An elegant, creamy dessert with a delicate hint of coconut. Decorated with coconut flakes, which enhance the flavour even further. It’s very simple to make and requires only a few ingredients. It’s best prepared the evening before serving, so the panna cotta has time to
A quick and healthy jam recipe, and a great way to use up summer fruit from the freezer. This chia seed jam is ready to eat after just 20 minutes – no long cooking and no large amount of sugar required. Chia seeds act as a natural thickener here.
A serious rival to the German lebkuchen (which you love!). This time, I’m inviting you to try Nuremberg lebkuchen – different from the ones you already know, also known as Elisenlebkuchen. The tradition of baking them dates back to the 14th century.
Wholemeal scones – they may not be the prettiest little buns, but they have so many advantages :). They’re quick and very easy to make and, most importantly, simply delicious. All you need to do is replace some of the plain flour with wholemeal flour to make
My favourite jam. The only thing I love more is plum butter. I adore blackcurrants for their flavour, their aroma and their beautiful colour, and turning them into jam is a real pleasure. Blackcurrants are naturally rich in pectin, so the jam thickens beautifully all on its own ;).
Suksesssterte – Norwegian vanilla almond cake – is a classic Norwegian dessert and one of the country’s most popular cakes, also traditionally served at Christmas. You may notice similarities to the famous IKEA almond cake with Daim bars: this cake is gluten-free, made with
Homemade peach jam is simply the best :). Made with plenty of vanilla, freshly grated lemon zest and lemon juice. Perfect for toast, pancakes, waffles and desserts. Make it as thick as you like – I usually reduce the juice a little further so that the jars are packed
A French apple cake, the recipe itself comes from France. Delicate, moist and absolutely delicious, with a hint of rum and generous chunks of apple. Simply irresistible! Although it’s a simple cake made with basic ingredients, it has a certain French elegance about it ;).
Biscotti are traditional Italian biscuits that are baked twice. Dry, though less so than Polish rusks, and sweet, they can be wonderfully varied in flavour. They’re perfect with coffee or a glass of wine, and their ability to keep for a long time is, apart from their delicious taste, one
The last few days have been filled with the wonderful aroma of cinnamon. Delicious cinnamon buns for elevenses? Why not! These buns are sweet, but not overly so. They’re also wonderfully fluffy, soft and buttery – pure heaven in every bite. I could wax lyrical about
A savoury yeast bread packed with popular herbs, garlic and Parmesan. Absolute heaven! Delicious, pull-apart pieces of fluffy, buttery dough, best enjoyed warm, straight from the oven. Don’t even ask how wonderfully it tastes and smells ;). Just try this recipe
Vaniljhjärtan literally means “vanilla hearts”. These very popular Swedish pastries are delicious vanilla custard encased in delicate shortcrust pastry shaped like hearts. You will need heart-shaped moulds to make them; I have to admit that I have a bit of a habit of buying
Old-fashioned Swedish pralines called dammsugare (“vacuum cleaners”), which in appearance resemble Polish bajaderki. They are made using leftover cakes or biscuits, so perhaps the name comes from the idea of “cleaning out” the cupboards ;). Or maybe it comes
This cake apparently goes by many names. I’m sure you’ve tried it before :). Sometimes it’s known as “kudłacze”, sometimes as lamingtons… Whatever you call it, it’s simply delicious. I don’t think I’ve made it in years, so it was time to dig the recipe out of my
During the fruit season, I make Pavlova with all kinds of fruit. In summer, it’s easy to save up enough egg whites for a meringue cake – all you need to do is make proper homemade ice cream using egg yolks. This weekend I made a Pavlova with coffee cream and strawberries.
American sandwich cookies filled with peanut butter cream. Intensely chocolatey and wonderfully nutty! Chocolate whoopie pies have a texture similar to a sponge or butter cake (and are made in much the same way), staying soft and fluffy. They’re an American
My favourite Italian pizza dough, tested and perfected many times over – simply the best! It makes a perfect, thin pizza base with a classic, slightly thicker crust that is lightly crisp on the outside yet soft inside. The toppings are entirely up to you; I’ve been
A delicious meringue cake that is soft and marshmallowy in the centre and crisp on the outside. Meringue cake with custard and strawberries is a combination that’s impossible to resist. It tastes wonderful, but like most meringue cakes, it doesn’t keep well and