Desserts, Spanish Recetas

Raspberry espuma or foam

Maybe you've never heard about the iSi Whip, which I use for making whipped cream since some years ago, because there's no other device as good for…

Pudín Diplomático

Ponche segoviano or Segovia layer cake

This beautiful cake consists of several layers of cake drenched in boozy syrup, with an egg yolk cream between…

Chocolate turrón

Turrón is typical Christmas fare in Spain and the chocolate variety is always a favourite with kids.

Mona of Easter (sweet bread of Easter in Valencia-Spain )

At Easter, the sweet traditional is la Mona, a sweet bread with a boiled egg that gives to the godchildren. Do…

Bica mantecada with corn flour

A dense cake, popular in Northwestern Spain, usually made with bread flour and lots of butter, here with the addition of corn flour.

Carnival flowers

Typical Carnival cookies, made with a mold and deep fried, light and crispy and not oily at all.

Arroz Con Leche Brulee

I don’t think I realized how delicious arroz con leche was until I was in Spain last month. We had SO MUCH of it there, and I didn’t come across a…

Hazelnut mantecados

Typical Christmas biscuits, crumbly and brimming with hazelnut flavor.

Pastas del Consejo or Council cookies

Pastas del Consejo, meaning Council cookies, are typical Madrilenian confections, one among the many…

Paciencias, Castilian cookies

Paciencias are small round crispy cookies typical from various parts of Castilla, the central part of Spain.

Apple cream

A soft and light apple cream with cider and eggs, delicious on its own but good as a filling too.

Torrijas, an Easter treat

Torrijas are a very simple dish, similar to French toast and pain perdu, most often made by soaking slices of stale bread in sugared milk, also…

Jijona turrón ice cream

A luscious ice cream popular all over Spain during the summer, made with a Christmas nougat-like confectionery, turrón.

Homemade Churros

Churros are typical Spanish dessert that can be bought and enjoyed all over Spain. If you don’t find them in cafeterias, you’ll find stalls selling…