.

What I love about sugared cranberries, besides that deep burgundy reddish color, is that they are…

Sugar Cookie Wreath

If you are looking for an adorable Christmas baking project but feel intimidated just by the thought of having to pour a glaze, this Sugar Cookie Christmas Wreath is the perfect one for you! Soft, chewy and simply the most delicious sugar cookies are arranged to form this wreath. The arrangement is what gives this wreath its beautiful poinsettia shape. No complicated decoration techniques or special tools required. It’s the cutest thing!!

You know I love the idea of creating beautiful things with less. That’s why I always found myself on a mission to create the prettiest things even when I have zero decorating skills. My goal is to create a a delightful experience for anyone, regardless of their decorating skills (me!!!!). Because no decorating skills shouldn’t mean no beautiful bakes!

This festive sugar cookie wreath is the perfect creation to embrace just that. The cookies are made with a very simple…

sweet eats, decadent desserts recipes, basic recipesDev AmadeoNovember 14, 2023chocolate, make ahead desserts, christmasComment

Extra Creamy Cream Cheese Frosting

My easy cream cheese frosting recipe is extra creamy, extremely velvety and super soft. It’s tart and not overly sweet and it tastes as pure sweet cream cheese. You can make soft designs with it because it’s sturdy enough to hold its shape and doesn’t get runny. By taking care of some details through the steps I’ve managed to work with this cream cheese frosting even if living in a tropical paradise.

That’s right! This cream cheese frosting recipe has stood the test of warm weather. Living in the Caribbean may seem like a fantasy and may make you want to put that #ilivewhereyouvacay hashtag in every…

sweet eats, basic recipesDev AmadeoJuly 24, 2023cream cheese frosting, cream cheese, basics, classics, sweet basics, sweet classicsComment