These soft, fluffy yeast buns are filled with creamy cheese and tender, cinnamon-spiced apples, then finished with a buttery crumble topping. They’re a perfect autumn bake, combining three classic flavours that work beautifully together. Absolutely delicious
These simple, delicious sweet buns are filled with Nutella and are wonderfully soft, fluffy and chocolatey. Once baked, they need nothing more than a light dusting of icing sugar. Perfect for a mid-morning treat, an afternoon snack or dessert, they
These twisted hazelnut buns are perfect for autumn – soft, fluffy and wonderfully fragrant, with a delicious filling made from ground hazelnuts, cinnamon, chocolate and cocoa powder. They’re some of the best sweet buns I’ve had recently, and my family agrees :).
Jewish apple cake is a wonderfully moist, apple-packed cake with a lovely hint of cinnamon. It’s quite different from a classic Polish apple cake (szarlotka) – there’s no pastry base or layer of cooked apples here. Instead, it’s packed with pieces of fresh apple
This simple and delicious apple and skyr cake is made without a mixer. It’s soft, moist and delicately flavoured with vanilla, with little pieces of apple that become lovely and tender as the cake bakes. The skyr gives it a wonderfully soft texture, while the flaked almonds
A wonderful traditional Polish yeast cake, described by the original recipe writers as “a cake of the highest class”. It will make a beautiful centrepiece for an Easter table in true Polish style. This is one of those recipes that used to be scribbled down on little
These cinnamon and cardamom yeast knots are perfect for anyone who loves soft, buttery buns packed with warming spices. The delicate yeast dough is filled with brown sugar, cinnamon and cardamom, and the distinctive plaiting and knotting gives each bun a beautiful
This moist, soft and wonderfully lemony yoghurt cake is made without butter. Greek yoghurt keeps the cake beautifully moist and fresh for longer, while the oil gives it a delicate, tender texture. A generous amount of freshly grated lemon zest gives the cake a bright, refreshing
I’d completely forgotten about puff pastry – it’s been such a long time since I last baked with it! I have to admit, though, that this isn’t really the best time of year to make it from scratch. Puff pastry likes to be kept cool, and working with soft butter in a warm kitchen
Moist, soft and wonderfully vanilla-scented, this sour cream cake with the first plums of the season is perfect for celebrating these delicious fruits. The addition of sour cream keeps the cake fresh for longer, giving it a lovely, delicate moistness. The
Rum and chocolate Bundt cake is an exceptionally aromatic, soft cake with an intense rum fragrance and a delicate chocolate flavour. Made with dark chocolate, cocoa powder and a little rolled oats, which give it a lovely texture. A slightly crisp crust hides a soft
Chocolate yoghurt Bundt cake with chocolate glaze is a deliciously moist cake made with thick Greek yoghurt. There’s plenty of cocoa in the batter, giving it an almost intensely chocolatey flavour, as though it were made with the finest chocolate…
Hazelnut and chocolate Bundt cake – what could it possibly taste like? Of course… Nutella! It’s moist, soft, wonderfully fragrant and absolutely delicious with the chocolate glaze. What more could you want? I should warn you, though – it’s seriously addictive…
I remember when I first came to the UK, just after finishing university. One of my culinary discoveries at the time was pineapple cottage cheese – a combination that seemed wonderfully exotic to me ;). Today, I happily revisited those flavours, this time in soft,
I’m going to be bold and call this the best fruit cake. It really is that good! Soft, springy and packed with fruit, it stays lovely and fresh the next day too. It has a beautiful buttery flavour and a crisp, golden crumble topping. I baked mine with fresh strawberries
The perfect autumn bake with pumpkin, although this time we’re using it in a slightly different way – instead of pumpkin purée, we’re adding freshly grated pumpkin. The cake has a slight carrot cake feel to it, helped along by the delicious Philadelphia cream cheese frosting.
Mini pumpkin cheesecakes with toffee sauce are little autumn treats that are surprisingly intense in flavour. The creamy, delicately spiced pumpkin filling pairs beautifully with fragrant orange zest, while the whole thing is finished with a silky toffee sauce.
I wouldn’t be myself if I hadn’t baked this cake ;). It had been on my mind for quite some time. I have to admit, though, that it isn’t to everyone’s taste – the opinions online were rather mixed – so perhaps that’s why I kept putting off making it. Now I know it was definitely