This chocolate cake with Nutella and strawberries is only 20 cm in diameter, but it’s surprisingly generous! The chocolate sponge is soft and tender, with a lovely melt-in-the-mouth texture, and goes beautifully with the creamy Nutella filling and fresh strawberries.
This pumpkin tart has a crisp chocolate pastry crust with a hint of warming spice, a layer of melted chocolate and a lovely creamy pumpkin filling. I’ve finished it with a chocolate drizzle, but if you’re feeling creative, why not decorate it with a chocolate spiderweb?
These little chocolate cupcakes are so easy to make, with fresh strawberries and chocolate chips adding a delicious twist to a simple chocolate cake recipe. They’re soft, moist and full of chocolate flavour, made with everyday ingredients and hardly any effort.
Chocolate cake and raspberry mousse – a combination worth making at least once during raspberry season! This raspberry and chocolate traybake is a generous, family-sized dessert in a neat, elegant form. The rich chocolate flavour is definitely the star here (so it’s
This indulgent cake brings together two favourites: rich, moist Devil’s Food Cake and a smooth, creamy vanilla cheesecake. The layers are sandwiched with chocolate ganache and finished with a generous coating of silky chocolate on top. It’s a
Sister Anastazja’s cakes have always seemed a little daunting to me. If you’ve ever seen her incredibly tall, multi-layered creations, you’ll know what I mean ;). That’s probably why I’ve never baked any of her recipes, and the cookbook I brought back from Poland
This delicious Bounty cake has a soft, moist chocolate cake, a generous layer of creamy coconut filling and a smooth chocolate topping. If you love Bounty bars, you’ll love this cake! It’s easy to make with simple ingredients, yet looks impressive enough
Legnica gingerbread bombs, known in German as Liegnitzer Bomben, are traditional spiced cakes from Legnica, Poland. They date back to the late 19th century, when they were first made by the German Müller brothers, and were traditionally enjoyed at Christmas.
These Oreo ring doughnuts are soft and fluffy, with a hint of chocolate from the cocoa powder and plenty of crushed Oreo biscuits. They’re quick and easy to make, with no yeast needed – bicarbonate of soda gives them their lovely light texture. Just like Cinnabon
This elegant chocolate mousse cake looks like it belongs in a top patisserie! It’s one of Anna Olson’s most impressive chocolate desserts (do you watch her baking shows?). Rich, intensely chocolatey and utterly delicious, it’s a real showstopper. The mousse
Bûche de Noël, or French Yule Log, is a classic Christmas dessert shaped to look like a tree trunk. It’s traditionally made from a filled sponge roll, and my version pairs a chocolate sponge flavoured with warming spices with a light vanilla mascarpone cream.
These twisted hazelnut buns are perfect for autumn – soft, fluffy and wonderfully fragrant, with a delicious filling made from ground hazelnuts, cinnamon, chocolate and cocoa powder. They’re some of the best sweet buns I’ve had recently, and my family agrees :).
This time, it’s all about smashed chocolate eggs on top of rich, intensely chocolatey cupcakes – definitely a job best left to the children ;). These Easter cupcakes are wonderfully chocolatey, yet soft and moist. You can also add some thawed and well-drained
These quick and easy brownies are made in just one bowl and contain no refined sugar. Soft, sticky dates provide all the sweetness, as well as being the main ingredient. The brownies have a rich, intensely chocolatey flavour and are quite dark, so they’re
Torta Caprese is a classic flourless chocolate and nut cake from the Italian island of Capri. It’s traditionally made with almonds and Amaretto, but I’ve given mine a more homely twist, using walnuts and rum instead. There’s no flour or baking powder in this cake
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…