Honestly, I don’t think you could come up with a simpler cookie recipe :). These simple butter cookies are wonderfully crisp, delicate and… incredibly buttery. Perfect with a cup of tea. There’s such a cliché that cookies “melt in your mouth” – but in this case, it really is true…

Deliciously creamy milk chocolate cheesecake with a biscuit base and a delicate milk chocolate topping. You often told me that my chocolate cheesecakes were a little too intense for you, so this time I’ve made a version for anyone who prefers sweeter,

I’d completely forgotten about puff pastry – it’s been such a long time since I last baked with it! I have to admit, though, that this isn’t really the best time of year to make it from scratch. Puff pastry likes to be kept cool, and working with soft butter in a warm kitchen

Moist, soft and wonderfully vanilla-scented, this sour cream cake with the first plums of the season is perfect for celebrating these delicious fruits. The addition of sour cream keeps the cake fresh for longer, giving it a lovely, delicate moistness. The

Oreo cheesecake is a treat for both little and big biscuit lovers! Creamy, delicate and wonderfully contrasting – a white cheesecake hiding pieces of black Oreo biscuits, which add not only character but also a lovely crunch and interesting texture. The whole

Rum and chocolate Bundt cake is an exceptionally aromatic, soft cake with an intense rum fragrance and a delicate chocolate flavour. Made with dark chocolate, cocoa powder and a little rolled oats, which give it a lovely texture. A slightly crisp crust hides a soft

Chocolate yoghurt Bundt cake with chocolate glaze is a deliciously moist cake made with thick Greek yoghurt. There’s plenty of cocoa in the batter, giving it an almost intensely chocolatey flavour, as though it were made with the finest chocolate…

Hazelnut and chocolate Bundt cake – what could it possibly taste like? Of course… Nutella! It’s moist, soft, wonderfully fragrant and absolutely delicious with the chocolate glaze. What more could you want? I should warn you, though – it’s seriously addictive…

I remember when I first came to the UK, just after finishing university. One of my culinary discoveries at the time was pineapple cottage cheese – a combination that seemed wonderfully exotic to me ;). Today, I happily revisited those flavours, this time in soft,

White chocolate, curd cheese and silky salted caramel – this combination is simply irresistible! This cheesecake has an exceptionally creamy texture and a wonderful flavour, with the sweetness of the white chocolate beautifully balanced by the gently salted

How to use fresh raspberries? Why not bake an Irish Cream meringue cake! Delicious meringue layers, crisp on the outside and delicate and marshmallowy in the centre, sandwiched with a light cream flavoured with Baileys. Absolutely heavenly! Instead of Baileys

I’ve never baked a cake quite like this before! It’s completely different from anything else – naturally gluten-free, made with nothing but eggs, sugar and nuts. It’s very easy to make, soft, moist and genuinely delicious. I did find it rather sweet, though, so I’d recommend slightly

I’m going to be bold and call this the best fruit cake. It really is that good! Soft, springy and packed with fruit, it stays lovely and fresh the next day too. It has a beautiful buttery flavour and a crisp, golden crumble topping. I baked mine with fresh strawberries

Addictive chocolate Nemesis – an intensely chocolatey, moist cake with a texture like chocolate truffles. In fact, it’s hardly even fair to call it a cake – it’s so delicate that it literally melts in your mouth. There’s no flour or even ground nuts in it… just chocolate, butter and

No-bake vanilla Oreo cheesecake with a chocolate topping. It’s wonderfully creamy and light, with a delicate, marshmallow-like texture. I used Oreo biscuits with peanut butter filling in the cheesecake mixture, which adds a lovely contrast to the vanilla flavour, but

An intensely chocolatey cake made with Cassis liqueur, a blackcurrant liqueur, and finished with a silky chocolate glaze. Its texture is reminiscent of a brownie, but it’s lighter, delicately airy and wonderfully moist. Best of all, it’s completely flourless.

The perfect autumn bake with pumpkin, although this time we’re using it in a slightly different way – instead of pumpkin purée, we’re adding freshly grated pumpkin. The cake has a slight carrot cake feel to it, helped along by the delicious Philadelphia cream cheese frosting.

This is a wonderfully delicious, intensely aromatic cake, “perfumed”, as my children like to say, with flavours and aromas that instantly transport you to the Middle East. Cardamom, lemon, rose water and rose petal preserve are the stars of the show here.