This Strawberry Forest chocolate tart is deeply chocolatey, almost slightly bittersweet, with a delicious chocolate crème pâtissière filling. If you prefer vanilla cream, simply leave out the chocolate in the final recipe. The tart works beautifully with strawberries
A no-bake milk chocolate tart with raspberries. The base is a simple biscuit crust, topped with an egg-free chocolate mousse and fresh raspberries – it had to taste good ;). This milk chocolate mousse and raspberry tart is perfect for summer.
A charming apple tart that looks like the most beautiful bouquet of roses! You simply can’t take your eyes off it. Rose Bouquet Apple Tart tastes every bit as good as it looks. The best crisp shortcrust pastry, homemade almond crème pâtissière and soft, fragrant
Plum and pistachio cake is a wonderful combination of crisp, buttery pastry, delicate pistachio and almond filling, and juicy, slightly tart plums. The cake is a variation on the classic English Bakewell tart, but it is lighter and fluffier. Instead of the traditional layer of jam, it
The best shortcrust pastry, juicy Italian plums and a delicate filling made with mascarpone, sweetened condensed milk and eggs. This plum and mascarpone tart is creamy and almost cheesecake-like, with a velvety filling that is gently sweet and has a lovely hint of lemon.
Moist, fluffy and wonderfully fresh for days, this strawberry cake is tall and generous in size, making it perfect for sharing. It’s light and airy thanks to the addition of oil and plenty of milk. The strawberries are delicious, releasing plenty of juice as they bake, which
An incredibly creamy strawberry layer cake. It has everything you love: vanilla custard, stracciatella cream, strawberries and desiccated coconut. An added bonus is that it requires no baking, which is especially welcome during hot weather :).
Delicate lemon cake with blueberries and a lemon glaze. It tastes absolutely delicious and is so easy to make – you simply mix the ingredients together :). A wonderful light and fluffy dessert. It can also be baked as muffins. Highly recommended!
A moist, fluffy and tender quince cake with a delicate almond note and a fantastic Amaretto icing. It stays fresh for a long time. For this recipe, I used quinces poached in cinnamon syrup (see the end of the recipe for instructions on how to make them).
If you love cakes with plenty of fruit and a generous layer of crunchy crumble, this recipe is definitely worth trying :). This simple crumble cake is packed with juicy plums that soften as they bake, creating a fragrant, lightly cinnamon-spiced filling. The crumble, made with
Marian Burros’s famous plum torte is a very simple plum cake. It became one of the most recognisable recipes ever published by The New York Times. The recipe first appeared in the newspaper in 1983. It quickly became hugely popular with readers and was r
A delicate, buttery cake with raspberries and chocolate, topped with a crunchy almond crumble. Quick and easy to make, it looks beautiful dusted with icing sugar (very wintry!), while the raspberries give it a summery feel :). And, of course, the combination of raspberries
An intensely almondy cake with a small amount of flour, one of those marzipan-like cakes. Generously soaked with fresh citrus juice, it is moist, fragrant and wonderfully rich. It may not be to everyone’s taste, but I’m sure there are plenty of you who will absolutely love it!
An easy and delicious spring-summer bake: buttery shortcrust pastry with rhubarb and strawberries. Perfectly sweet, with a delicious crumble topping made from the same dough as the base, so there’s very little extra work. This makes a generous traybake
An easy and delicious peach cake packed with juicy fruit. Tender, delicate pastry, cinnamon and sweet, ripe peaches make a wonderful combination. The cake is quick to prepare and requires no rolling – simply spread two-thirds of the dough over the base of the tin, add the
Delicious and quick to make, these muffins are packed with blueberries! During blueberry season, you can of course use wild blueberries instead, but other small fruits work well too. I baked these in ramekins this time, but traditionally they are baked in a muffin tin.
A moist and juicy coconut cake with blueberries and a delicate coconut flavour. A lovely seasonal fruit cake that works beautifully with many different fruits; I’ve also baked it with plums and apples. Highly recommended.
A delicious no-bake chocolate tart with a chocolate biscuit base and fresh blueberries. Rich and intensely chocolatey, but not overly bitter, thanks to the milk chocolate that makes up most of the filling. The filling is a thick, luscious chocolate ganache made traditionally