Cocoa and hazelnuts cookies - Biscotti al cacao e nocciole - Keksi s kakaom i lješnjacima

This year arrived to its end...only few days left and it will be over for good! I bet you are all thinking of how good, or bad it was. Well, I'm doing some similar thinking, but I don't want to make plans or firm projects for the new year. Nowadays it makes me unquiet, what if these plans turn to be wrong, or something goes in bad direction, it happens sometime...I don't want things to go wrong anymore, I've decided to live my life day be day, I will change my plans and my thinking each time it will be better then persecuting old ideas. Every new and fresh idea means new beginning and it's fantastic!

But before the new year begins you still have time for last baking and some more cookies will never be too much. You can offer them to your guests, or you can still make some eatable gifts for New Year's eve.  

Hurry up, but don't eat them all by yourself. These cookies are so tasty and remain friable for days. All flavours are well mixed and cocoa flavour doesn't cover the taste of hazelnuts. I like them very much!

Cocoa roll with strawberries and mascarpone cream - Rollata al cacao con fragole e crema di mascarpone - Kakao rolada s jagodama i kremom od mascarponea

This is the best combination ever: chocolate and strawberries! At least it is in this very moment, while we are enjoying eating this cake! It is soft, creamy and full of strawberry flavour and it's perfect for these late May days. When I buy fruits and vegetables I choose them "one by one" - can you imagine the situation?... patiently, because I like them to be beautiful and photogenic, of course! I swear, these strawberries were the most beautiful in the shop. My intention was to bake something, I did'n have clear idea what I wanted to bake initially, but this was absolutely not a problem. There is always something in my kitchen that can inspire me and the decision suddenly can be made.

Sometime I don't have time to take pictures, especially if I prepare something during the week when there is no good light in the evening and no time to do it the morning after. Or we are simply eager to eat and . . . damn it, I'm forced to do it again!

This recipe is simple (do I say this too often?), I've just added some cocoa to it, because the original recipe should always be changed a bit, right?! The only difficulty might be to roll the sponge-cake as quick as possible, without burning your hands!