This Strawberry Forest chocolate tart is deeply chocolatey, almost slightly bittersweet, with a delicious chocolate crème pâtissière filling. If you prefer vanilla cream, simply leave out the chocolate in the final recipe. The tart works beautifully with strawberries

Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are simple, buttery biscuits with lightly crisp edges and a soft, chewy centre. The rolled oats give them a distinctive, slightly rustic texture. Packed with dark chocolate chips, they are wonderfully aromatic and pleasantly moist.

I can never resist coming back to the flavours of almonds, Amaretto and marzipan… I baked this almond Amaretto cheesecake out of a longing for that delicious almond flavour – a longing that has stayed with me since the festive season. It’s an unusual cheesecake

The last few days have been filled with the wonderful aroma of cinnamon. Delicious cinnamon buns for elevenses? Why not! These buns are sweet, but not overly so. They’re also wonderfully fluffy, soft and buttery – pure heaven in every bite. I could wax lyrical about

Another year, another World Bread Day! I bake bread and rolls several times a week, so I couldn’t let the occasion pass without baking something special. These delicious wholemeal rolls with rye flour came out of the oven recently, and they were a real success

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

Lemon meringues are classic white meringues sandwiched together with a delicious lemon cream. They are definitely my favourite meringues from now on :). They are less sweet and more refreshing than traditional meringues, thanks to the addition of lemon juice and the

The best chocolate fruit loaf. This chocolate loaf with prunes and walnuts is dense and substantial, deeply chocolatey and moist without being heavy or stodgy. Packed with plenty of prunes and walnuts, with a hint of orange, it is wonderfully soft. Could this be an alternative

The best muffins with redcurrants. Fresh and delicious even the following day, and packed with plenty of juicy currants. You’ll love them!

Redcurrant buns with streusel are the taste of summer. They are worth making at least once during the redcurrant season, so you can really enjoy these lovely fruits. You can use black, red or white currants, or a mixture of them. Out of season, use frozen fruit

A no-bake milk chocolate tart with raspberries. The base is a simple biscuit crust, topped with an egg-free chocolate mousse and fresh raspberries – it had to taste good ;). This milk chocolate mousse and raspberry tart is perfect for summer.

Swirled buns with strawberries and sweetened quark, baked side by side, nestled closely together in the tin. The dough is a pleasure to work with – soft, fluffy and delicate. These strawberry and cheese buns are perfect for a picnic or a day at the beach and, most

A delicious cheesecake with gooseberries, made with almost the last gooseberries I was able to find this season ;). A crisp shortcrust base, a wonderful creamy cheesecake filling and a buttery streusel topping. This gooseberry cheesecake is quick

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

Healthier rye sourdough pancakes that you can serve with your favourite toppings. They can be made with either rye or wheat sourdough starter – I most often keep a rye starter at home, hence the idea for using it this way. As well as using sourdough, it was important

Seriously loaded cupcakes ;). The deep, tangy flavour of blackcurrants and chocolate is simply irresistible. I made these with the last blackcurrants of the season, but you can make them even in “December in the afternoon” using frozen fruit. These chocolate blackcurrant

A delicious chocolate cheesecake with cherries, or more precisely, cherry frużelina (cherry gel). This is a no-bake cherry chocolate cheesecake made without gelatine in the cheesecake itself: it relies on good-quality, thick quark and chocolate, which allow the

A charming apple tart that looks like the most beautiful bouquet of roses! You simply can’t take your eyes off it. Rose Bouquet Apple Tart tastes every bit as good as it looks. The best crisp shortcrust pastry, homemade almond crème pâtissière and soft, fragrant