One of the most traditional cakes from Lisbon is their cream tart. It's a very simple but incredibly tasteful cake. It's no wonder it has become popular throughout the world.
Gateau marcel is a chocolate mousse where a portion of it being baked and the other part continues life as a chocolate mousse. So from the same dough you get both the bottom and topping. It's the only cake I can remember where that happens. So it's easy to make and it only tastes of the chocolate you're using. Use a really good chocolate. The cake is worth it.
I have changed the quantities a little bit from the original recipe, and then I have added a little grated orange peel as well.
Marble Cake
is one of the classic variations of pound cake. It is in fact, the same recipe just with a little cocoa in it. This is a recipe for "half a marble cake" so to speak. Instead of 7 oz of each ingredient that you typically use for a cake in spring form, I use 3½ oz. It yields a small cake, so I also use a small spring
form
for it.
These are harder to pronounce than to make. Probably the most simple pancake recipe in the world. You only need 2 ingredients, and there is no compromise on flavor. 15 minutes and you got a big stack of pancakes for breakfast.
Video recipe - Peanut-date-balls have a taste that is similar to snickers. But not as sweet. It is a really good recipe to make with the kids. It is easy and quick enough that they don't lose their interest along the way. And they love how it tastes.
