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
Mini pumpkin cheesecakes with toffee sauce are little autumn treats that are surprisingly intense in flavour. The creamy, delicately spiced pumpkin filling pairs beautifully with fragrant orange zest, while the whole thing is finished with a silky toffee sauce.
Cheesecake with coconut meringue topping is a delicate, creamy cheesecake inspired by the classic Polish Golden Dew cheesecake, this time topped with a light coconut meringue. It has a wonderfully melt-in-the-mouth cheesecake filling, a fantastic crisp pastry base and
The combination of rhubarb and custard is simply irresistible! This moist rhubarb layer cake has a subtle orange flavour and is filled with custard cream and roasted rhubarb. I’ve skipped the usual sponge cake here because I’ve been making so many lately, but
A delicious meringue cake that is soft and marshmallowy in the centre and crisp on the outside. Meringue cake with custard and strawberries is a combination that’s impossible to resist. It tastes wonderful, but like most meringue cakes, it doesn’t keep well and
Yes, I know, it’s not quite rhubarb season yet, but I couldn’t resist when I spotted pink Yorkshire rhubarb, which is already available in shops in the UK from January. It instantly felt like spring, the days seemed warmer and I found myself craving a proper springtime cake… This
Although I probably should have started with Shrek, Fiona seemed like a tempting treat. Perhaps because she’s raspberry-flavoured? Fiona cake is a pink layered dessert with a raspberry flavour, made with sponge fingers, raspberry custard, raspberry Jaffa Cakes, raspberry
Shrek cake is a gooseberry-flavoured dessert, of course in a vivid green colour. It’s made of several simple layers: green custard, gooseberry mousse, gooseberry jelly with gooseberries (from compote or syrup), jaffa cakes and sponge fingers. Shrek
A simple cake with plums and custard. It disappears from the table in no time! Soft, moist and packed with creamy custard and juicy fruit. Easy enough to make and guaranteed to be enjoyed by everyone.
This shortcrust cake with custard and raspberries is the perfect recipe for right now, when raspberry season is in full swing and we can enjoy the sweetest, sun-ripened berries :). It has everything you love – the best buttery shortcrust pastry
Delicious doughnuts filled with pastry cream and topped with a distinctive chocolate glaze, popular all over the world. They were undoubtedly inspired by Boston cream pie. Traditionally, pastry cream is used to fill these doughnuts (you can use my homemade
Delicious peach cheesecake on a chocolate shortcrust pastry base. It is somewhat reminiscent of Polish sernik królewski, but only because of the chocolate shortcrust pastry; it is also simpler to make. An excellent recipe for using canned or syrup-preserved fruit.
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
This is simply the best blueberry cheesecake! A wonderfully creamy vanilla cheesecake topped with a silky sour cream layer and generously covered with fresh blueberries. It sits on a crisp chocolate biscuit base and is made without separating the eggs
Raspberry slice is a delicious layered dessert made with homemade raspberry custard, whipped cream and buttery biscuits. Even though it’s still winter outside, I’m already making space in my freezer for the coming berry season, so frozen raspberries
This no-bake Snickers cake is a simple yet irresistible dessert inspired by the famous chocolate bar. With layers of crisp biscuits, creamy peanut custard, dulce de leche, roasted salted peanuts and a rich chocolate topping, it tastes remarkably close to the
Hit cake is a wonderfully creamy no-bake dessert made with layers of chocolate petit beurre biscuits, rich homemade custard, a cloud of whipped cream and a dusting of cocoa. It’s quick to prepare using simple everyday ingredients, yet looks wonderfully elegant
Absolutely delicious! A shortcrust pastry topped with the lightest, most wonderful vanilla foam – a filling I had never made quite this way before. It’s even lighter than marshmallow, and the raspberries (or blackberries, blueberries or bilberries) nestled inside