Traditional Danish brunkager cookies made with warming spices, muscovado sugar, candied peel, and almonds. Crisp, aromatic, and perfect for Christmas baking. Brunkager — traditional Danish Christmas cookies — literally translates as “brown cookies.

Here’s the recipe for a chocolate orange marmalade cake that became the very first bake after moving house — partly to get to know the new oven and partly to use up a few jars of orange marmalade. Although it’s not exactly seasonal, the cake turned out beautifully.

Soft, moist, and wonderfully rich — and above all… chocolatey :). This chocolate apple cake is simple to make, yet packed with flavor: chocolate, apples, almonds, rum, and cinnamon — it simply had to taste amazing! After the first bite, we all agreed that we absolutely

The best recipe for crinkle chocolate cookies. Intensely chocolatey — tasting just like brownies — soft, chewy, and staying fresh for days. And on top of that, they look so adorable! I simply couldn’t resist baking them.

Being in Belgium and not trying waffles is like being in Paris and not seeing the Eiffel Tower ;). There are countless recipes for Belgian waffles, varying by region — and in fact, there is no single “true” Belgian waffle recipe. The most famous are Brussels waffles

A delicious strawberry sauce for ice cream, waffles, pancakes… and many other treats :). During strawberry season, it’s worth keeping a jar ready in the fridge to serve at any moment. It’s quick to make, absolutely delicious, and perfectly enhances homemade desserts.

A truly special holiday cheesecake topped with pistachio mousse and crushed pistachios. To make the pistachio mousse, I used a jar of pistachio cream brought back from a sunny holiday in Italy — it had been waiting for a special occasion, although at first I thought

A simple yet delicious butter cake with a subtle custard flavor, apples, and cinnamon. Wonderfully soft and tender, perfect with a glass of milk for an afternoon treat :). Makes a large tray bake!

Spring yeast buns :). Soft, fluffy sweet rolls with a lemon filling and a creamy frosting made with cream cheese and honey. The idea for the honey frosting came from one of the readers of Moje Wypieki. The whole preparation process is simple and probably

My proposal for Mother’s Day is this strawberry and lemon mousse cake. Delicate, refreshing, and delicious — a perfect spring dessert made with two kinds of mousse: strawberry and lemon. Set on a single sponge cake layer and decorated with fresh strawberries and mini

These famous cinnamon swirl buns, inspired by one of the popular American bakery chains, have already become iconic. Although the original recipe remains a secret, it’s definitely worth trying this homemade version of Cinnabons — just as delicious! Fluffy yeast dough

Absolutely incredible ice cream! Real mango ice cream, prepared the traditional custard way with egg yolks. You can make this mango ice cream using fresh mangoes, but I highly recommend using canned mango pulp (purée) because mangoes available in our climate

Perfect sweet crescent rolls filled with Nutella (or any chocolate hazelnut spread) and topped with buttery crumble. They’re made with my favourite yeast dough — the same one used for the cinnamon rolls inspired by Cinnabons. Soft, fluffy and wonderfully tender

Sesame cookies are cookies for true Cookie Monsters. They’re monstrously big — but also monstrously delicious: crunchy, slightly firm and wonderfully full of sesame flavour.

Pistachio cookies filled with pistachios in three forms: pistachio flour (ground pistachios), chopped pistachios, and pistachio cream. Pistachio cream can be found in well-stocked grocery stores. Similar to almond thumbprint cookies with jam, the dough is shaped into

Pita bread (from the Greek word pita, meaning “flatbread”) is a popular bake throughout the Middle East and Maghreb — soft pockets made from a simple yeast dough consisting of just water, flour and yeast. They can be filled with all kinds of delicious fillings: vegetables

This time — a traditional Polish fluffy cheesecake, but with the addition of pumpkin purée and freshly grated orange zest. This fluffy pumpkin cheesecake is delicious, moist, and has a lovely subtle orange colour and flavour :). For an even deeper colour

A quick and easy orange-flavoured poppy seed cake filled with dried fruit and nuts. This orange poppy seed cake requires no pre-soaking of the poppy seeds. Finished with a sweet orange glaze and decorated with candied orange peel, it’s well worth testing before