Sweet, colourful cookies made with sugar sprinkles – confetti cookies :). Crisp around the edges and slightly chewy in the centre, they are easy to make with just a few basic ingredients. They pair perfectly with confetti cupcakes or a confetti cake 🙂
A well-known, simple and much-loved Polish cake from the Greater Poland region. Its heyday may be behind it, but it still tastes delicious! Brzdąc is made from two layers of sponge cake filled with a cocoa cream made with whipped cream, with its characteristic
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
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 cheesecake with a cranberry and orange sauce. Delicious, beautiful and yet so easy to make! With a chocolate biscuit base, good-quality curd cheese and the sweet-tart flavour of cranberry and orange sauce. Just how I like it :).
Perfect Kaiserschmarrn, a classic Austrian dish. Kaiserschmarrn is a thick, sweet and fluffy pancake or light omelette, torn into pieces while cooking. It is incredibly light and airy. In Austria, it is often served as a sweet main course, but it is also popular for breakfast
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!
Strawberry mousse is a must during strawberry season! This time, I’ve paired it with a pistachio cake. This pistachio cake with strawberry mousse is a wonderful dessert combining strawberries and pistachios: a pistachio cake enveloped in strawberry mousse, finished
The essence of summer. This strawberry and lemon curd cake is made not with a traditional sponge, but with new vanilla cake layers that do not need soaking. Simple to make, with the flavours of lemon curd, strawberries and lightly whipped cream coming
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
Aperol Spritz cheesecake is a no-bake cheesecake with a delicate creamy cheese filling and a delicious red-orange jelly layer inspired by Italy’s most popular aperitif. Prosecco is also part of the classic drink, so you’ll find it in the jelly too. This cheesecake is a treat
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
A delicious Polish Easter mazurek made with milk powder and coconut on a chocolate shortcrust pastry base. It keeps very well at room temperature and stays fresh for a long time. It is easy to make and here I have decorated it with coconut and Raffaello pralines, but the
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