Tuscan style Bread

Tuscan style Bread

I love this one...! Very tasty just with butter or with a nice salami or ham.




















"Tuscan style Bread"

- 500g white flour
- 2tsp dried yeast
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 300ml warm water


In a large bowl mix the flour with sugar, salt yeast and water. Knead at least for 10 min. Let the dough rest for 1 hour in a warm place covered with cling-film.
 Turn out the dough onto floured surface and punch down. Divide into 2 square pieces and flatten them. Start to roll the dough loosely from one end until you have something looking like a loaf. place loafs on a baking tray covered by baking paper and wait another hour.
Preheat oven to 180 C. Use a knife to score the loafs straight down the middle.
Bake for about 20 min.

Butterfly cakes

Butterfly cakes

Probably I am starting to miss Spring...





















"Butterfly cakes"

- 150g soft butter
- 150g sugar
- 180g self raising flour
- 3 eggs, bitten
- a few drops valilla extract

For buttercream:

- 150g soft butter
- 250g icing sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice



Preheat oven to 180 C. Stand 12 silicone cases on a baking tray.
Putt all the cake ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Divide the cake mixture between the cake cases.
Bake around 20 min until gold.

Cream: put the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat well with electric whisk until smooth, add the lemon juice in the end.

Cut out a round from the center top of each cake and cut them in half.

Put the buttercream into the cavity of each cake. Reposition the 2 halves of the rounds on each cake so they resemble butterfly wings.