This beautiful summer meringue cake is inspired by the classic Peach Melba dessert. It has two crisp meringue layers filled with fluffy vanilla cream, juicy, ripe peaches and fresh raspberries, all topped with a lovely homemade raspberry sauce. When peaches aren’t
Chocolate cake and raspberry mousse – a combination worth making at least once during raspberry season! This raspberry and chocolate traybake is a generous, family-sized dessert in a neat, elegant form. The rich chocolate flavour is definitely the star here (so it’s
Sister Anastazja’s cakes have always seemed a little daunting to me. If you’ve ever seen her incredibly tall, multi-layered creations, you’ll know what I mean ;). That’s probably why I’ve never baked any of her recipes, and the cookbook I brought back from Poland
This delicious Bounty cake has a soft, moist chocolate cake, a generous layer of creamy coconut filling and a smooth chocolate topping. If you love Bounty bars, you’ll love this cake! It’s easy to make with simple ingredients, yet looks impressive enough
Prinsesstårta, or Swedish Princess Cake, is one of Sweden’s most famous cakes. It’s made with layers of light sponge, raspberry jam and vanilla custard, topped with a generous dome of whipped cream and covered in a thin layer of green marzipan. A dusting of
Cheesecake with coconut meringue topping is a delicate, creamy cheesecake inspired by the classic Polish Golden Dew cheesecake, this time topped with a light coconut meringue. It has a wonderfully melt-in-the-mouth cheesecake filling, a fantastic crisp pastry base and
Poppy seed and coconut layer cake is a wonderful layered poppy seed cake that could be the star of this year’s Christmas table! Layers of poppy seed and coconut sponge are sandwiched with a delicate, lightly lemony custard buttercream and generously soaked.
Lemon Pavlova inspired by a recipe by Nigella Lawson. Sweet, crisp meringue, addictive lemon curd, a cloud of whipped cream and almonds – an absolutely divine combination! This was the recipe I used to relearn how to bake meringue, as everything
A delicate, silky no-bake coconut cheesecake with a milk chocolate topping, inspired by the flavour of a Bounty bar :). This no-bake Bounty cheesecake is simply delicious! It’s hard to imagine a creamier, lighter no-bake cheesecake. The coconut flavour comes from
I made these cupcakes for Pola’s birthday – much simpler and quicker than making a cake, yet just as festive. Pola chose the chocolate cupcakes and the sweet pink frosting herself. She was delighted – they lived up to her expectations, although she quickly
Black Forest Squares are a combination of chocolate, cream and, of course, cherries :). If, like me, you live in a country where fresh cherries are not particularly popular, you can use frozen cherries with equally good results. The base is my favourite brownie
A chocolate cake inspired in both flavour and appearance by the well-known and much-loved Kinder Pingui chocolate bar. Two melt-in-the-mouth chocolate cake layers sandwiched with a light vanilla cream and an additional thin layer of chocolate.
This meringue truffle cake is like one giant chocolate truffle. Despite being made in a small tin, it makes a dessert for a crowd. It’s very rich and intensely, almost bittersweetly chocolatey. It’s ready to serve after just a few hours of chilling and, when well chilled
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 :).
Sweet, delicately coffee-flavoured cupcakes topped with a cloud of creamy frosting and a dusting of cocoa. Cupcakes that look just like little cups of cappuccino :). Light, delicate and delicious.
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
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
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