A creamy, velvety chestnut cheesecake made with sweetened chestnut purée and served with maple syrup. It sits on a biscuit base, which is also a great way to use up leftover festive spiced biscuits. A wonderful combination of flavours and a delicate chestnut
An exceptional spiced brownie topped with a cinnamon cream and chocolate ganache. Fragrant with gingerbread spices and cinnamon, it fits perfectly into the festive season. A dessert for those who don’t want to give up chocolate on the Christmas table ;).
Rudolph vanilla shortbread cookies are delicate, buttery vanilla biscuits decorated with red chocolate sweets and chocolate details. The dough is wonderfully easy to work with, making the cookie-cutting process a real pleasure, especially for children. Highly
Anyone who cannot imagine Christmas without the warm aroma of cinnamon should seriously consider this recipe! Exclusive to My Baking Addiction, this is a Zimtsterne Cinnamon Cheesecake. Its name comes from the traditional German cinnamon star biscuits
A classic chocolate Swiss roll filled with chestnut cream infused with a hint of dark rum. Finished with a glossy chocolate ganache and decorated with delicate chocolate curls, it makes an elegant and impressive addition to any Christmas dessert table.
This honey gingerbread cake is enriched with a generous amount of honey and beautifully scented with warming spices and fresh citrus zest. Easy to make, wonderfully moist and satisfyingly dense, it is everything a festive gingerbread cake should be. The finishing touch
I have always wanted to make these for St Nicholas Day, although I have not always managed to find the time! 😉 These adorable brownie bites are decorated to resemble Santa hats. The combination of brownie and strawberries is absolutely delicious, and at the
The combination of chestnuts and chocolate comes together beautifully in this light, gluten-free chestnut pudding cake. This chocolate and chestnut dessert is surprisingly simple to make, wonderfully moist and yet remarkably light. As you might expect, chocolate takes
A festive Basque cheesecake made with Lotus Biscoff spread and biscuits. Just like every great Basque cheesecake, it is intensely creamy with a beautifully burnt top, but this version also brings sweet spiced flavours and subtle caramel notes. I know many of you
The ultimate orange cake, flavoured with freshly squeezed orange juice and fragrant orange zest. Finished with a vibrant orange icing and a sprinkling of desiccated coconut, it is wonderfully fluffy, moist and intensely aromatic. Simply delicious!
A wonderfully old-fashioned English walnut cake with coffee buttercream. One of my English friends bakes it for every important occasion, including Christmas. I still remember when she brought this cake to school for a festive gathering — everyone would come
The very best nutty gingerbread hearts. Rustic in appearance, with their wonderful aroma coming not only from the warming spice blend but also from a generous amount of nuts: almonds and walnuts. They taste wonderfully rich and nutty. These rustic gingerbread de with walnut liqueur…
The best nut cheesecake I have ever tasted — and ever baked. A beautiful three-layer cheesecake with a biscuit base, a rich nut filling and finally a creamy cheesecake layer on top. The nut layer is especially delicious and could honestly stand on its own, but
A pistachio Pavlova simply had to happen, and the idea suggested by one of my readers sounded absolutely wonderful :). Probably the most challenging part is blending the pistachios into smooth pistachio butter — after that, the rest is already familiar territory:
These Italian pistachio cookies are so delicious that it is worth making a double batch straight away ;). These are not your ordinary pistachio biscuits — there is no flour in them at all, they are made almost entirely from pistachios. Crisp on the outside, soft and
A double pistachio cheesecake — with a pistachio cheesecake filling and a delicious pistachio glaze. This cheesecake is wonderfully creamy, smooth and luscious in texture. The finishing touch is the pistachio topping made with natural 100% pistachio paste. An irresistible
Traditional Danish brunkager cookies made with warming spices, muscovado sugar, candied peel, and almonds. Crisp, aromatic, and perfect for Christmas baking. Brunkager — traditional Danish Christmas cookies — literally translates as “brown cookies.
A truly special holiday cheesecake topped with pistachio mousse and crushed pistachios. To make the pistachio mousse, I used a jar of pistachio cream brought back from a sunny holiday in Italy — it had been waiting for a special occasion, although at first I thought