Occasional cakes

Speckled Easter eggs are easy Easter cookies– colourful and dotted with chocolate. There’s nothing complicated about them, and you can easily involve children in the fun of icing or creating the speckled effect.

A meringue whose ingredients might surprise you! To a meringue we add chopped pecan nuts and… crushed salty crackers (Ritz). This meringue is not overly sweet, thanks to the saltiness of the crackers. The crackers soften during baking, so to add a bit of crunch

Classic Viennese cheesecake is one of the most famous, beloved and distinctive Polish cheesecakes. Tall, elegant and wonderfully light, it’s made with whipped egg whites and, if you like, dried fruit. It has a deeply golden crust and is traditionally dusted

A recipe for Linzer cookies served at the New York restaurant Craft. These are a mini version of the famous Austrian dessert – two buttery, nutty biscuits sandwiched with raspberry jam, dusted with icing sugar and featuring the characteristic

Danish honey gingerbread hearts coated in chocolate. These cookies contain no added sugar – all their sweetness comes from good-quality honey. The best honey to use is simply your favourite one, remembering that as the main ingredient it will strongly determine

It’s hard to resist them! Nutella-stuffed chocolate cookies taste even better than they look. Delicious and slightly crumbly, they’re simple to make and require only easy-to-find ingredients. Kids – and not only kids – will love them.

Chocolate-coated gingerbread cookies that are always soft, baked in adorable silicone gingerbread moulds. Do they remind you of the gingerbread from a well-known German discount supermarket? Quite possibly – and they’re just as soft! This is a wonderful recipe

This cranberry and white chocolate tart is wonderfully festive. The tart combines a crisp biscuit base, cranberry jam with a hint of orange, and a smooth white chocolate ganache. Decorated simply and with a winter touch – sprigs of rosemary and fresh cranberries.

Cinnamon swirl bundt cake is a cake made with sour cream and a cinnamon swirl running through the middle. It’s delicious, wonderfully moist and filled with the warm aroma of cinnamon. Perfect for the weather outside, which still can’t quite decide whether it’s already

Vaniljekranse are very popular Danish butter cookies made with plenty of vanilla. They are simple buttery ring-shaped biscuits with a hole in the centre, piped directly onto a baking tray from a piping bag, chilled and then baked.

These coconut truffles are wonderful – intensely coconutty, made with very little butter but plenty of melt-in-the-mouth white chocolate. My husband has been making frequent trips to the fridge today! Luckily (for me) the weather cooled down a bit, so shaping them

An irresistible lemon cheesecake with lemon curd and Italian meringue. The essence of spring baking. A biscuit base, creamy cheesecake filling with a gentle lemon note, a layer of tangy lemon curd and plenty of sweet, cloud-like meringue covering the top. The whole dessert is inspired

The children went back to school today after nearly three weeks of Christmas holidays. After lunch I served their favourite cake – a rich chocolate cake that I bake and then top with fruit set in jelly. It’s not a brownie-style cake, not dense or heavy. The children

An irresistible advocaat tiramisu! It has everything you expect from the classic Italian dessert, but with the addition of smooth advocaat liqueur. Importantly, the liqueur doesn’t dominate the flavour – the dessert remains delicate and pleasantly creamy with just

I’m not quite sure which word best describes the flavour of this cake, but perhaps this one comes closest – divine. It’s perfect for special moments, celebrations, or even cosy winter evenings for two. Imagine a giant truffle that tastes exactly like an intensely rich chocolate

Swedish mazarin cake – an almond and lemon treat. These soft, moist and easy-to-make almond squares have a fresh lemon flavour and are topped with a delicious lemon glaze. It’s one of those cakes that doesn’t need a glass of milk to go with it – it’s light rather than

Chocolate truffles coated in fruit powder are simply the best chocolate truffles. Truly. The best in terms of texture, flavour and that wonderfully tangy fruit coating. I first noticed hibiscus flower powder on the blog Kucharnia. A few minutes later I was rummaging through my

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!