Banana muffins

Banana & chocolate chip muffin

Easy peasy!

We made this simple dessert, which we learnt from our aunt, several times.This post is dedicated to our lovely cousin, Renata, who loves this recipe.

Eating in Melbourne - Part I

Staying in Melbourne for a month was definitely the best experience we have ever had. We could not have made a better choice. We have no words to describe how beautiful the city is. There are admirable gardens, countless cafés & restaurants, shops and many tourist attractions.

When it came to food we tried as much as we could such as rhubarb, lamington ice cream (yes, it does exist!),  Marmite (could not leave Australia without trying it), Tim Tam, buttermilk, greek yohgurt, cranberries, the best chips and vegetarian burger in the whole world, good quality peanut butter, maple syrup, Starbucks frappuccino and cappuccino, british muffins, scones, danish blue cheese, thai pad, vegetarian cheese...It was worth every penny!

You can see below some pictures of Queen Victoria Market. You can find there anything you want: cheap souvenirs & clothes and good quality food from all over the world. Walking through the food section makes you feel starving just by looking at the huge variety of fruit & vegetables which smell really fresh!

Queen Victoria Market

Rhubarb muffins

This is the very first recipe we tried in Australia. We've always wanted to try rhubarb and we finally got the chance! We bought it at Queen Victoria Market which is simply amazing! This recipe is quite easy and delicious, we hope you guys enjoy it!

Happily married

Here in Brazil there is a very typical sweet given to guests in the end of the wedding party which is named bem-casado or happily married. It is a sort of sponge cake filled with dulce de leche. Since we have not thrown any wedding party (yet!) we made our own version of that sweet which is a combination of an Argentinian specialty and one of our favourite shortbread pastries: Ma'amoul. This is undoubtedly a happy marriage.

Chocolate Dipped Shortbreads

The Royal Wedding Cake!

We made this lovely cake dedicated to Wills and Kate, whose wedding was definitely the most beautiful one the world has ever seen. Apart from the beauty, this cake has got a unique flavour which is the result of the combination of a good quality cocoa and the best black beer. In our opinion it is Guinness. In order to make it milder, we added chantilly, cherry syrup and a disk of white chocolate. Isn't it tempting? Anyway, this is definitely our greatest culinary adventure! Every single addition was patiently made, perhaps that was the secret ingredient apart from the admiration we both have for Kate. We so love that royal couple!