A wonderful and simple summer tart with strawberries and lemon curd! A biscuit base, a light curd cheese filling, a layer of lemon curd (I always keep some in the fridge – I simply can’t be without it!) and juicy fresh strawberries. Could there be a better tart to welcome
One of my favourite recipes for a yeast cake. This recipe makes a large tray of delicious yeasted cake. This yeast cake with curd cheese filling combines elements of my yeast cake with plum butter and curd cheese buchteln. I wanted to incorporate the idea of adding
Adding carrots, courgettes, beetroot or even tomatoes to cakes is nothing unusual these days – they simply make cakes more flavourful and moist, while helping them stay fresh for longer. But what do you think about adding… sauerkraut? Chocolate sauerkraut cake i
The best recipe for vanilla cake layers. These cake layers are not a traditional sponge cake. While the classic sponge cake remains a popular choice as a base for layer cakes, sometimes you may want a more stable cake that can hold heavier fillings (rather than mousses or
Although I probably should have started with Shrek, Fiona seemed like a tempting treat. Perhaps because she’s raspberry-flavoured? Fiona cake is a pink layered dessert with a raspberry flavour, made with sponge fingers, raspberry custard, raspberry Jaffa Cakes, raspberry
Shrek cake is a gooseberry-flavoured dessert, of course in a vivid green colour. It’s made of several simple layers: green custard, gooseberry mousse, gooseberry jelly with gooseberries (from compote or syrup), jaffa cakes and sponge fingers. Shrek
Éclair Cake is a deliciously creamy no-bake dessert made with layers of biscuits and homemade vanilla pastry cream, lightened with mascarpone. The filling is based on classic French crème pâtissière – the same kind of cream used in traditional éclairs. Instead of baking,
Chocolate egg white Bundt cake made with the egg whites left over from making doughnuts or Polish chruściki (faworki). Because you can only make so many meringues ;). This cake is wonderfully delicate, with just the right amount of chocolate flavour, and practically
These pistachio doughnuts are truly something special. The kind of sweet treat you occasionally dream about, and with Shrove Tuesday just around the corner, it seemed like the perfect excuse to make them. They sat alongside my traditional doughnuts made with
Stracciatella tart with strawberries is a wonderful tart filled with mascarpone cream and grated chocolate, topped with a generous layer of glossy strawberries. It tastes absolutely delicious and looks stunning! I highly recommend it for the upcoming Mother’s Day :).
Kvæfjordkake – “the world’s best cake” – comes from the northern region of Norway and traditionally appears at important celebrations such as christenings, confirmations, weddings and birthdays. It has become known as Norway’s national cake and is even
Papierówka apple pie is a delicious seasonal apple pie made with the tart, early-season apples so popular in Poland. Outside the papierówka season, you can also make it with other tart varieties of apples. Delicate shortcrust pastry and delicious gently cooked apples make this
An absolutely wonderful cake. This plum cheesecake cake consists of a layer of delicious baked cheesecake with plums and almonds on a light cake. Soft, moist and wonderfully moreish, with the plums beautifully incorporated into the cheesecake layer. A serious contender for the best
This shortcrust cake with custard and raspberries is the perfect recipe for right now, when raspberry season is in full swing and we can enjoy the sweetest, sun-ripened berries :). It has everything you love – the best buttery shortcrust pastry
You might be thinking: oh, just another ordinary plum cake… Well, think again! This plum and hazelnut cake is one of the most wonderful plum cakes I have ever eaten. Soft, moist, nutty and wonderfully fresh for a long time. And there are plenty of plums – not just on top of the
This wonderful almond plum tart is already known to you in its rhubarb and pear versions. I won’t pretend that plum season wasn’t simply an excuse to bake it in a new flavour combination ;). This almond tart, with its frangipane filling made from butter, sugar
Simple pumpkin yeast buns made with pumpkin purée, transformed into delicious pumpkin cinnamon rolls coated in cinnamon sugar. These cinnamon swirls are baked in a muffin tin, where they rise above the edges to create wonderfully quirky little twists ;).
This apple cake with a cinnamon crust is simply the best cinnamon apple cake. Delicious, moist and wonderfully long-lasting (the oil plays an important role here, so I wouldn’t substitute it with butter). Made with yoghurt and studded with