These addictive traditional French pastries have been out of fashion but fully deserve a comeback. Small brioche buns are sliced in three then the layers soaked in rum syrup and interspersed with crème pâtissière and chopped candied fruit. They’re encased in a layer of Italian meringue, sprinkled […]
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Amazing Basque burnt cheesecake recipe! Glutenfree, adapted from la Viña’s best cheesecake in the world! :)
This is the easiest most delicious cheesecake I’ve ever eaten!!! Others have said online it’s the best cheesecake in the whole wide world. I doubted the social media hype and had to try for myself to realise how right they were. So total thumbs up […]
Slightly healthier chocolate mûrier recipe! Blackberry and chocolate layer cake, glutenfree or not… :)
This is a delicious autumn cake that works really well visually and taste-wise even when a little imperfect. The blackberries are lovely with the optionally glutenfree light cocoa genoise sponge which I made lower-sugar by replacing some sugar with birch extract xylitol. For my first […]
Half-healthy choc chip cookie and cherry ice lollies (popsicles) recipe! Glutenfree or not…
We all need lots and lots of ice lollies here! Summers seem to be getting hotter even in the UK where I’m on holiday visiting mum. But back in Barcelona there’s an army of delicious homemade ice lollies waiting in the freezer to cool me […]
Anna Olson’s creamy lemon squares in half-healthy lime, yoghurt and skyr ice lollies (popsicles)! :) Glutenfree or not…
The original plan was to simply make Anna Olson’s creamy lemon squares with yummy cream cheese but there were issues with not very defined layers. Ahem. Apparently there’s no such thing as a fail, you just re-name it (which is how an apple pie dropped […]
DoubleTree Hilton (or very similar) perfect chocolate chip cookies recipe! Glutenfree or not… :)
These are amazing! They welcome you with one at DoubleTree Hilton hotels as a marketing strategy. It works. I became a DoubleTree and cookie person dancing round the Girona hotel room munching happily away. These are made from an online recipe passed on by a […]
Zen stone mousse cakes recipe! Blackcurrant-raspberry, matcha and black sesame entremets or verrines, glutenfree or not… :)
These mousse cakes are light and refreshing, deliciously fruity and slightly savoury with the black sesame. And they look like stones, which as a rock climber and nature-lover I totally adore. I discovered the mould on the 3-day pâtisserie course I attended recently (see photos […]
Black sesame, raspberry and matcha layer cake recipe! Glutenfree or not… :)
This ‘wow’ cake is the latest favourite shared with friends and family who thoroughly enjoyed it. Words of praise were bandied about like ‘amazing’, ‘nice’ (a real compliment from someone understated) and ‘outstanding’. If you love interesting East-meets-West flavours, want a glutenfree cake (or not, […]
Raspberry, lychee and rose Ispahan cake recipe! Glutenfree or not… :)
This is one moist, light, fragrant cake! It’s slightly adapted from famous French pâtissier Pierre Hermé’s recipe, combining his signature Ispahan combo of fresh raspberries, rose and lychee with a simple beautifully-textured loaf cake. Mine is made with ground almonds and a glutenfree flour mix but standard […]
Half-healthy raspberry and matcha dacquoise tartlets recipe! Naturally glutenfree!
This is simple pâtisserie at its best. The tartlets have a matcha and ground almond meringue base that’s lightly crisp outside and moist inside as any good dacquoise should be. The super easy topping of skyr mixed with matcha green tea powder and fresh raspberries […]
Operation ruby chocolate fruit and nut Easter eggs and hens!
Easter has come and gone and I’ve only just finished making these chocolate hens and eggs! My timing leaves much to be desired. 😉 No worries, I learnt a lot about chocolate work this time (from my mistakes and all) so wanted to record the […]
Naked or gingerbread village orange spiced layer cake recipe! Glutenfree or not … :)
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 […]
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 […]
