Tag: redcurrant

The best muffins with redcurrants. Fresh and delicious even the following day, and packed with plenty of juicy currants. You’ll love them!

Redcurrant buns with streusel are the taste of summer. They are worth making at least once during the redcurrant season, so you can really enjoy these lovely fruits. You can use black, red or white currants, or a mixture of them. Out of season, use frozen fruit

Redcurrant panna cotta is a delicate no-bake dessert with an intense fruity flavour. You can make it with redcurrants, blackcurrants, or a mixture of both. I used redcurrants, which give the dessert its beautiful, delicate pink colour. If you enjoy adapting

This wonderful baked cheesecake combines a buttery cocoa shortcrust pastry with a smooth vanilla cheesecake filling and vibrant redcurrants. It’s reminiscent of the classic Polish Royal Cheesecake (Sernik Królewski), but much easier to make, as the filling doesn’t require

An absolute must during redcurrant season! This classic fruit crumble is buttery, comforting and filled with the wonderful aroma of summer berries. Best of all, it takes just a few minutes to prepare. A perfect dessert for warm summer days.

Redcurrant cheesecake crumble cake combines a buttery crumble base and topping with juicy redcurrants and a creamy cheesecake layer. The tartness of the redcurrants pairs beautifully with the sweet cheese filling, creating a perfectly balanced summer dessert.

This recipe for a cake charmingly called Glacier Cake came from one of my readers, who happens to share my name (Dorotka, thank you!). Despite its name, it isn’t an ice cream cake. Instead, it features layers of sponge biscuits, creamy custard filling, fruit jelly

Here’s a classic preserving principle that’s especially useful when making homemade jams and preserves: combine fruits that are naturally low in pectin with fruits that are rich in it. In this recipe, sweet strawberries are paired with redcurrants

Chocolate cupcakes made from the same mayonnaise-enriched batter you may already know from chocolate layer cakes. Enhanced with fruit, these cupcakes are wonderfully moist, rich and intensely chocolatey. Because the sponge is quite delicate, it works

Delicate butter cookies studded with dark chocolate and fresh redcurrants. Crisp around the edges, soft in the centre, with a delicious balance of sweet and tart flavours. Delicate shortbread cookies with redcurrants and chocolate. These large, buttery biscuits spread

A delicate cheesecake with fruit and jelly — light, airy and incredibly delicious. This version is made with homogenised cheese. From time to time you ask whether this type of cheese can be used in baked cheesecakes, and I usually would not recommend it; here,

These redcurrant cupcakes are not only delicious but also irresistibly pretty — made with seasonal fruit and finished with a beautifully tangy redcurrant glaze. They’re perfect for picnics, garden parties and summer gatherings. The glaze not only

Have you ever tried currant ice cream? If so, you’ll know just how special it is. These tart, juicy berries are the perfect match for a classic homemade ice cream base. The soft pastel colour, the burst of fruitiness and that refreshing flavour — for me, it’s the taste of summer.

A shortcrust tart filled with white chocolate cream and topped with fresh summer fruits. The simple white chocolate and mascarpone cream is based on a recipe by Nigella Lawson from her book How to Be a Domestic Goddess. In the original version, the cream was served

When the temperature dropped by a few degrees, I baked a few shortcrust tart shells in advance – so during the heatwave I can avoid the oven and simply fill them with creams and fruit. These bases freeze beautifully, making them perfect for quick desserts

An outstanding forest fruit cheesecake squares, topped with a vibrant berry mousse made from a mix of forest fruits – perfect to use frozen berries at this time of year. It’s a cheesecake you can make all year round :). The beautiful colour, light texture and

A truly wonderful cake with redcurrants – everyone went back for seconds :). It’s a slightly “loaded” version of a classic butter cake. There’s a lot going on here: poppy seeds, coconut, coconut icing and those beautifully tart blackcurrants. Altogether, it’s irresistible…

A fruit terrine is the perfect dessert for hot days :). There’s probably no better time to make it than mid-summer, when fresh seasonal fruits are at their best. A fruit terrine is simply an abundance of fruit set in clear jelly. Ready-made clear jelly is easy to find nowadays