Christina’s Cucina’s Top 10 Recipes in 2014
My Top 10 Recipes in 2014 are listed below. These are all recipes which are ranked in order of traffic to those posts from readers like you!
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I think it’s nice to look back and see what my readers enjoyed most at the end of each year, and I must say, I was a little surprised when I saw the results: 8 of the 10 top viewed recipes which I published in 2014 were sweet! Only French Onion Soup and Pasta and Beans made the cut in the savory category, so I think there are a lot of you who share my “sweet teeth” (I don’t have just one sweet tooth)!
So here they are, beginning with my most viewed recipe post from last year~
1. Perfect Yeast Doughnuts
2.White Russian Cupcakes with Vodka Buttercream Icing
3. Scottish Macaroon Bars
4. Cranberry Orange Muffins
5. French Onion Soup
6. How to make Shortbread and Caramel Shortcake
7. New York Style Cheesecake
8. Butterfly Cakes
9. Limoncello Cheesecake
10. Pasta and Beans (Pasta e Fagioli)
So that’s the list. Did you have a favorite that didn’t make the Top 10? Which one of my recipes is on your regular rotation? Let me know…your comments make my day!
P.S. I’d like to add my most viewed post and the only one which actually went viral last year, and hopefully will again, even though it’s not a recipe. I shared some information about pink peppercorns/pepperberries which could potentially save lives, so if you know anyone who has a tree nut allergy, please send them the following post. My daughter discovered the problem the hard way, by unknowingly ingesting the pepper and having an anaphylactic reaction.
Hidden Allergens: Pink Peppercorns and Tree Nut Allergies…
I hope you enjoyed my Top 10 Recipes in 2014 and are interested enough to give one or two of them a try!
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WOW 2014 was a very delicious year. I can’t wait to see what you cook up in 2015! Thanks for bringing us all this beautiful and tasty dishes.
Thank you, Cathy! You’re so sweet- looking forward to your creations, too!
Can you just open a restaurant already? It was a fabulous year!
haha! Look who’s talking! :)
Dear Christina,
I have no favorites because they all are my favorites. I think I love them all. Everyone has a sweet tooth, some more than others. I remember them when you first posted these amazing dishes. Your photos are just beautiful which enhances the foods. I want to try the Yeast Doughnuts and the Butterfly cupcakes. I always look forward to your posts, because I get to see what’s next on Christina’s Cucina! Thanks again for a fabulous year and hope this year surpasses your success in all that you do.
Dottie :)
Awww…thank you, Dottie! You are too kind! Thank you for your lovely comments and sweet wishes, I wish you the very same! Happy New Year!
Christina, everything in that lineup is amazing. Could never pick just one, I had saved several of those recipes to try and do plan on it soon.
Thanks, Suzanne! I’d love for you to make one of my recipes!! That would make my day! :)
I enjoy your recipes, Christina, as I told you on Facebook. As an ex-Pat, I particularly enjoyed your scones recipe (although I pronounce it the “southern” way – LOL!) I also enjoy all the stories you weave into each of your recipes – makes it so much more personal. I don’t do much baking myself anymore, as there’s only one of me, but it would be helpful, from time to time, if you could offer the amounts necessary for 1-2 people. Just a thought!
Thanks so much, Heather! That’s okay, I’ll still talk to you if you pronounce “scone” the southern way…haha! ;)
Regarding the amounts for 1 to 2 servings, that would be difficult for me to do on every recipe, but here are a couple of suggestions:
1. cut the recipe in half; many times, this will work out to be about 2 to 3 servings
2. make the full recipe, but freeze what you don’t need right away- this is brilliant as it saves you from messing up your kitchen when you have it the second and or third time (like the scones, freeze them before baking and you can pull out one or two at a time to bake hot and fresh!)
Thanks, Heather! Hope this helps… CC
Both soups!!! I haven’t managed the limoncello cheesecake (yet) or the yeasted doughnuts . . . but I have a feeling (a real good feeling) that I will be soon enough!
Btw, do you have a recipe for an Epiphany cake (King’s cake) where a charm or bean is hidden in the cake?
Thanks for all your posts on Facebook and your wonderful recipes!
Happy New Year!
Hi Louise! Thank you for your comments and compliment! :) I don’t have a King’s Cake recipe on my blog, but my friend Cynthia does and I totally trust her recipes. She’s professionally trained and just as passionate about cooking and baking as I am. Here you go: http://whatagirleats.com/king-cake/
Happy New Year to you too, Louise! I appreciate you being a loyal follower! :) Christina
Everyone of your photos is gorgeous and impeccable. Not surprised they are the favorites. Happy to know you Christina. You deserve all your success. Happy 2015!
You are the sweetest, Patricia! Thank you! I’m also glad to know you and wish you a fabulous 2015! I hope all your wishes come true! CC
These all look *amazing*! My stomach grumblings got progressively louder as I continued scrolling down the page :) They all look so good I wouldn’t know where to start! Can I just eat them all? ;)
Haha! I make myself hungry when I look at those photos, too!