Breads & Cakes

Torta Maria Luisa (Maria Luisa Cake)

41 comments March 16, 2010

As I’ve mentioned before, I get a lot of e-mails from my readers asking me for traditional Colombian recipes, Maria Luisa Cake being one of them. Well, after some phone calls to my family and friends in Colombia, I finally have this recipe for all of you that have requested it. Here is the Torta [...]

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Spinach Cake (Torta de Espinacas)

29 comments March 2, 2010

This spinach cake is really simple and delicious. I have a weird relationship with spinach, sometimes I hate it and sometimes and I just can’t get enough of it. It all depends on how it’s prepared. One of the ways I love to eat spinach is when it’s in this Spinach Cake This is a [...]

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Mushroom Cake (Torta de Champiñones)

21 comments February 6, 2010

This mushroom cake is very easy to make, nothing fancy but the type of recipe you can make for lunch with a nice cup of soup. I bought the mushrooms to make another recipe, but at the last minute, I realized that I didn’t have all the ingredients for it. Don’t you hate when that [...]

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Enyucado (Colombian Style Cassava Cake)

49 comments January 23, 2010

Enyucado is a traditional recipe from The Atlantic coast of Colombia. It is a cake made with shredded yuca, cheese, coconut and star anis seeds and is sweet with a wonderful texture. I receive a lot e-mails from my readers asking me when I will be writing about certain favorite traditional Colombian recipes and this [...]

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Pandebono (Colombian Cheese bread)

101 comments January 20, 2010

Pandebono is a traditional colombian cheese bread. I have been getting a lot of e-mails asking me for this recipe, so here it is my friends. I made these delicious pandebonos last week and they came out perfectly and were delicious. For a minute, I did not miss Colombia while eating these fantastic cheese balls, [...]

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Roasted Peppers and Cheddar Cupcakes

28 comments January 9, 2010

There are many reasons I don’t like Winter. First of all, Medellin, the city where I come from, is called “ The City Eternal Spring”. So, as you may have guessed, the weather in Medellin always resembles spring and there are no winters. I am not use to this cold weather. I have lived in [...]

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Buñuelos Colombianos (Colombian Buñuelos)

53 comments December 7, 2009

Buñuelos are a traditional Colombian Christmas treat, but they are also popular year round for breakfast with hot chocolate or coffee. On December 7th in Colombia, friends get together to celebrate “el dia e las velitas”, a Christmas tradition in honor of the Virgin Mary. They light candles in front of their houses or on [...]

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