Pumpkin bakes to welcome autumn! First up – a tear-and-share pumpkin cinnamon bread. Your kitchen will be filled with the warm aroma of cinnamon and homemade sweet yeasted bread. It is hard to resist pulling pieces off this sweet bread, but that is exactly what you s
This really simple pumpkin cake with streusel and icing is quick to make and a delicious new way to use pumpkin purée. Fragrant with warming spices and maple syrup, it is a wonderfully autumnal bake. Small and topped with a generous layer of buttery streusel and icing
Zombie Guts – a sweet Halloween treat. I won’t say much about this one… this time, let the photos speak for themselves. Sweet cinnamon rolls shaped in an unusual way and spread with jam. Remember that comments such as “yuck”, “horrible” or
Soft, moist and quick to make, this apple and cinnamon cake is wonderfully simple – the recipe is very similar to making muffins. An easy autumnal cake with apples, perfect with a cup of tea.
Drunken Izydor is a delicious layered cake generously soaked with alcohol. Two layers of fluffy cocoa cake are filled with sour cherry jam, an indulgent walnut layer (and this is where most of the alcohol is!), and a delicious chocolate buttercream. This cake has been
An amazing cranberry cake with a nutty crumble topping. Soft, sweet and tart, with plenty of buttery, nutty crumble. Still perfect for winter, as fresh cranberries are readily available in shops at this time of year – it would be a shame not to use them in some
An incredible crumbly cranberry cake, taken to another level with the addition of brown butter. It tastes divine – the buttery, melt-in-the-mouth shortcrust has a wonderful nutty flavour that pairs perfectly with the tart cranberries. With flaked almonds, cinnamon
Bavarian apple cheese cake tart is a wonderful autumnal bake. It is like a traditional cheesecake on a shortcrust base, with the delicious addition of apples, cinnamon and almonds :). Unassuming in appearance and quite low – more like a tart – it definitely tastes better than it looks.
Without a doubt, the best chocolate Bundt cake I have ever eaten. Made with real chocolate and topped with a chocolate glaze, it is simple and quick to prepare. Highly recommended!
This easy summer fruit cake is wonderfully simple, yet impressive from the very first bite. Soft, fragrant with fruit and beautifully golden after baking – simply delicious. You can make it with any of your favourite fruits. Everyone in our house
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