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Cafe La Llave Espresso Coffee Coffee Cake

June 9, 2023 By Marta Darby 3 Comments

I should really start calling this series of challenges "Cooking with Coffee," but that's not important right now.Today I made a Coffee Cake, but not just any Coffee Cake. I made an Espresso Coffee Coffee Cake. What does that even mean? Well, there's brewed espresso in the batter and in the icing. It's a delicious and beautifully caffeinated ...

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Espresso Cupcakes with Espresso Frosting

April 29, 2023 By Marta Darby 1 Comment

I know. You can't believe you read that title right. But it's all true. I have a great recipe for you today.I've been messing with espresso. (Because Cuiban!) Specifically Café La Llave Espresso in some recipes and I'm delighted to share the first of these right here:Café La Llave Espresso Cupcakes with Espresso Buttercream Frosting.The ...

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Hispanic Heritage Café La Llave Giveaway

October 16, 2022 By Marta Darby

UPDATE:10/24/2022 WE HAVE A WINNER!!WE'RE SO DELIGHTED THAT OUR WINNER IS LEONELLA ALVAREZ! PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH "HEY MARTA! I WON STUFF ON YOUR BLOG! IN THE SUBJECT LINE. SEND YOUR MAILING ADDRESS SO I CAN GET IT OUT TO CAFE LA LLAVE TO SEND YOUR COFFEE GOODIES OUT ...

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Chicken With Peaches and Plums, Oh my!

September 8, 2022 By Marta Darby Leave a Comment

It's been quite a while since I've received a box of goodness from Melissa's Produce. So I was quite delighted when they offered to send me their latest box of fresh produce.My son-in-law, Marc immediately snagged the Hatch Chile's, which makes sense because he likes the uber-spicy stuff, but that's not important right now. So I stared long ...

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Celebrating the First – Cafe La Llave Style

June 21, 2022 By Marta Darby

UPDATE 6/27/2022:  WE HAVE A WINNER!!  First, let me explain how I choose the winner. I take all the entries from each of the posts I produce: Blog, Instagram, & Facebook. Then I use the Random Number Generator to give me the number of the winner in each place. Then I narrow down the winners and again randomly choose a winner. It's as fair as ...

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Cafe La Llave Brings the Brunch Together

April 12, 2022 By Marta Darby

This post is sponsored by my favorite coffee people, Café La Llave. The opinions contained in this piece are all my very own.   9/21/2022 UPDATE: We have a winner! Congratulations to Tanya!Tanya says April 12, 2022 at 5:20 pm (Edit)I’ve been drinking coffee since I was about five. I drink about two cups a day. Real all the ...

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The Quinces Celebration Continues With Some Friends from Miami & NY

November 18, 2021 By Marta Darby Leave a Comment

I often say, "I'm the luckiest," and I totally feel like that's true.  I was in Miami in December of 2019, - before the plague hit - and had the great pleasure of sitting down and talking and eating and hanging (and eating some more) with Chef Mike Beltran at his fabulous restaurant, Ariete, along with Nick Jimenez, the creator of Pan con ...

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The Quest for Authentic Chimichurri – Cocina Knows

November 30, 2020 By Marta Darby

UPDATE: 12/7/2020 – COMMENTS CLOSED – WE HAVE A WINNER!  Congratulations to Ofe Polack, the winner of the three jars of Authentic Argentinian Natal Chimichurri!  Please send me an email with your mailing address so I can send out your chimichurri ASAP!  Be sure to bookmark the We Are Cocina brand for great recipes and shopping!  Also, ...

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For The Love of Sazón, IMUSA, and Cafe La Llave

October 26, 2020 By Marta Darby

UPDATE: 10/31/2020 – COMMENTS CLOSED – WE HAVE A WINNER!  Congratulations to Rose Mary Talavera, the winner of the Imusa/Cafe La Llave Cafetera Set!  Please send me an email with your mailing address so we can get your Cafetera Set out to you ASAP! Congratulations!  Also, let me remind you that "For The Love of Sazón" also ran this amazing ...

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My Life Runs on Cafe La Llave

October 10, 2020 By Marta Darby

UPDATE: 10/17/2020 – COMMENTS CLOSED – WE HAVE A WINNER!  Congratulations to Maria E. Prieto, the winner of the Breville Espresso Maker, 4 boxes of Café La Llave espresso pods, and 2 Café La Llave tacitas -  all courtesy of Cafe La Llave.Please send an email with your mailing address so we can get your fabulous box of Cafe La Llave goodies out ...

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I made some amazing espresso ice cream with the he I made some amazing espresso ice cream with the help of @cafelallave // smooth, creamy, and.it tastes like your first cafecito of the day. // Best thing you’ll taste all day. ☕️💚🗝️Buen Provecho! 🤩Please visit my blog for the whole delicious recipe. (Link in profile☝🏼)You’re welcome! 😉🇨🇺https://bit.ly/45QhRPN#espressoicecream #cafelallave #mybigfatcubanfamily
It goes without saying, because CUBAN.
🇨🇺🍮😉❤️#BeLikeMarta 🖖🏼😎#flanislife #itsacubanthing🇨🇺
Cafe La llave Espresso ice Cream Check my site for Cafe La llave Espresso ice Cream
Check my site for full recipe 🍨
(Link in profile ☝🏼)https://bit.ly/45QhRPN
My grandson Max will be 2 next week. I figured it My grandson Max will be 2 next week. I figured it was time. 🇨🇺☕️
Don’t judge me. It’s a Cuban thing. 😉(For those of you freaking out right now, it’s only milk. I know. Shut up.🥛😆)Full disclosure: my mom would give all of us kids espresso from time to time. The most explanation I ever got from her was, “Asi se usaba en Cuba.” 🤷🏼‍♀️Oh the Cubanity. 🙌🏼🇨🇺#cafelallave #cubancoffee
This chapel, called “La Ermita,” is dedicated This chapel, called “La Ermita,” is dedicated to La Virgen de La Caridad Del Cobre, and is located in Miami.
Part of the @peroletmetellyou Miami Tour, 😉
I was there to show my respects, but as I sat there praying, I was not prepared for the intense burden I felt over the suffering of our people.Today, September 8th, is her feast day.
Today, like every day, we pray for a free Cuba. 🇨🇺We familiarly and with great love call her Cachita. ❤️Please read my story on how she is honored in Cuban homes everywhere. 🙏🏼https://bit.ly/15bs9I4(☝🏼link in profile)Photo 📸: @peroletmetellyou“Nuestro día ya viene llegando.” ~ @willychirino#itsacubanthing🇨🇺 #cachita #laermitadelacaridad
Today’s PSA, some words to live by: “Toma choc Today’s PSA, some words to live by:
“Toma chocolate.
Paga lo que debes.”And this is where I randomly start to cha-cha around my kitchen.🎶💃🏻🕺🏼
Who is with me?!Oh, the Cubanity. 🇨🇺😉#itsacubanthing #elbodeguero
The world looks brighter and much more fun after I The world looks brighter and much more fun after I’ve had my cafecito. ☕️ @cafelallave 💚🗝️🇨🇺🎨 by @ericdarby88#cafelallave #cafecubano
National Cuban Sandwich Day - from the archives - National Cuban Sandwich Day - from the archives - How to Make the Perfect Cuban Sandwich. 🇨🇺🥖This is a day I’m happy to celebrate. 🙌🏼🥳❤️https://bit.ly/1J31P2yStory and recipe link in profile☝🏼
#cubansandwichday
#mybigfatcubanfamily
I’m willing to die on this hill. 🤭 Oh, the Cu I’m willing to die on this hill. 🤭
Oh, the Cubanity. 🇨🇺#belikemarta 🖖🏼😎
Am amazing afternoon with our friends. Thanks to Am amazing afternoon with our friends. Thanks to  @spaghettinisb #spaghettiniathome #spaghettinisb @melissasproduce
To celebrate the beginning of summer I’m giving To celebrate the beginning of summer I’m giving away a beautiful basket of delicious Cuban coffee goodness courtesy of my friends at @cafelallave .
☕️💚🗝️⭐️Please click on the link in my profile☝🏼https://bit.ly/3NP9DRpLeave a comment on that post to enter,  and answer all my curious Cuban Coffee questions.🎉It’s time to wake up and smell the Cuban coffee, people! 😉Oh, the Cubanity!🇨🇺#cafelallave☕️ #cubancoffee #giveaway #coffeebasket
My Papi had the blessed gift of storytelling. 📖 My Papi had the blessed gift of storytelling. 📖
This photo was taken on the roof of our Miami home, from where he convinced us we could see Havana. 🇨🇺 👀Please visit my blog for the entire story. (Link in profile☝🏼)Happy Father’s Day to all.
I miss mine every day. 🥰https://bit.ly/44749Xn#mybigfatcubanfamily #happyfathersday
I made a delicious, mouth-wateringly tempting Coff I made a delicious, mouth-wateringly tempting Coffee Coffee Cake. I KNOW! 😱
I used my fave @cafelallave to make this miracle happen and the outcome was amazing.Click the link in my profile for the recipe and a cute little anecdote where I may or may not have given the toddler a higher than usual dose of caffeine. 🤫
It was sooo Cuban.
😂🇨🇺☕️💚🗝️
Thanks @cafelallave for helping the relajo to get so crazy at our house. 🤭https://bit.ly/3oXfxWVOh, the Cubanity!
#belikemarta 🖖🏼😎#cafelallave #coffeecakerecipe
#Cubancake
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My grandboy, Max loves his @cafelallave espresso. My grandboy, Max loves his @cafelallave espresso. 😉🇨🇺☕️Oh, the Cubanity! 😱#callmewella #cafelallave #cafécubano #espresso
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” Salud! ☕️💚🗝️Thank you, @cafelallave for helping me embrace my Cubanity daily. 🇨🇺❤️#cafelallave #cubancoffee #cafecubano #mybigfatcubanfamily  #ohthecubanity🇨🇺 #belikemarta 🖖🏼😎
This is happening in my kitchen right now and you’re all invited to join! ☕️🧁🇨🇺❤️@cafelallave espresso cupcakes with espresso buttercream frosting. 😱 Ahora si! 💃🏻🕺🏼🗝️💚☕️
#espresso #espressocupcakes #bakingwithespresso #cafelallave #mybigfatcubanfamilyRecipe link in profile☝🏼
https://bit.ly/3AIbWhL
This song. ❤️ I want it to be the theme song i This song. ❤️
I want it to be the theme song if anyone ever makes a telenovela about my life. 😂💃🏻🎶❤️
Alternatively, I’d like this written on my tombstone because I totally lead a charmed life:
🎶Lo que esta pa’ ti, nadie te lo quita🎶Please appreciate that he gives a shoutout to Betty (@portosbakery) & to @leonorgavina / @cafelallave.
That whole front row was the entire @cubanheritagela group.🥳🇨🇺❤️
One of the things I love most about @willychirino is how generous he is in sharing his incredible gift with all of us, his Cuban cubiches. 🎶💃🏻🇨🇺❤️I suggest you save this forever and share it. It’s the most encouraging song ever. 🥳Watch. And love. ❤️Also, the voices you hear loudest are me and my daughter, @kikitiando because CUBAN.🇨🇺#willychirino #cubanheritagela #mybigfatcubanfamily #portosbakery #cafelallave #themusicofmypeople🇨🇺
My daughter @kikitiano and I, along with practical My daughter @kikitiano and I, along with practically all of us who are a part of @cubanheritagela went to see our beloved @willychirino tonight. ❤️My heart is so full and I have so much I want to share, and the concert was phenomenal. Willy is in GREAT voice. 🎤It was pretty much the most epic Cuban sing-along (with the most epic Cuban sing-alongers) you’d ever want to be part of. 💃🏻❤️🎶He sang every song we wanted him to sing and it was absolutely satisfying.So he starts one of my favorite songs talking about how how he’s a guajiro. 🌴
It is the happiest, most danceable and sing-alongiest song ever. 💃🏻But then, he started a slideshow behind the music.
And there was Pinar del Río and the amazing “Mogotes” in the Valle de Viñales.
The very recognizable spot where my father’s ashes are scattered.
😭🌴💔So now I’m wrecked and weeping and singing along, but this song is now about MY Papi, another guajiro from another time. 🌴💔(If you want to read the entire beautiful story written by my daughter, Amy, please follow the link below or you can find it also in my profile. ☝🏼https://bit.ly/3mxvPETThank you, @willychirino por la noche perfecta y por tan bien representar a nuestro pueblo. Y mil gracias por la música. Me tocaste el corazón como siempre lo has hecho.
Te mando un fuerte abrazo. ❤️❤️❤️Also, thank you for the shout  out!! I’m going to be impossible to live with. 🤭~@martadarby
@MyBigFatCubanFamily#cubanmusic #willychirino #mybigfatcubanfamily
LA, You’re just too lucky! 🍀 Look who’s com LA, You’re just too lucky! 🍀
Look who’s coming your way on Saturday, April 15th: our beloved Willy Chirino!! 🤩❤️
He will be performing at the gorgeous Alex Theatre in Glendale, and it’s going to be a night to remember.
🔥❤️
There are still tickets available but they’re going fast, so be sure you lock it down.
I’ll be in the front row shaking my colita. Come say hello.
🖖🏼😎🎶Vamos a pasar La Noche Perfecta!!
🙌🏼🎶Also, please go visit the @cubanheritageLA account for a chance to win tickets to this fabulous concert!
🎟️ 🏆https://alextheatre.org/event/willy-chirino
#willychirino #willychirinoin concert #alextheatre #cubanmusic #unartistafamoso
Representing. 🇨🇺☘️😉 Happy St. Patrick Representing. 🇨🇺☘️😉
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, mi gente. 🎉
-Marta O’Cuban 🖖🏼😎#mybigfatcubanfamily #stpatricksday #ocuban
#belikemarta 🖖🏼😎
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