A delicious pumpkin cheesecake with warm orange and spice flavours, baked on a crisp Oreo cookie crust and decorated for Halloween. I made the little ghosts using Italian meringue from the leftover egg whites, but you can just as easily top the cheesecake with

A delicious puff pastry tart filled with rich almond frangipane and juicy plum pieces. The pastry is partially baked before adding the filling, ensuring it stays crisp and fully baked underneath despite the soft almond filling. This elegant tart is quick to prepare

No-bake honey cake is the perfect dessert for anyone who loves traditional honey cake but doesn’t want to bake multiple honey layers. Instead, crisp biscuits are layered with a luscious honey and dulce de leche whipped cream filling, creating

This Italian plum cake with amaretti crumble is wonderfully easy to make and absolutely irresistible. The sponge is fragrant, light, soft and moist, while juicy plums pair beautifully with a crisp crumble made from classic Italian amaretti biscuits. A must-bake during plum season!

Moist, soft and wonderfully aromatic, this apple, walnut and cinnamon cake is the perfect cosy bake. Sour cream keeps the sponge beautifully tender, while layers of cinnamon-spiced apples and walnuts create a delicious surprise inside. It works well with almost any

A wonderfully creamy vanilla cheesecake packed with fresh blueberries. It has a crisp chocolate biscuit base, a smooth filling made with both curd cheese and ricotta, and plenty of juicy blueberries. It’s simple to make and bakes beautifully every time!

These rhubarb and strawberry crumble bars feature a delicious fruity filling sandwiched between two layers of buttery oat crumble. They’re quick to make, require no mixer, and are wonderfully crisp and crumbly. If you prefer, you can make them using rhubarb only.

An old-fashioned apple cake packed with plenty of apples. It may be simple and unassuming, but it’s wonderfully soft, moist and buttery, with a delicate hint of lemon. It tastes exactly how a classic homemade apple cake should…

A delicious plum cake topped with a crunchy walnut crumble. Soft cake, tart juicy plums and plenty of crisp walnut streusel make this the perfect late summer bake. It’s quick and easy to prepare, beautifully scented with cinnamon, and guaranteed to become a family favourite!

Baklava cheesecake is a stunning dessert that combines a rich, creamy cheesecake with a crisp, nutty filo pastry base inspired by traditional baklava. So much texture and flavour in one dessert! Layers of filo pastry are alternated with chopped walnuts and pistachios

2-ingredient Nutella brownie cupcakes prove that delicious brownies can be made with just two ingredients! They’re incredibly simple, quick and wonderfully rich. By Nutella, I mean not only the original spread but also any chocolate-hazelnut spread you enjoy

Santoska cake is a well-loved Polish layered cake that’s perfect for autumn thanks to its generous amount of walnuts. It features several delicious layers: buttery shortcrust pastry, dulce de leche, a soft walnut meringue with coconut and wafer pieces

Five-grain sourdough bread is a rye sourdough loaf enriched with five different grains and seeds, based on a recipe by master baker Jeffrey Hamelman. Although it contains as much as 75% white bread flour, its flavour is reminiscent of a hearty wholemeal seeded loaf.

Banana and coffee cream cake is a delicious, creamy layered dessert combining bananas and coffee in perfect harmony. A light cocoa sponge soaked with coffee is topped with silky coffee custard cream, fluffy whipped cream, sweet bananas and a generous

No-bake honey and gingerbread cheesecake is a wonderfully festive dessert with subtle warming spices. The light, cloud-like cheesecake filling is delicately flavoured with honey, while the gingerbread biscuit base and cinnamon-spiced Biscoff topping add just

It’s almost unfair that this delicious cheesecake sits so far back in the archives of my blog. I baked it shortly after launching the site and still come back to it from time to time. Chocolate orange cheesecake remains my favourite chocolate cheesecake. I add plenty

Passion fruit and milk chocolate mousse is a beautiful combination of two contrasting flavours. Served in individual glasses, it’s an elegant dessert that’s as delicious as it is impressive. Both mousses can also be used as components in other desserts or cakes

These puff pastry turnovers with curd cheese filling are the perfect treat to enjoy with a cup of coffee or to serve when unexpected guests arrive. They’re made with ready-made butter puff pastry, a sweet vanilla curd cheese filling and juicy raisins