Thee met Aimée

28/09/2013

This is really cool: A Canadian woman emailed me in her search for a mocha cake recipe. Her Dutch immigrant mother is turning 70 & becoming melancholic. I'm glad to help!

20/05/2013

Here's one for the grown ups: Butter + sugar + extra butter + your favorite nuts. Forget your Snickers or Twix: Get this recipe for success on my weblog and sin like a pro!

When I’m saying ‘I am baking some cookies’, it is really just an alibi to get myself a candy bar-like treat like this one. This recipe will get you the finest candy bar money can buy, so don’t just...

16/05/2013

What kid wouldn't like to have this cake on her/his 2nd birthday?

For Jake's second birthday, his mom asked me if I could bake him a Thomas cake. I was really happy about her request, because it allowed me to get creative and use some extra bright, primal colors....

05/05/2013

What better to do on a relaxed Sunday than to bake some lovely oatmeal cookies? This recipe can be tweaked to add your own favorites, like chocolate chips, nuts, raisins, peanut butter... Go crazy!

Oatmeal cookies may be just as famous as the legendary chocolate chip, but they’re not in the Netherlands. We use oatmeal to make porridge, and that’s about it. That is why I wanted to try a little...

21/04/2013

Here it is, the secret's out, because I love all of you: One of my very favorite recipes! The chocolate cake that starred in our wedding.

In January, my all-time love and I finally got married. After being over ten years together, we knew what kind of cake we wanted even before we started planning the wedding: Chocolate + chocolate a...

18/04/2013

So, one of my most loved recipes will be up on the blog sometime later this week...Are you guys all excited to see what it is?

Until then, here's some fun pictures of themed cupcakes I've made for babyshowers, children's birthdays etc.

Over the past months, I've also been making themed cupcakes. These 'Nijntje' cupcakes (a famous figure from children's books) were for a boy's third birthday, and the Mickey Mouse cupcakes were mad...

16/04/2013

Eighty likes on fb: I like that! Especially for you, I will post a very special recipe this week...

06/03/2013

PUMPKIN! It's not just for savory dishes, you know (and a 'bread' is just an easy to make dense and moist cake). Add the cheesecake swirl as described in this recipe and have yourself a party!

If you ever feel like having cheesecake, but you don't have enough cream cheese in stock, or you just have a package of mascarpone about to hit the expiration date, this recipe will suit your needs...

25/02/2013

It's omnomnom time again! This showoff post also features a link to the recipe used, so everyone can have as much fun as I did synthesizing this British drug

When I visited the U.K. last year, my collegues at the University of Bristol had just planned a bake sale. Everyone would bake something at home, and everyone was buying stuff off each other (for t...

19/12/2012

A new post is up on my blog: A copycat recipe for one of the best slices of cake I have ever had -- Cheesecake Factory's Oreo cheesecake!

Oreo cheesecake19 December 2012Last year I took my first trip to the US, to California to be precise. There was one thing on top of my tourist-wish list: Visiting the Cheesecake Factory. The menu totally threw me off! Back here in the Netherlands, generally, we’re only familiar with the basic New Yo...

06/12/2012

Bestel nu wat lekkers voor kerst: Een winterse tulband voor bij de koffie/thee, of een luxe 'besneeuwde' cheesecake als spectaculair dessert, of natuurlijk allebei!

BESTEL WAT LEKKERS VOOR KERSTBij de koffie/thee Speciaal voor kerst bak ik een heerlijke tulband. De stevige cake is rijkelijk gevuld met (optioneel in rum geweekte) rozijnen, sultana’s, cranberries en stukjes geconfijte sinaasappelschil. Het recept is gebaseerd op een traditionele Engelse christmas...

12/11/2012

NIEUW in het assortiment: Mini-quiches! Twaalf heerlijke hartige taartjes voor maar 1,50 per stuk, verkrijgbaar in de variaties broccoli-geitenkaas, lorraine, zalm-dille, ham-kaas, of walnoot-blauwe kaas. http://www.theemetaimee.nl/op-bestelling/