Totally in love with this moist orange spiced layer cake and cute gingerbread village, which is optional but provides a lovely extra layer of flavour and crisp texture. There are printable templates for the houses and they’re pretty with rustic imperfect piping. Even without gingerbread […]
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Gingerbread house recipe! With help from Donal Skehan and Mary… :)
Gingerbread houses are fun, magical and yummy! They’re a great crossover project between crafts and baking if you want a special edible ‘work of art’. Even if your piping’s a bit dodgy like mine you’ll get a wonderfully rustic house that looks homemade as Donal […]
Ruby chocolate mendiants recipe! And other Christmas treats… :)
Mendiants are a classic French Christmas treat and these are made with naturally pink, fruity and tangy Ruby chocolate – the fourth kind of chocolate newly discovered by Barry Callebaut! Perfect for children and adults too. I tested these out on work colleagues and they […]
Rudolph reindeer gourmet chocolate cookies recipe! Glutenfree or not… with labels for gifting cookies-in-2-jars! :)
‘Tis the season for cute cookies and these reindeers are fun and absolutely delicious. The moist chewy chocolate cookie contrasts wonderfully with the crunchy salty pretzel. The white chocolate drop eyes and red chocolate-covered peanut nose add to the yumminess. They’ve been a super hit […]
Santa hat cherry and matcha dome cakes inspired by Pepe Rodriguez! Healthier entremets with sour cherries, matcha, ruby chocolate, greek yoghurt or skyr…! Glutenfree or not… :)
These were initially quite serious little mousse cakes until I realised that being red and domed they’d be perfect candidates for a Christmas makeover. They protested a bit (ooh la la we don’t want to dress up as hats) but then got into the seasonal […]
Slightly healthier apple pie layer cake recipe! Gluten free or not, adapted from Christina Tosi’s momofuku cake… :)
Try this delicious autumn apple cake with amazing layers magically combining flavours and textures with that genius Christina Tosi touch. Close your eyes and be transported to apple pie-stroke-cheesecake eating mode … with layers! You can go yummy full-sugar, butter or gluten as in the […]
Pumpkin and chocolate buns recipe! Sourdough or instant yeast versions… :)
These cute little buns are amazingly soft and tasty with the pumpkin purée, orange zest and chocolate combining to create a heavenly aroma and flavour. They’re slightly adapted from Sylvain Vernay’s panecillos de calabaza y chocolate at his Gourmétier website. I made the sourdough buns […]
Momofoku Birthday Layer Cake recipe! Glutenfree or not… :)
This is an amazingly delicious and fairly easy layer cake you can have all year around not just birthdays! It’s rather decadent and I won’t pretend it’s healthy but sometimes you need that kind of cake right? It’s adapted from the recipe by Christina Tosi of […]
Blackcurrant Parisian custard tart recipe! Frédéric Cassel’s amazing flan cassis …
Cassel’s flan cassis is one of the most delicious custard tarts I’ve ever tasted and well worth making. Fast and easy to whip up, the trickiest thing may be finding the blackcurrants with their beautiful sharpness to balance the soft sweetness of the custard filling. […]
Snickers layer cake recipe! Small or mini version, gluten free or not… :)
This cake is like a snickers (marathon) chocolate bar but much better my climbing friend assured me. Another friend said it was perfect! Hurray! Everyone has loved this cake. There’s a lovely balance between the moist cocoa sponge that isn’t very sweet, the homemade peanut […]
Raspberry or Passion fruit marshmallows recipe! Egg-free and naturally gluten-free! :)
It’s true what they say about home-made marshmallows being delicious soft heavenly clouds. These are also simple and fast to make by whisking up glucose and softened gelatine with a syrup of sugar, fruit purée and more liquid glucose. Raspberry or passion fruit are ideal fruit […]
Chocolate chip and passion fruit or Birthday cake truffles! Glutenfree or not, using up leftover sponge cake… and two Christina Tosi layer cakes! :)
There are loads of reasons for making cake truffles: it’s great to recycle leftover sponge languishing in the freezer; a lumbersome birthday cake can be transformed into portable energy balls for the great outdoors or bar hopping; its fun making something super easy with kids; […]
The smaller Feuille d’Automne recipe! Lenôtre’s classic dark chocolate mousse and meringue cake!
This magical chocolate entremets will blow the minds of chocoholics and also people who say ‘I don’t usually like chocolate cake, … ‘. A French climbing friend who’s extremely honest about my cakes (yes, sometimes it hurts) said this really tasted like master pâtissier Gaston […]
Healthier Linzer jam sandwich biscuits or cookies recipe! Glutenfree or not… With a jammy story! :)
Once upon a time there was a lady who had too much jam. It was everywhere! Jars in the fridge, jars in the larder, jars on the table. ‘What shall I do?’ she exclaimed, looking distraught and pulling her hands through her hair, which felt […]
Apple strudel recipe with traditional or lower-gluten homemade pastry! Inspired by Alfons Schuhbeck…
Wait, don’t leave! The homemade pastry is fun and not difficult, honest! Making strudel with the traditional pastry hand-stretched and spread thinly over a cloth has been a dream of mine for years and there was no need to be scared because it’s easy and fast […]
