Last year I started a series of Easter egg-shaped mazurkas (eggnog and blackcurrant, chocolate “day and night” and coconut and raspberry). This year I’d like to continue the series of modern mazurkas in the same format. I’ll start with a classic – a dulce de leche
Love dulce de leche and want to incorporate it into doughnuts? Nothing could be simpler ;). These indulgent banoffee doughnuts are filled with dulce de leche, bananas and whipped cream, inspired by the famous British dessert, banoffee pie. Once fried and cooled,
Traditional Easter Bundt cake with dulce de leche. This dulce de leche bundt cake is wonderfully rich and indulgent – a delicious new take for all dulce de leche lovers!
Dacquoise is the perfect family-sized cake, ideal for birthdays, celebrations or simply for enjoying with a cup of coffee and friends. It is absolutely delicious and made of three layers, each different in flavour and texture. A light chocolate sponge is topped
Miodownik (Medovik) is a very popular Russian honey cake, traditionally baked during the Christmas season and made up of multiple layers of honey cake sandwiched with a light and delicious dulce de leche cream enriched with honey. Russian Medovik consists
The perfect mazurek – made with prunes, caramel spread and chocolate ganache. It has a buttery almond shortcrust base, layers of rich flavours and, admittedly, plenty of calories… but the taste makes it all worthwhile! The flavours are perhaps more suited to
Kajmakowiec is a fantastic no-bake cake made with generous layers of creamy caramel and whipped cream filling, blackcurrant preserve and toasted flaked almonds, sandwiched between layers of salty crackers. Surprisingly, it isn’t overly sweet
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
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
Alfajores are delicate South American sandwich biscuits that truly melt in your mouth, thanks to their high starch content. Filled with rich dulce de leche and rolled in desiccated coconut, they’re especially popular in Argentina, Peru and Uruguay. Some versions
This no-bake cream and caramel biscuit cake is an easy layered dessert made with buttery and chocolate petit beurre biscuits, a light mascarpone cream and rich dulce de leche. The thin layers of biscuits create a beautiful striped effect when sliced, while
This dulce de leche brioche babka is simply irresistible and makes a beautiful addition to the Easter table. Made with an enriched brioche dough containing plenty of butter, it benefits from an overnight rise in the refrigerator, making it easier to prepare
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
This delicious no-bake Lion – layers of biscuits are filled with silky vanilla custard buttercream, peanut butter, dulce de leche and crunchy peanuts, creating an irresistible combination of flavours. If you’d like to make it even closer to a Lion bar, stir a handful
This spectacular dacquoise cheesecake is inspired by the much-loved dacquoise meringue cake and joins the collection of recipes on the blog celebrating this classic dessert. It features a rich brownie base studded with walnuts and dates, a creamy
This no-bake toffee cracker cake is exceptionally delicate, perfectly balanced in sweetness and utterly irresistible. Three luscious layers — vanilla custard cream, toffee cream and whipped cream — are sandwiched between salted crackers and finished with
This apple poppy seed cake – often referred to as Japanese poppy seed cake – is wonderfully moist and full of flavour, just the way we like it. It’s made almost entirely from rich poppy seed mixture, though it can also be baked on a thin shortcrust base if you prefer.
A popular, well-loved and above all delicious layered cake — Balladyna. Balladyna is made up of two layers of delicate cocoa sponge, a light curd cheese cream, crisp biscuits, dulce de leche and, of course, a raspberry jelly topping. It’s a full tray bake