Apples, raisins, nuts, cinnamon – if you could put autumn in a cake, it would come out of the oven as this one. Who doesn’t love a nice apple cake, pie or crumble? This is all three and it is … Continue reading My Apple Crumble Pie Cake
This is a cake for people who like cake, but don’t like it to be sweet. It’s a cake of contrasts: juicy, fruity apricots; a tangy, creamy filling made with vanilla pudding and a mixture of quark, crème fraiche & … Continue reading Apricot & Vanilla Sour Cream Crumble Cake
First of all, I would like to apologise. It has been a while since my last cake recipe. I hope this one makes up for it. Chocolate and cherries are always a great combination (in my opinion) – just think … Continue reading Cherry & Chocolate Zebra Cake
Isn’t summer just the best of times? I love it as I love all the wonderful berries that are available –strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, redcurrants, and, not a berry but also one of my favourite foods, cherries. I am lucky … Continue reading Summer Berries Galore Cake
Last week was London Cocktail Week and even though I didn’t manage to go to even one of the events, it inspired me to bake a cocktail themed cake. A little while ago we received a bottle of Koko Kanu … Continue reading Piña Colada Cake
I love baking this summer cake, as summer berries are one of my favourite things in the world. Yes, I know you can get them all year round in the supermarket, flown in from exotic places around the world, but … Continue reading Mascarpone & Summer Berries Cake
Here’s another easy recipe for a cake that doesn’t need much time to prepare and can be on the coffee table in just over an hour. Making a Swiss roll really isn’t complicated at all and you don’t even need … Continue reading Boozy Raspberry Swiss Roll
Easter is just around the corner, so here is my recipe for a cake that not only tastes amazing but will look pretty on any coffee table and impress your nearest and dearest. You don’t have to tell them that … Continue reading Pistachio & Advocaat Easter Cake
The best Danish pastries I have ever had, I didn’t have in Copenhagen, Vienna or Berlin, but in the United States, in a small Danish enclave called Solvang in California, north of Santa Barbara, in the St. Ynez Valley. Here … Continue reading Danish Pastries
I don’t often bake with yeast, I don’t really know why. Maybe it is because I am sometimes a bit impatient and I don’t like having to wait for the dough to rise before I can pop it in the … Continue reading Nut & Chocolate Plait
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