This chocolate tart with crème pâtissière and blueberries is a delicious seasonal dessert featuring a crisp cocoa pastry case, silky vanilla crème pâtissière, and a generous layer of fresh blueberries. The rich cocoa pastry pairs beautifully with the smooth
This no-bake Snickers cake is a simple yet irresistible dessert inspired by the famous chocolate bar. With layers of crisp biscuits, creamy peanut custard, dulce de leche, roasted salted peanuts and a rich chocolate topping, it tastes remarkably close to the
Hit cake is a wonderfully creamy no-bake dessert made with layers of chocolate petit beurre biscuits, rich homemade custard, a cloud of whipped cream and a dusting of cocoa. It’s quick to prepare using simple everyday ingredients, yet looks wonderfully elegant
An irresistible tiramisu tart featuring everything you love about the classic Italian dessert in a new and elegant form. A crisp, buttery shortcrust pastry is filled with silky mascarpone cream, layered with coffee- and Amaretto-soaked ladyfingers, then
This fig tart combines the very best homemade shortcrust pastry with a luscious mascarpone cream flavoured with honey and vanilla, finished with fresh figs. Sometimes the simplest combinations are the most delicious. Outside fig season
Are you a fan of the classic French dessert crème brûlée? Then you’re going to love these cupcakes filled with silky vanilla pastry cream and topped with a crisp caramelised sugar crust. “Delicious” hardly does them justice! Each cupcake is filled with crème pâtissière, topped
An irresistible meringue cake with toasted hazelnuts, a light yoghurt cream and roasted apricots. Crisp on the outside and soft and marshmallow-like in the centre, it’s the perfect summer dessert. Two hazelnut meringue layers are filled with a fluffy
Torta Paradiso is a delicate, buttery cake from Italy, served here with cream and strawberries. The cake is credited to pastry chef Enrico Vigoni, who owned a pastry shop in the city of Pavia in the mid-19th century. He created an exceptionally light and
A quick dessert for the weekend! Crisp, flaky puff pastry topped with a refreshing lemon cream and plenty of fresh raspberries. The cream is wonderfully light and delicate, making this an original yet incredibly easy dessert to prepare. I highly recommend
Raffaello tart with strawberries is another wonderful summer strawberry dessert and a beautiful treat for Mother’s Day. A crisp, buttery pastry shell is filled with a luscious coconut cream and topped with fresh strawberries and Raffaello chocolates. It’s always a crowd
This cream cheese and strawberry tart features a crisp, buttery pastry shell filled with a smooth cream cheese filling and topped with juicy fresh strawberries. Its flavour is quite different from a tart made with mascarpone, thanks to the distinctive character of Philadelphia
French strawberry tart, also known as Tarte aux Fraises, is a true summer classic. It combines a traditional French pâte sablée pastry case – buttery, delicate and slightly sandy in texture – with juicy ripe strawberries arranged over a generous layer of silky
This recipe for a cake charmingly called Glacier Cake came from one of my readers, who happens to share my name (Dorotka, thank you!). Despite its name, it isn’t an ice cream cake. Instead, it features layers of sponge biscuits, creamy custard filling, fruit jelly
Mangomisu is a fresh, tropical take on traditional tiramisu. Ladyfingers are soaked in a fragrant mixture of mango purée and orange juice, then layered with a light mango mascarpone cream and slices of fresh ripe mango. A few strawberries add extra colour
An utterly irresistible meringue roulade filled with mascarpone cream and rhubarb. Pink rhubarb looks particularly beautiful in this dessert, but if you don’t have access to it, simply use the red parts of regular rhubarb stalks and save the greener sections
Drunken Plum Cake is a layered cake filled with Nutella cream, plum preserve and, most importantly, plenty of dried prunes soaked in rum. It’s perfect for Christmas or later for New Year’s Eve celebrations! A family-sized cake that’s ideal for sharing, served as neat
Cranberry cupcakes with white chocolate frosting are a delightful combination of tart and sweet flavours in one little cupcake :). Before you begin, remember that the white chocolate frosting needs to be prepared the day before so that it can simply be whipped the next day.
A flawless no-bake cake with a whipped cream, coconut filling and blackcurrant jam. This festive coconut zebra cake with blackcurrant jam stands out on the Christmas table with its beautiful colours. Everyone loves it, and it looks as though it is covered in