Chocolate Easter nests are a fun way to keep children busy during holiday preparations. All you need to do is give them plenty of space to work, provide the ingredients and… leave them for an hour or two. I guarantee happy, smiling faces covered in chocolate!
Whenever I manage to buy fragrant, beautiful first-of-the-season local strawberries, I immediately want to make pancakes or crêpes to go with them. This time I tried the famous American pancakes recipe by Nigella Lawson — and it did not disappoint.
A classic bundt cake with the addition of Japanese matcha green tea. It gives the cake its vibrant green colour and a delicate tea aroma. This chocolate and matcha bundt cake is soft, very moist and finished with a rich chocolate glaze. Absolutely delicious!
A fantastic hazelnut bundt cake. Soft, moist and filled with little pieces of crunchy nuts that make every bite so enjoyable. I recommend trying it even before Easter – it’s so easy to prepare! It tastes wonderful with a glass of milk. The recipe comes from my old handwritten notes.
A classic British lemon cake soaked with fresh lemon syrup and finished with its signature crisp sugary crust. Some of you mentioned this cake recently, and when it appeared on the show The Great British Bake Off, I knew it had to appear
A true Polish classic. You can find a recipe for Kraków cheesecake in virtually every Polish cookbook and in any respectable pastry shop in Poland. I’m sure most of you have tried it at least once in your life. Cracow-style cheesecake is one of the sweet specialties Poland
A fluffy, impressively risen baked pancake known in American cuisine as a Dutch Baby. It is also popular in other countries such as Germany, Austria and the Scandinavian countries, though under different names. In the UK, the closest equivalent would be the well-known
A wonderful raisin bundt cake – perfect for the Easter table. Ideal for those who truly enjoy raisins and don’t pick them out of their cheesecake ;). Although Easter bundt cakes are often associated with yeast cakes filled with raisins, this version
A mascarpone bundt cake with a delicate hint of lemon or lime, depending on your preference. The cake is prepared in the classic way by creaming butter with sugar, mascarpone and eggs, then gently folding in the dry ingredients. The pistachio cream
Lemon and blueberry bundt cake is a delicious lemon-flavoured cake with the addition of fresh berries. It is slightly unusual compared with many traditional Easter bundt cakes – festive bakes often include dried fruit (as in fruit cake), which also helps them keep
An almond marble bundt cake made with ground almonds and almond extract. The marbled pattern is created by combining a light almond batter with a cocoa batter. A cake with a rich almond aroma offers a completely new take on the traditional bundt cake
From today, this is my favourite pumpkin cheesecake. Simply perfect! If you’ve never baked a cheesecake with pumpkin purée before, this will be your go-to recipe. If you like, you can use nut biscuits for the base and sprinkle toasted walnuts or pecans on top.
A famous American dessert made with Nutella – Nutella pie. This is a no-bake treat with a dark Oreo biscuit base and a simple three-ingredient filling you can prepare in just 3 minutes. Wonderfully creamy and rich, it needs to be stored in the fridge. Definitely one for
They’re crisp, delicate, buttery and beautifully scented with lemon. Fresh and full of spring flavour. Does it smell like spring where you are yet? If not, these spring cookies will bring it to you…
Beautiful, spring-like and absolutely delicious. For this recipe I used a traditional all-in-one sponge-style cupcake batter – still one of my all-time favourites! Chocolate chips work perfectly in these cupcakes. Today they’re presented in an Easter version, topped
Marbled coffee bundt cake is one of the tastiest bundt cakes I’ve ever baked. It’s delicious, light and crumbly, simple to prepare, and exactly the kind of flavour I love. Despite the generous amount of butter, the ingredients are perfectly balanced, making the cake soft
Bounty loaf cake – inspired by the famous coconut chocolate bar – is a rich chocolate cake with a hidden coconut filling inside. Mine is closer to a dark chocolate version (my favourite), with an intensely chocolatey sponge, but you can use the same coconut filling
To say they’re delicious would almost be an understatement… ;). They’re outstanding! Extra nutty cookies – buttery, irresistible and deeply nutty. Perfectly crisp shortcrust pastry filled with a rich walnut frangipane and topped with a whole