Fancy doughnuts that taste just like lemon meringue pie? 🙂 You can’t go wrong with classic rose-filled doughnuts, but it’s fun to try something a little different now and then. These lemon meringue doughnuts are soft, fluffy and delicately flavoured with lemon, with
This cheesecake is a delicious twist on lemon meringue pie, with a creamy lemon cheesecake base, a layer of tangy lemon mousse and a topping of sweet, crunchy meringue. It’s one of my favourite flavour combinations! The fresh, zesty lemon cuts through
This lime and raspberry cheesecake tart is wonderfully fresh and zesty, with a creamy filling and bursts of sweet raspberries. I made it with a biscuit base because I had some biscuits to use up, but you could just as easily make it with your favourite shortcrust pastry or
This cake has a similar flavour combination to my recently shared apple and curd cheese buns :). It’s a lovely, tender cake layered with curd cheese filling, soft cinnamon-spiced apples and topped with a buttery crumble. Delicious with a cup of tea or coffee
These soft, fluffy yeast buns are filled with creamy cheese and tender, cinnamon-spiced apples, then finished with a buttery crumble topping. They’re a perfect autumn bake, combining three classic flavours that work beautifully together. Absolutely delicious
Sicilian sesame biscuits, known as reginelle or biscotti regina, are a traditional Sicilian speciality, particularly popular in and around Palermo. They’re made with a simple dough of flour, sugar, eggs and fat, often a combination of butter and lard. The biscuits are mildly sweet
Cracow shortcrust cake is a traditional Polish Easter bake and a real old-fashioned classic. As the original authors put it, “the great advantage of this cake is that it isn’t filled with a rich, heavy buttercream”. It consists of delicate, crisp shortcrust pastry made with cooked
This moist, soft and wonderfully lemony yoghurt cake is made without butter. Greek yoghurt keeps the cake beautifully moist and fresh for longer, while the oil gives it a delicate, tender texture. A generous amount of freshly grated lemon zest gives the cake a bright, refreshing
The best apricot preserve ever :). I originally planned to make it with orange liqueur (I thought the combination would be wonderful), but a friend insisted that apricots and Amaretto are simply meant to be together ;). I don’t usually use pectin to speed things up
I’ve never baked a cake quite like this before! It’s completely different from anything else – naturally gluten-free, made with nothing but eggs, sugar and nuts. It’s very easy to make, soft, moist and genuinely delicious. I did find it rather sweet, though, so I’d recommend slightly
This is a wonderfully delicious, intensely aromatic cake, “perfumed”, as my children like to say, with flavours and aromas that instantly transport you to the Middle East. Cardamom, lemon, rose water and rose petal preserve are the stars of the show here.
Lemon curd cheesecake is one of those cheesecakes you’ll want to come back to. Delicately lemony, intensely creamy and full of rich cheesecake flavour, it’s finished with a delicious, velvety layer of lemon curd. If you make it with Polish curd cheese
How could you not love these? In Polish bakeries, you’ll find them under the names pączki wiedeńskie (Viennese doughnuts), pączki hiszpańskie (Spanish doughnuts) or simply gniazdka (“little nests”). They’re also known as French crullers. They’re made
Poppy seed and coconut layer cake is a wonderful layered poppy seed cake that could be the star of this year’s Christmas table! Layers of poppy seed and coconut sponge are sandwiched with a delicate, lightly lemony custard buttercream and generously soaked.
With this recipe, I’m bringing this year’s pumpkin adventure to an end. If you still have a good supply of pumpkin at home, why not preserve a little of that autumn flavour in jars? Pumpkin jam is very easy to make, but pumpkin itself needs a little company to bring
Lemon Pavlova inspired by a recipe by Nigella Lawson. Sweet, crisp meringue, addictive lemon curd, a cloud of whipped cream and almonds – an absolutely divine combination! This was the recipe I used to relearn how to bake meringue, as everything
A light, fluffy and perfectly moist Pina Colada cake, perfect for spring. A simple and quick buttery cake made with pineapple syrup and pieces of pineapple, with a delicate hint of lemon, finished with a coconut liqueur icing. Enjoy!
Simple and delicious, this blueberry cake holds the berries beautifully in place rather than letting them sink to the bottom :). Desiccated coconut, along with fresh lime juice and zest, gives it a subtle exotic twist. The cake is light, fluffy and pleasantly