Cinnamon Rolls

Hi you! 

That's been a long time I've wanted to do this recipe : The Cinnamon Rolls

Even though it is quiet long to make, it's so worth it, and that's challenging !

What do you need :

• 1 cup of lukewarm milk 
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 4 cups of flour
• 2 teaspoons of instant yeast
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup softened salted butter
• 2 tablespoons of melted salted butter 

For the filing : 

• 1/2 cup melted butter 
• 1/2 cup sugar 
• 2 tablespoons of ground cinnamon

For the icing :

• 3/4 powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons of hot water

What you have to do : 

In a small bowl mix the milk and sugar, set aside for later.

In a large bowl pour the flour, add the yeast, then add the eggs and the milk. mix everything with a wooden spatula and progressively add the softened butter. Knead everything by hand on a floured surface. Put the dough into a bowl and chill for 15 min.

Spread the

 pastry dough over a floured work surface to obtain a large rectangle (50*35 cm).

In a small bowl, mix all the stuff for the filing and spread it on the dough. 

Roll the dough to make a 50 cm cylinder. 

Cut 2-3 cm large slices and put them on a buttered dish. Space them and let it cool  1h30 (or until they touch each other).

Bake for 25 min in a preheated oven 180°C or until it get golden brown. 

For the icing, just mix the sugar with the hot water and pour it upon the cinnamon rolls and ..... THAT'S IT ! Enjoy it and tell me what you think about it !!!!

Cinnamon & T Time My Dear ! 

Coffee cake

Hello, it's me again !


Further to previous comment, here is the recipe of the coffee cake with an improvised coffee/chocolate icing. 

The base recipe is a yoghurt cake and we add the flavour at the end. You can change the taste by adding vanilla, orange blossom water or almond extract, whatever make you happy! 

That goes perfectly with your tea or coffee for tea time in the afternoon. You can decline it in several ways, cut it in the middle to add a coffee flavour cream and make it even more tasty !

For this recipe we are using the yogourt pot as measurement for all the other ingredients. 
If you live in a country where they don't sell natural ou vanilla yoghurt in pot you can use a small glass to measure. 
In France these one feet perfectly : 












For the cake, you'll need : 

• 1 natural yoghurt pot
• 2 pots of sugar
• 2 pots of self-raising flour 
• 1/2 pot of oil (neutral taste) (or butter is better)
• 3 eggs
• 3 tablespoons of instant coffee

You'll have to : 

In a large bowl, mix eggs with yoghurt, add flour and sugar and oil (or butter).

If the instant coffee is powdered, mix it straightly to the previous dough.

If it is in grain, add some water drops to dilute it (if your having a sticky dough that's fine) and add that to the previous dough.

Pour the dough into a prepared dish (grease and dusted) 

Bake for 40 min in a pre warmed oven at 180°C, watching it. Remove from the oven when an inserted knife comes out clean.

For the icing, I used 80 g of chocolate, 30 g of butter and some diluted coffee (2 spoon-tables, let's say). Melt everything in a "bain-marie" (put a small saucepan filled of a bit of water on low heat and put the bowl upon the saucepan). 

Once the cake has cooled, you can pour the icing on it and that's it! 

Coffee & Chocolate My Dear !