These soft, golden pumpkin rolls have a lovely delicate flavour and a wonderfully light, moist crumb thanks to the pumpkin purée. They’re not sweet, so they’re perfect with savoury fillings, but just as lovely served with butter, honey or your favourite jam.
Another take on my favourite millet pudding, this time with raspberries! You can easily swap them for any other summer berries or fruit you have to hand. Made with coconut milk or cream, the pudding has a lovely, delicate texture. With yoghurt,
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 poppy seed doughnuts with amaretto icing were a real favourite this Tłusty Czwartek! The filling is packed with poppy seeds, dried fruit, nuts and honey, making these doughnuts absolutely delicious and very hard to resist. I’d never tried this combination
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