Baking Magique

23 Nov 18th Birthday Chocolate Cake

Posted at 17:34h in Cakes, Chocolate by Thea Tillberg 12 Comments

Hi! I didn't think I'd manage to post anything today because I've been quite busy this weekend. That's why this post is very short and does not include a recipe. Anyway, it was my 18th birthday this thursday and sadly I didn't have time to make a cake that day. Yesterday I ran my first 10k race(Stockholm Tunnel Run. Yep, it was in a tunnel!) and I'm so glad I managed to finish the race. Because of the race I didn't have time to make a cake until today. In my family we have a tradition of eating cake with strawberries and cream(also known as margaretatårta) when...

16 Nov Dried Cranberry and White Chocolate Chunk Buckwheat Cookies

Posted at 12:20h in Cookies by Thea Tillberg 18 Comments

I've never made a really good chocolate chip cookie using wheat flour. It's not because of the wheat flour. It's because of me. (sounds like a bad movie line) I used to be so impatient in the kitchen so if a cookie recipe required freezing the dough I'd be like "Nah, maybe I'm some kind of cookie godess who can skip the boring steps of cookie baking. What happened was that the cookies spread out on the entire baking tray and became one big squared cookie. I would like to say that my recipe for "Dried Cranberry and White Chocolate Chunk Buckwheat...

09 Nov Earl Grey Tea Granola

Posted at 11:34h in Breakfast & Brunch by Thea Tillberg 33 Comments

"Would you like some tea, Thea? Haha, tea, thea! Do you get it? Like Thea Tea!" I don't know how many times I've heard this. You see, the reason why my parents named me Thea and not Tea is because it wouldn’t be read as tea. However, people still like to joke about the similarity between Thea and tea. People also tend to assume that I love tea because of my name but I actually didn't like tea until I was about 12 years old. Especially not earl grey tea. I still didn't like earl grey tea when I came up with this recipe but while the granola was...

02 Nov Banana Bundt Cake with Chocolate Caramel Sauce

Posted at 12:38h in Cakes, Chocolate by Thea Tillberg 8 Comments

I'm sure you've heard about the popular TV-series "Breaking Bad". I think I'll create my own TV-series called "Baking Bad" because everything I've made in the kitchen these past two weeks has turned out catastrophic. Except for this cake. Well, this cake failed the first time I baked it but the second time it turned out amazing! If you read last weeks post you'll know that I talked about a "gluten free sweet potato bread" that has now turned into a "grain free sweet potato sourdough bread". I thought I would be done with the recipe this week but it's taking way more...

26 Oct Mexican Spiced Hot Cocoa Mix

Posted at 11:20h in Chocolate, Drinks by Thea Tillberg 10 Comments

It's finally autumn break! This autumn has been kind of stressful and I'm so happy to finally be able to bake, drink hot chocolate and cuddle with my dog all day long. My original plan was to post a recipe for gluten free sweet potato bread but I'm still working on the recipe. Hopefully I'll be able to post two recipes this week so you won't have to wait a whole week for the sweet potato bread recipe. Just because I love the baking process and consider proofing hours my friends doesn't mean everyone else feels this way. So I made...

19 Oct Double Chocolate Muffins

Posted at 09:07h in Chocolate, Muffins & Scones by Thea Tillberg 15 Comments

Most people bake because they want to eat. I bake because I want to bake and then I eat because I've baked. This is a bit of a problem since I love baking but I bake more than me and my family could ever eat. People tell me to bring the leftovers to school but my bag is already stuffed with a computer and tons of heavy books. By the way, it feels weird to give away a loaf of bread that's already been sliced because a) I have to taste it before posting the recipe and b) I need to show...