If you’re looking for a truly special poppy seed cake, you simply must try this one with meringue :). A quick and easy shortcrust base is topped with a moist, fruit-and-nut-filled poppy seed layer, all finished with a generous layer of meringue
Why shouldn’t beetroot in baking be appreciated just as much as carrots or pumpkin? Let’s bake a wonderful, intensely chocolatey, rich and moist cake with purée made from cooked beetroot! No one will guess what mysterious ingredient is hiding inside, and the cake will stay
A serious rival to the German lebkuchen (which you love!). This time, I’m inviting you to try Nuremberg lebkuchen – different from the ones you already know, also known as Elisenlebkuchen. The tradition of baking them dates back to the 14th century.
Wholemeal scones – they may not be the prettiest little buns, but they have so many advantages :). They’re quick and very easy to make and, most importantly, simply delicious. All you need to do is replace some of the plain flour with wholemeal flour to make
Apple, honey and cinnamon pizza – a delicious dessert for autumn weekends. A lovely sweet pizza, finished with a light drizzle of icing, although you could use salted caramel instead. Whenever I make the dough for Italian pizza, I usually set aside
Beautiful stamped chocolate gingerbread cookies brushed with a thin layer of icing. The patterns are made using cookie stamps, but you can also use a decorative rolling pin. When they’re baking, the whole house smells wonderfully of chocolate… Once baked, they aren’t particularly
Honey gingerbread cookies sandwiched with chocolate are wonderfully aromatic and delicious. This time, instead of being coated in chocolate, they are sandwiched with a chocolate sauce (ganache). Merry Christmas!
An intensely almondy cake with a small amount of flour, one of those marzipan-like cakes. Generously soaked with fresh citrus juice, it is moist, fragrant and wonderfully rich. It may not be to everyone’s taste, but I’m sure there are plenty of you who will absolutely love it!
Chocolate hot cross buns are traditional British Easter buns with a delicious chocolate twist. If you enjoy traditional hot cross buns, it will be hard to resist these chocolate ones ;). Fragrant with warming spices and packed with raisins, dried cranberries, fresh orange
Delicious crêpes filled with sweetened curd cheese, baked in the oven and served with a sweet yoghurt sauce and fresh berries. A wonderful way to serve your favourite crêpes and a truly satisfying sweet treat that everyone will love.
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
Lebkuchen hearts are simple to prepare and bake. They are a type of German gingerbread that is traditionally made in German homes in the run-up to Christmas. Hearts are the most popular shape, but stars, Christmas trees, angels and bells are also commonly baked.
Absolutely delicious beer and cheese buns, with grated cheese added to the dough and baked until it becomes wonderfully crisp on the outside. What an aroma and flavour – they are impossible to resist! I originally planned to eat them
A wonderful whole-wheat bread packed with plenty of seeds and grains and sweetened with honey. Made with a rye sourdough starter, which I hope is already maturing in your pantry ;). Thanks to the small addition of yeast, this whole-wheat
Pecan pie bars are an irresistible combination of shortcrust pastry and pecans. They are impossible to stop eating and disappear in a single afternoon ;). They are baked in a rectangular tin and, once cooled, cut into squares and served that way.
Maritozzi (or, in the singular, maritozzo) are Italian cream-filled buns with a history dating back to Ancient Rome. They are perfect for breakfast or dessert. The yeasted dough is usually similar to brioche – rich with eggs and butter – although many traditional
This cheesecake with honey poached plums is an American-style baked cheesecake with a wonderfully creamy texture and a delicate hint of lemon. Baked in a water bath, it has the smooth, velvety consistency of a classic New York cheesecake.
Sweet, ripe fresh figs baked into a delicate almond cake. This almond fig cake is wonderfully simple to make – all you need to do is whisk the ingredients together, so there’s no need to use a mixer. Rustic, moist and full of almond flavour, it’s perfect