European easter desserts recipes

Italian Variety Cookie Dough

When I was growing up this is the only dough my grandmother made then my mom. They would use this one dough with imagination to create more than 20…

Italian Cheesecake

This recipe is an all time favorite of mine - it has been handed down for over 3 generations in my family - I've made some changes to it as time…

Butter Free Orange and Rosemary Cake

This is a Greek yogurt based orange cake, with a savoury twist of rosemary and a kick of lemon zest on top.…

Chocolate Bourbon and Pecan Biscotti

Delicious biscotti version of my favorite pie!

My Ricotta Pie

This is one of my family's holiday favorite. I make this pie recipe for Thanksgiving, Christmas and of course Easter. When I make it my kids can't…

Zabaglione Gelato

Cocoa-Lemon Hard Cookies

Those cookies are really easy and quick to make and can be made with ingredients that are in everybody's kitchen.

Madeleines

I had been longing to make madeleines or small French Sponge Cake for quite some time. All this while, I postponed the idea of making madeleines…

Cashew Biscotti with chocolate glaze

This is going to be my first homemade Biscotti. Biscotti is an all time favorite at our house. I have been…

Pão de Ló - Portuguese Sponge Cake

I have always loved this recipe, especially when one is able to cook in in such a way that the middle part is…

Profiteroles with Milky-Caramel Cream Filling

small almond cookies

nice moister almond cookies

Chocolate Queen cake

This is a very tasty cake. Not too sweet even it has so much chocolate. It's basis for the cake which take 20-25 minutes to do!

Bajadera

This desert is easy to make, and there is no baking required.

Maids of Honor (or Almond Maids)

My mother has been making these since I can remember. They are absolutely amazing!! Almost like a small…