Chocolate-dipped frozen banana pops are a wonderful summer treat for children and a fun homemade alternative to shop-bought ice creams. Frozen bananas coated in chocolate and covered with your favourite toppings are simple to make and absolutely delicious.
Everyone knows and loves (because how could you not?) the classic French dessert, crème brûlée. A delicate and delicious custard made with cream, egg yolks and sugar, finished with a crisp caramelised topping. The addition of mango purée takes
An utterly irresistible meringue roulade filled with mascarpone cream and rhubarb. Pink rhubarb looks particularly beautiful in this dessert, but if you don’t have access to it, simply use the red parts of regular rhubarb stalks and save the greener sections
Yesterday, our parents arrived for a three-week visit – yippee! My mum is a huge fan of chocolate-covered prunes, so I made these especially for her arrival. These chocolate-covered prunes with marzipan are absolutely incredible – even better than shop-bought
Red Velvet macarons were inspired by the famous American Red Velvet Cake. Of course, they must be a deep red colour and filled with a lightly salted Philadelphia cream cheese frosting. Delicious!
Majorcan almond cake is an interesting and simple cake to bake – made with just a few ingredients and no flour. The main role is, of course, played by ground almonds (without skins), while freshly grated citrus zest and cinnamon add wonderful flavour.
In fact, a cake called ‘Nutella Cake’ hardly needs any advertising ;). The cake is compact and moist, though not heavy. It smells of Nutella, although it tastes like a deeply chocolatey cake. It looks beautiful and tempting, even though it is so simple to make! It
Summer fruit ice cream is a milk-based ice cream made with any fruit you fancy. I used a mixture of blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, currants and cherries. Tell me, in which shop-bought ice cream will you find so much fruit? On top of that, the whole thing
A classic recipe for the best strawberry semifreddo. An Italian dessert served sliced straight from the tin, with the texture of the finest ice cream. No ice cream maker is used in this recipe, which means that to achieve a light and fluffy semifreddo we do not need the air
Semifreddo is a frozen dessert that is much easier to prepare than ice cream and does not require the use of an ice cream maker. It should be served partially frozen, which makes it more velvety in texture. This raspberry and limoncello semifreddo recipe does
Apparently, this year’s summer in the UK is supposed to be a hot one. I find it a little hard to believe we’ll get three months of sunshine and 30°C temperatures like Spain, but we’ll see ;). If you’d like to be well prepared for ice cream season, now is the
A true classic. As soon as you requested vanilla ice cream in the “Concert of Wishes”, I knew it had to be based on a recipe by Michel Roux. After all, who could know more about ice cream than the author of Eggs? This recipe is simply flawless.
Absolutely irresistible. If, like me, you love all things pistachio, you simply have to try this recipe. To make this milkshake, alongside the usual essentials such as milk and ice cubes, you’ll need vanilla ice cream and pistachio paste (which is easy to make at home).
The simplest chocolate mousse imaginable. It really doesn’t get any easier than this ;). No eggs, no butter, and ready in just 2 minutes. You can replace the dark chocolate with your favourite milk or white chocolate (in that case, simply omit the icing sugar)
A flourless chocolate cake made with ground almonds instead of flour, topped with whipped cream and fresh cherries. Unlike a brownie, this chocolate cake is not overly dense, but has a slightly bittersweet character that is beautifully balanced by the sweetness
Delicious, healthier and incredibly quick to make – just 5 minutes of preparation (seriously)! The irresistible combination of peanut butter and chocolate is loved by both adults and children, making these bars perfect for school lunchboxes. For this recipe,
Chestnut purée can be used in a wide variety of sweet bakes and desserts. Making it at home is simple, although peeling chestnuts perfectly is certainly not the quickest task, and they do have a tendency to break apart… 😉 To save time, you can also
The first edible chestnuts have already appeared, so it’s worth knowing how to prepare them and what to do with them – and of course, we’ll be focusing on the sweeter side of baking. You may remember roasted chestnuts being sold on street corners