Hi everybody and welcome! I am Daniela Marincus (Ella), the cook and photographer behind Home Cooking Adventure.
I believe that cooking is for everybody. It might take time but it is an adventure, a wild ride, a rewarding and delightful experience that will soon turn into a captivating pleasure.
Cooking is like painting or writing a song.
– Wolfgang Puck
Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors – it’s how you combine them that sets you apart.”
ABOUT DANIELA MARINCUS (ELLA)
I started this blog/website in the spring of 2011 to share with you my passion for cooking through my little adventures in the kitchen. As I find cooking relaxing, I love talking with friends and family about food and sharing recipes. I started to love cooking mostly because home-cooked food is fresher, better and healthier. It seems that nowadays it has become a luxury few can afford. Our lives seem overwhelmingly busy and “fast food” is a common term in this hectic world.
I discovered that I feel challenged by trying to make food from scratch, like learning to make sourdough bread or making my pastry dough instead of buying. Also, I discovered that I really enjoy working with flour, therefore baking is one of my favorite parts of cooking.
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I have the luck of having the full support of my husband, Alin Marincus, who is managing this site and is still supporting me in developing it. He also is the person behind the video camera and helped me make all the recipe videos.
In my private life am the happy mother of three wonderful little girls. By the time I started, I knew almost nothing about blogging and I still consider I have a lot to learn. If I had known how much work is needed to develop a recipe site I would have probably postponed this, but I am glad I didn’t. It has been very rewarding developing all these recipes and the reaction I got from all my followers surpassed my expectations.
English is not my native language, so be indulgent with me if any errors occur. I would appreciate it if you notice any mistake just let me know:).
Regarding photography, I have to admit it’s something I discovered only after I started this blog. I still consider it the most difficult part of this website. My first recipe photos are far from what I tend to but I think I have evolved in this chapter and still have a lot to learn. I am using a Sony A7 III and a Sony A7s MK2 mirrorless camera. Attached to these cameras we have a few lenses: Zeiss Loxia 35mm F 2.0, Canon EF100mm f/2.8L macro lenses, and Sony FE 24-105mm F4.
As editing tools for our videos and photos, we are using: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, and Adobe After Effects.
Just discovered your website while looking for a recipe. I am overwhelmed by the recipes, the articles and all the information. Congratulations, it is wonderful. I have just subscribed (I live in Quebec, Canada).
Thank you, Ella, for all your cooking/baking videos. They are photographed, filmed and edited perfectly, and the recipes and instructions are very simple to follow.
Love your videos and recipes!!!
Ella,
Thank you so much for posting your videos..I have raised three boys with the last one in his second year of college..i used to love to cook and bake..life got super busy and i lost that..Thanks to you! I first saw your raspberry macaron video..and you made it so easy..mine turned out wonderful..you have put the inspiration back in me..i thnak you for that! 🙂
I like your recibes, thanks, your videos aré beautiful
I ran across your channel on YouTube yesterday. My 7 year old loves to watch cooking shows and we loved watching you cook and seeing the end result of your beautiful deserts. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Good evening. I love your recipes. Many congratulations for your blog and for the image quality. The videos are great
Good evening. I love your recipes. Many congratulations for your blog and for the image quality. The videos are great
I just wanted to say I am excited about trying your recipe for the cauliflower pizza crust. I had bypass surgery last January 2017, and with that I cannot have breads, rice, and pasta, or a whole lot of carbs. I lost a little over 100 lbs, and I feel so much better. I tried a different recipe for cauliflower crust pizza. It was very good, but not crispy. I miss having pizza, so I’m excited to try this one recipe with ground almonds. Thank you .. keep up the great work.. I love watching you on youtube. I now have you on my list of favorites to try other recipes that I may have or others may enjoy. SMILE!!
I really enjoy watching your video and thank you for all your great recipes
Hi Ella, It is always great to see your work. Beautifully crafted videos, simplicity in instructions and professional presentation makes it so inspiring. I tried your half naked pumpkin cake for my husbands birthday and it turned out to be great. Thank you for the recipe. Keep up the good work!
Hi, I would like to say thank you for all your recipes. I just follow you on YouTube recently..and I tried 2 recipes of yours
And they are amazing! For sure I will try more. it such an addiction to me!!!
Because I had been researching recipes youtube popped your channel up in the recommendations section and I’m glad they did. I always enjoy seeing how other chefs prepare their dishes which in most cases allows me to perfect my dishes and techniques. The video that popped up was one about eclairs. This holiday season I decided to make bignè (Italian cream puffs). I made a pâte a choux which turned out to be identical to your version. The pastry cream was a bit different in that I used flour instead of corn starch. I’m guessing that the corn starch would make a silkier cream. I’m going to try your eclair recipe in a few weeks once I work off the pounds acquired from this season’s baking. I’m also a skilled artisan baker, make an authentic NY style pizza, and also make my own pasta. The music was a really nice touch, btw. I’m looking forward to searching your site and see what else you’ve come up with. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Ella,
Thank you for sharing your (youtube) recipes. They are great. To the point, clear and clean ánd delicious to look at and to eat! I love the fresh ingredients you always use and making it all from scratch, simple and easy.
I’ve tried 3 of your recipes, till now, and they work perfectly. Again, thank you so so much. I wish you and your family a great, sparkly, healthy New Year.
Serena (The Netherlands)
Wow, I?ve bookmarked this so as tome come back to check out those healthy recipes. I will try one this weekend, me thinks.
Good article. very helpful blog post. Thank you very much
Hi Ella,
I have just discovered your website and just ADORE it. I made you mirror glazed chocolate cake and it was a MAJOR HIT. Thank you so much for sharing I have been searching for years for that glaze and finally I found yours. I will try all your recipes. Keep up the amazing work you do. I live in Sweden and we only use grams and deciliters as measurement. I just wonder where you live. I have been telling all my friends about your website.
Ella,
Your recopies and quality of videos are really good.
Thanks a lot for sharing all these.
Go on and good luck!
I am trying to subscribe to your email list and I receive an error message.
Zelma
[email protected]
Dear Ella,
watching your cooking videos at youtube are truly mesmerizing ! and amazingly the method are also easy to follow, straight forward, no mumbo jumbo. Thank you, please keep the awesome works, hope soon we all can watch your channel in tv. Wish you, your husband and your lovely delicious daughters all the best.
I tried a different recipe for cauliflower crust pizza. It was very good, but not crispy. I miss having pizza, so I’m excited to try this one recipe with ground almonds. Thank you
Dear Ella
Thank you for this real piece of art. Every time I watch your videos I want to cook it immediately! I love baking, and your cakes always turn out simply amazing!
Ella,
I just discovered your website. I am looking forward to trying your recipes. The photography is beautiful and your website presents itself as very proffesional. I am looking forward to receiving your recipes.
Thank you
Thank you for all these beautiful videos. I am a hobby cook and I LOVE baking. I’m fortunate to work as a confectioner although I have not learned it at school and I always looking for new tastes and ideas in Internet – that’s how I arrived to your recipes and website. I like your vidoes because there is nice music playing in the backround and everything is so clear and understandable. I don’t need any explanations in the backround – I like when everything is written on the screen.
My native language is estonian so if there is any mistake in my writing, I’m sorry :).
I also make my own bread but bread in Estonia means dark rye bread and it’s done with leaven.
And I’m also interested in healthy and slow food – so, I wish you success while writing your blog! Good luck!!
Hi Ella,
I am so glad I came to know you, through your blog! I was looking for brownie recipe and I like the food you cooked, always taking into consideration the fact on health! I like your videos and your photography skill is great! I just subscribed to your blog and continue the good job! All the best!
Hola Ella!!!!!! Gracias, gracias y gracias por este sitio tan deliciosamente creado.
Estoy fascinada con todas y cada una de las recetas que aquí encontré.
Dios bendiga a su hermosa familia y que siga compartiendo tan ricas recetas.
Saludos desde Tijuana B.C. México.
Hi, I’m so glad I stumbled upon your blog while looking for an Opera cake recipe. I will certainly give this a try. Your video is comprehensive and fluid, and that makes baking seem so easy (even for beginners like me). Well done on the blog and thanks.
Hello Ella. I accidentally found your blog today and I have truly enjoyed the work and time that you and your husband have invested in it. I do not believe anyone has a site as appealing and inspired as yours. I look forward to viewing all of your posts.
Hi Ella!
I was wondering how to do a caramel with brown sugar or with raw cane sugar? Either I do to light or overcooked. if you have experience, I’ll be happy to know 😉
Your videos are superb! Well done!
Catherine
I’d like to print a picture with the recipes I have printed but it doesn’t seem to let me. Is there something I can do to get the pictures?
Thanks for posting such a nice blog. I really found it so useful for me. I have read it and really it was nice too. I really appreciate your posting. Keep sharing such a nice food blog. I am always a great food lover.
Dear Ella,
I found your homepage during searching for the Opera Cake recipe.
I just wanted to tell you how much I like your blog, the videos and the dishes. I think it is great how you cook and bake. You are very professional, precise but also gently. I see you love what you make. The photos are also beautiful.
I think just like you, the home made foods are very important for me. I’m waiting for the moment I can cook for my future husband and our children. I’ll use lot of your ideas then 🙂 Especially your breakfasts are very creative.
People sometimes laugh at my too healthy way of life- my couscous and cassava for example- but I never want to eat fast food. I care about doing sport too. Of course in case of birthday or Christmas we eat some white sugar 🙂 Your delicious cakes give us huge impressions.
Thank you for the opportunity to post my comments and I wish you more adventure and success!
Sofia from Hungary
Dear Ella,
I found your homepage during searching for the Opera Cake recipe.
I just wanted to tell you how much I like your blog, the videos and the dishes. I think it is great how you cook and bake. You are very professional, precise but also gently. I see you love what you make. The photos are also beautiful.
I think just like you, the home made foods are very important for me. I’m waiting for the moment I can cook for my future husband and our children. I’ll use lot of your ideas then 🙂 Especially your breakfasts are very creative.
People sometimes laugh at my too healthy way of life- my couscous and cassava for example- but I never want to eat fast food. I care about doing sport too. Of course in case of birthday or Christmas we eat some white sugar 🙂 Your delicious cakes give us huge impressions.
Thank you for the opportunity to post my comments and I wish you more adventure and success!
Sofia from Hungary
Hi,
just to say Thank you for this great blog and your videos on YouTube.
It feels so good to challenge myself to learn and cook something new and different for my family.
Thank you for sharing your passion with us!
You are incredible in the kitchen whether it’s baking or cooking. The video production and skill shown with each recipe is unmatched.
Amazing!
– Sean
hi Dear Ella
i am saeed from iran (persian)…I studied cooking for about 4years in iran
i love i love and i love cooking and baking bread and confectionary
i watch your site and your cooking and baking movies every day and I have written about 120 your recipes and i am cooked many of your best recipes
YOU ARE THE BEST.. THIS IS MY Belief
for example
i cooked your lemon and poppy seed pound cake yesterday
that was PERFECT
i wish i see you face to face soon .Because you and your recipes are
Unique….
thank you soooooo much for your Education movies
GOD save YOU and your Beautiful family
Thank you Ella, for taking all those efforts to make such a wonderful website and videos, to bring these delicious recipes to us!! Way to Go!! Will definitely try out your recipes 🙂
A big hug and thanks Ella for making baking so easy and delicious.
I love cooking and want to bake but scared with limited knowledge in this area…your channel and videos which I absolutely love, special thanks to your husband for soothing it so nicely, made it look so easy and achievable 🙂
Could you guide or suggest on which Giller or OTG I should go for and what all it must have, size etc, I have zero knowledge and confused with so many options in market….
Hey Ella,
I really enjoy your recipes and the set up is wonderful on how you do your videos but I specially love the music that you have selected and would like to see if I could find some of the music you’ve chosen to put in my own library for listening to as I cook. Could you share with me where you get your music from?
Sincerely,
Tracy
Hi Ella,
Would it be possible for you to post a list of your most used baking supplies? I am trying to figure out what to invest in and am unsure. Is it better to have 3 9″ spring form pans or various sizes? It seems like you make a few layer cakes using all 1 size. It would be really helpful to know what you use the most.
Thank you so much!
-Liz
Hi Ella,
I made your Winter Cake in January for our church’s Winter Soup Fellowship gathering. It was as delicious as it was beautiful, definitely an attention grabber. I made a fresh cranberry sauce to mix with Bonne Maman’s 3 Berry jam for the filling as red currants are nowhere to be found in North Carolina. It had a pleasant tart/sweet taste.
I have also made the broccoli & sweet potato salad and found it too starchy to eat raw. So I roasted it with the dressing already on it and it was delicious–more to my taste anyway.
Today I made your Raspberry Mango Mousse. It too came out beautifully and I’m bringing it to a group supper tonight which includes lots of teenagers as well as adults. I’ll let you know how everyone responds but I expect rave reviews. Your website and photos are beautiful. Keep up the good work.
Sharon from NC
Gracias, gracias, gracias!!!
I’m so glad I found somebody who cooks passionately but simply. Your Recipes are Amazing!!! I’m not a big fan of cooking but seeing the way you do it has encouraged me to try it on my own. Thank you, I’m a subscriber to your channel now.
Greetings Ella,
I wanted to thank you for producing such a wonderful site, and excellent demonstration videos. I came upon one of your baking videos as I was searching online for videos on how to make a vanilla cake from scratch. I was so impressed, that I spent the next 40 minutes viewing Home Cooking Adventure videos. For the past year or so I’ve been inspired to bake, and have worked diligently on various baking endeavors. I still haven’t mastered a simple and moist vanilla cake yet, but I’ve done well on other projects. I’ve subscribed to several blogs (your’s included of course), but of all the bakers that I follow, I find your work and presentation the most elegant. Beautiful cake work! You are a tremendous source of culinary inspiration Ella, and what makes it great is that when I watch your work, I feel like: “Hey, I think I can do that too!” I look forward to all the notifications of new recipes and videos from Home Cooking Adventure. Thank you again, and blessings to you and your family!
Hi Ella, I just came across your beautiful blog. Thank you for sharing such lovely recipes. You may make me a good cook/baker after all. :). Thank you again for taking the time out of your busy life to share such amazing recipes.
God bless you & your family!
Ann from Philly
Hi I find your desserts amazing and inspriing thank you for sharing those amazing recipes
Hi Ella,
I want to make the walnut caramel mirrored cake but dont know where to purchase the plastic ring and lid to put cake in the freezer if you can help that would be great. Thanks
I like your website !
But my english is so bad sorry 🙁
WOW….Amazing…
Ella, you and your husband rock!!! You are both sooo talented and since I love your blog/channel/art I hope you continue to enrich our lives with your yummy recipes. Keep up with fantastic work!
Thank you Ella, for share recipes to everyone. English is not my native language, i”m from Ukraine. When I came in to USA, I was 50 year old and now I’m 68. But I like cooking and gardening and I”m very happy to found your blog.
Thank you Ella for all your recipes, the entire family loved your chocolate chip cookie recipe plus I have tried around more than 30++ receipes of yours. Keep up the good work, cheers from Sri Lanka.
Thank you for producing these delightful videos. I feel that music and cooking are magic when combined and your work shows just how true that is.
Hi Ella! Love the site and your youtube channel. I noticed in this post you have the equipment you used to film your 1080p videos, however, I noticed you recently moved to 4k and the videos have been beautiful. What equipment are you using for those? Thanks!
Good evening Ella I just found your you on YouTube and your recipes led me to your website. I am in love with your recipes amazing can’t wait to try them thank you!
Good evening Ella I just found your you on YouTube and your recipes led me to your website. I am in love with your recipes amazing can’t wait to try them thank you!
Karen H. Collinsville, Oklahoma USA
Hello,
Just discovered your website as I was trying to find a “mirror glaze” cake recipe. I landed on your YouTube page where you have beautifully shown how to make it. Thank you! You have a follower!!!
Came upon your website via your you tube videos. Your recipes are deluxe. The need to cook list in the kitchen expanded exponentially. The you tube videos are some of the best on you tube, including the ‘pro’ channels like ATK, Bon Appetite, and others. The quiet, music backed, quick, preparation scenes are a de-lite, professional, instructive, and inspiring. Hope you continue sharing your expertise and recipes. Thanks. In these times.. Be safe, be well.
I located your page while looking for an Opera Cake recipe. We were hosting an exchange student last month and it was his cake of request ! I reviewed many recipes but chose yours to follow and it was delicious ! So much so, that tonight I was searching for your recipe ( yeah, I found it !! ) because I failed to print or remember which one I chose. Tomorrow Opera cake # 2, yum !
Hello
Your blueberry muffin recipe is absolutely delicious.
Greetings from Montreal, Canada
G
Hi ella
I’m marzieh and I am iranian .I can speak english abit.so I am sory if I have some mistake in my massage. I am phisicaltherapist but I love cooking too.
I follow your recipes and l love you. You are perfect and you have a butiful relax face.
Iranian have very perfect recipes. You can try them.
Be happy and good for every time.
Ella, you are amazing! Thank you so much for the wonderful recipes. Your website is so easy to use and friendly. Has a perfect layout!!! Love it all!
You have beautiful recipes! The cakes are awesome, so I really want to thank you, all your work and sharing of these yummies. :D. I have find you in 2018 and when I wan to make something special always I choose a recipe from your website. God bless you !
Hi, Ella! I wanted to tell you that you make delicious food with this channel, and it comes out once a week.
I also noticed that you are a left-hander. Is this true?
Thank you for putting some information about you and your family, but can you please give this website more information about where you live and how you decided to make this website?
Hi, I love baking and came across your website. I have made so many desserts from your website and I can’t pin point which is the best because all are so delicious. You make everything look so easy to make and the taste is beyond this world! I love your website. Keep up the good work. From The Netherlands
Hi Ella! Can I ask your country? Just to know how your ingredients match with my. Thank you! I like your video and recipes!
Thank you Ella for creating this beautiful site. I found it while searching for a cheese souffle recipe and yours was simply delicious. Your videos make cooking look easy and relaxing, and it is inspiring watching you prepare the dishes!
Hello, Thank you so much for all your recipes. My friends liked the raffaello cake so much and were asking me where I got the recipe from.
Your videos are lovely to watch and if you ever release a recipe book I’ll be one of the first to buy it. 🙂
Loved these recipes. Keep up the good work
Thank you Ella, I have had try most of your cake recipes and every single one is amazing . I have tried some other recipes too. I love that you have have videos as well. You are awesome !!!
Just wanted to say I discovered your website about a month ago, and have made 4 desserts off of it – creme brulee, vanilla eclairs, chocolate banana bread and the brookie.
They all turned out great, and it’s all because of your detailed explanations and the videos, as I am very much a novice!
Thanks for doing this!
Vik
thanks alot..i have learned many cooking skills from your videos. Great efforts..keep it up..thumbs Up..!!
I love your recipes – they always work and the photography is artistic and professional. Thank you for al the lovely meals I made for my family thanks to your inspiration.
Hello Ella ????
I am a hobby cook and I love baking a specially desserts . I enjoy your recipes. Thank you for those beautiful videos and amazing recipes. Last week I make one of your recipe cake ???? It was very delicious. I follow you on Facebook and now on your blog. God bless you and your family and happy women’s day ????
Mona from California
Hi! I tried already two of your recipes in one month, I’m so happy I’ve discovered your Youtube channel in a first time then your website; You made me want to create a website too; Thank you and keep cooking for us !
Hi Ella,
Just wanted to let you know that I made the strawberry chocolate mirror cake and it came out just like your video showed it! And best of all, it tasted great. I made it for someone’s birthday and everyone was so happy with this cake. Thank you for sharing your expertise. I look forward to trying more of your recipes.
Hello Ella and Husband.
You two are doing such a wonderful job.
I’m a senior and even I can bake some of your great recipes.
I also subscribed at your YT channel.
Thanks!
I have been a fan and a follower of your Facebook page for years. I would like to say that keep up the good work. I love all your videos and the photographs, and the effort that you made here. It’s all seemed to be done with lots of labor of love. Thank you very much for this site, and I appreciate all that you do. At this period of time we have, going here and just watching the videos sometimes is therapeutic for me.
I realy enjoy watching your recipes. They are byend excellent and beautiful. I thank you so much for sharing all this beauty. Keep the good work!! Wish you all the luck ???? ????????????
Hi Ella,
I am just starting to working with the tangzhong method. I believe my first candidate will will be your knot bread. It came out a bit dry when I first tried them.
Check out this URL. Let me know what you think.
Excellent job Ella! I am about to make the walnut mirror cake for my friend’s birthday and will let you know how it turns out. Keep up with good job!
Wow, I am really late to your party. I found you a week or so ago on YouTube and have been watching everyday, I watch for at least a couple of hours. 🙂 I’m a pretty good cook (that’s what everyone says) but I don’t bake, I don’t like it. During Covid I decided to try and cook bread. Oh my gosh I love it. I’m going to try a few of your recipes this coming week. It’s just my husband and I at home so I give a lot of things to family and neighbors. Thank you for making your recipes so easy to follow. Please keep them coming!!
I think Ms. Ella’s Home Cooking Adventure’s YouTube Channel has lots of decadent recipes including different desserts. I’m glad I found this YouTube Channel. It is so much fun to learn how to prepare different recipes.
Good site! I was glad to visit!
With respect, hmcooking.com!
Where to buy the clear plastic pan with removable top and sides that is shown in the cranberry pistachio fudge video?
It is from Delicake Cakeware Australia. They do international shipping. https://www.delicake.com.au/
Thank you, friendly family, for such a well-established, delicious work. All your recipes are excellent, side effects. I pamper all your pets with recipes. They always turn out with a Bang! They use the ingredients very well. You are the best in this business, because I am not
a pro in this business, but thanks to your work, I succeed. I am always waiting for the discovery of your new recipes, it is always intriguing and fascinating, what will be interesting this time. Thank you more than one thousand times for opening a new accessible world of cooking for me. Have a good job and good health to your whole friendly family.👍👍😊😊😊💋💋💋
Hi Ella, you know I am so happy that I saw from the first time your (Almond coconut rafaello cake) and I am following the all recipes. Thank you so much I love your cakes whenever I make your cakes it comes wonderful!!!!!
Thanks a lot and keep going like that wonderful videos and good luck 🤞
Dear Ella,
I’m making your chocolate Swirl Bread. It looks good so far. Hope it comes out like yours!!!!
Blessings to you and your family,
Rose
So glad to hear that Rose.. Let me know how it turned out for you … Wish you all the best!
Hello, Would it be possible to substitute milk for the yogurt in your apple upside (looks heavenly) down cake. Thank you, Nancy
If that is what you have.. yes.. buttermilk would have been better though 🙂 but I am sure will work well with milk too
hello, I really like your website!
Hi Ella. I’m going to dinner for my daughter’s best friend and her family is Bosnian. Her mother doesn’t speak English, so I wanted to make something to show respect for their heritage. After looking at several recipes for Krempita, yours seems to be the best. Some show it very tall, using a 9 x 13 pan. I wanted to know what pan you used with the removable sides. I’d like to try to get one before I make this on Thursday. Thanks!
Hi Toni. I have used an 8-inch (20cm) square pan. For a 9×13 pan you can double the recipe.
Hello Ella,
I am Makhary, from Senegal, West Africa. Since years I have been following your YouTube channel, the website as well.
You’re doing a wonderful recipes with a quality in videos/audios as I mentioned on YouTube (Strawberry Chocolate Mirror Cake).
Let me bring my humble contribution on your wonderful activity. Since you have a large followers with different culture, it will be a great idea for me they see you realize recipes reflecting their homeland. Such section can be named like “Cuisine du Monde” representing recipes beyond borders.
Hi Makhary, glad to have you with us. Yes, sharing recipes, mostly desserts form different parts of the world is something we tried to place them under the “Desserts from Around the World” playlist on YouTube. But it would also be nice to create a playlist with savory ones as well.