Cranberry Cheesecake Tart with Sugar Cookie Crust

Each layer of this easy cranberry cheesecake tart is pure magic! The creamy and velvety cheesecake is the perfect base for the luscious and silky ruby-red cranberry curd. The sugar cookie crust brings a super fun snap to every bite. It’s an easy recipe that’s so perfect for the season! Top it with sugared cranberries and pretty sugar cookies and you have a show stealing dessert!

I think it’s probably that bright red color that makes you fall in love with this tart. I knew it will be oh-so-pretty, but I was so smitten with the final result. It was a staring contest between she and me, and she totally lost! It’s a bit of lemon juice in the curd plus…

Buttermilk Pound Cake

This easy pound cake recipe is just a dream!! It’s super soft and only requieres a handful of ingredients. The simplicity of butter, sugar, eggs, buttermilk and flour shine in this recipe that I’m sure you’re going to cherish for a long time. Top it with a sweet cream cheese glaze and sugared cranberries for a simple cake that will be the center of attention at any Christmas table!

Nothing beats a good pound cake, don’t you think?! It’ll warm your heart when you need it the most. For me, having a slice with coffee its one of the best simple pleasures in life! That’s why I needed a…

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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…

Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Pumpkin Swirl Bread

This incredible pumpkin cinnamon swirl bread captures the true essence of fall. It’s full of warmness in every bite. This is a recipe that uses bread flour for a truly bready and chewy feel in every bite. The pumpkin adds some nice sweet and earthy notes, and then comes that incredible cinnamon punch! Make it, freeze it and have toast a slice every morning with a cup of black coffee. Those would be some seriously delicious mornings.

If you've been following my blog, you know I'm all about cozy breakfasts and this bread is no exception. The pumpkin flavor is really there and the taste of cinnamon is a whole vibe. What I love the most is that even if it takes some time to make because of the proofing times for the dough, you will have breakfast for days!!

Imagine making this the week before Thanksgiving, freezing it and…

breakfast recipesDev AmadeoNovember 15, 2023christmas, pumpkin, fall, bread flour, sweet breakfast, yeast, buttermilk, cinnamon Comments

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

Creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake with Salted Caramel and Brown Butter Pecan Crust

You won’t find a pumpkin cheesecake as creamy, silky, decadent and with an amazing balance of flavors as this one! Every bite is pure bliss. Did I mentioned this is the creamiest pumpkin cheesecake? Just making sure you know! Everyone around you will be raving over this cheesecake!

You may be thinking, what makes this pumpkin cheesecake so special, among the zillion other pumpkin cheesecakes out there?

Well, for starters, this cheesecake calls for 5 boxes of cream cheese, 5 eggs and 2 extra yolks, and I’m not even flinching here. It has a full cup of pumpkin purée and I wanted the pumpkin to shine and not to be masked with other flavors. That’s why I used some brown sugar and a pinch of nutmeg, these two together pushed upfront the pumpkin…

cheesecake recipesDev AmadeoNovember 13, 2023christmas, pumpkin, thanksgiving, fall, coconut milk, brown butterComment

Rosette Plum Tarts

These cute Rose Plum Tarts will impress eveyone! They are so pretty and so easy to make. You just need frozen puff pastry, cream cheese, jam and fresh plums. It doesn't get any simpler than that! Each tart is buttery, flaky and bursting with sweetness. It’s a beautiful creation that everyone will be raving on!

After the trend of the apple rosettes in Instagram catched up in my feed, I knew I wanted to make something similar but with plums, which are one of my favorite fruits. Just thinking about them makes me drool! I thought…

tarts and pies recipesDev AmadeoNovember 8, 2023plums, tart, christmas, puff pastry, jellyComment

Super Creamy Espresso Cheesecake

You won’t find a creamier and silkier espresso cheesecake. The coffee taste is very present in each and every bite, without being bitter. The filling is ultra decadent but still airy, thanks to a trick I talk about below. And I made the chocolate crust with Dutch processed cocoa powder for a more intense chocolate flavor. I’m telling you, this is the cheesecake you must have when you have your next cheesecake craving!! It’s so good and so special to me!

A few Christmases ago we bought my hubby an espresso machine. The big one with lots of shiny buttons that I wasn’t allow to touch during the early days. My husband has always bonded with our daughter over coffee because…

sweet eats, cheesecake recipesDev AmadeoApril 28, 2023chocolate, coffee, meringue, cream cheese, christmas, make ahead desserts, thanksgivingComment

Biscoff Dulce de Leche Meringue Cheesecake

Never would I have thought that the thin spiced cookies that have saved my life in many flights would become one of the best cheesecake crust I have ever made. Because they have more fat than graham crackers, the consistency of this crust is softer, almost cakey, and blends so deliciously when mixed with the cheesecake. I thought dulce de leche would pair perfectly with them. Both have notes of warm and spiced caramel. The Italian meringue on top makes this cheesecake something so good you will make sure a big piece remains on your fridge before sharing it with anyone!

This recipe has been in my notebook for a few weeks now. I’m very happy to finally share it with you, just in time for the holidays. As you probably know by now…

Classic Easy Tiramisu with Brownie Crust

I made this classic tiramisu with a brownie crust and it has to be one of the best things I have made lately! What’s not to love about this combo of coffee and chocolate?! To bring more flavor to the tiramisu, I sweetened the espresso with some of the sugar and infused the mascarpone cream with some of that espresso. The brownie crust, besides adding an amazing chocolate note, adds an incredible contrasting texture to the soft and creamy tiramisu. This tiramisu is a wonderful dessert that no one will have enough!

Golden Rum Raisin Super Soft Cinnamon Rolls

Believe me when I tell you that all you want for Christmas is these Dark Rum Golden Raisin Cinnamon rolls! These rolls are soft, warm and pillowy, like any good Christmas morning should be. As you could’ve guessed, I used golden raisins instead of dark and used dark rum instead of white rum for a warmer note. I smeared them in a classic butter cream cheese icing, with a bit of booze just to make the morning even more fun! This dough is so soft, you can bake these…

sweet eats, what mom really wants, breakfast recipesDev AmadeoDecember 6, 2021christmas, cinnamon, sweet breakfast, buttermilk, Breakfast, yeast, bread flourComment

Dark Chocolate Spiced Fudgy Brownies

These super soft and fudgy brownies come with a different story to tell. They are made with pure 70% dark chocolate and Dutch processed cocoa powder for a very intense dark chocolate flavor, cinnamon, ginger and cardamom to cozy you up during the autumn nights and sour cream (yes! sour cream) to highlight the acidic notes from the Dutch cocoa and to add moisture, creating a fudgy texture without…