I am that type of person that usually drifts towards the more chocolate offerings on a dessert menu. I am, by far, unapologetically and absolutely, a chocolate person. The darker, the bett…
In honor of tomorrow being New Year's Day, I knew I had to repost my Greek Lucky New Year's Cake (Vasilopita). I'm not one to repost previous posts, but this is a tradition in my family/culture that I look forward to every year...so I thought maybe you would like make it too! Side note: This
A rich Hungarian layered cake with hazelnut and chocolate pastry cream and hazelnut dacquoise. A gorgeous celebration cake also known as Esterhazy Torte!
A Gluten Free Flourless Almond and Coconut Cake that’s moist, tender and incredibly delicious. It takes just few minutes to whip up this recipe, best for busy days. I love this cake, the texture of this cake is ethereal – it’s so moist and buttery with the rich flavor from the almonds and coconut. ItsRead more
One for coffee enthusiasts, Nadiya's coffee cake promises a rich, coffee-infused sponge and a coffee-spiked cream frosting.
Use just a handful of store cupboard ingredients to make this mouthwatering lemon drizzle cake recipe by Mary Berry
Russian Honey Cake is a thin layer cake made with raw honey and a sour cream frosting. This honey cake recipe can be made round or rectangular for a party size! My Ukrainian husband loves this Medovik Cake Recipe and this dessert is covered in the simplest cake decoration (leftover cake crumbs!)
Enjoy this recipe for Korean Duk Guk, a soup filled with soft Korean rice cakes (duk), that is always eaten on New Year's Day.
When I was growing up in Central Otago, Sundays were spent baking in the kitchen to fill the tins for the week. Cinnamon was one of my favourite flavours, and Margaret’s Cinnamon Oysters were what Mum made when she needed to take a plate. These lovely soft cakes are filled with lush sweet cream.
This Bird’s Milk Cake Recipe (Ptichye Moloko) is made with an easy, soft, and moist sponge cake. Then, there is a layer of smooth custard buttercream and a thick layer of fluffy mousse-like marshmallow called “bird’s milk”. Finally, it is topped with a luxurious chocolate ganache. You’re going to love this one!
Paul Hollywood’s carrot cake recipe uses pecan nuts for crunch and flavour, with a lovely warmth coming through in the cinnamon and ginger spices. It’s topped with cream cheese frosting, and decorated with a crown of orange zest. If you have carrot cake marked down as an ‘everyday’ kind of cake, then take a look at this other stunning recipe: a layered carrot cake. Four layers are sandwiched between a chocolate and vanilla marbled cheesecake filling, plus thick layers of cream cheese icing.
Ottolenghi's Sesame, Date & Banana Cake
This easy chocolate cake with apricot jam and dark chocolate glaze is a delight to eat and a treat to any special occasion.
An incredibly light, fluffy and soft yogurt cake that is just 3 ingredients. This cake doesn't require flour, butter or oil!
Recipe reproduced with permission from Modern Jewish Baker by Shannon Sarna, published by Countryman Press.
All the elements of a sticky-toffee pudding plus toffee apples in one cake! The sponge layers are made with dates, spices and pieces of dried apple.
My Mum's Orange Cake Ingredients: 3 eggs 1 cup sugar vanilla rind of 1 orange 1/4 cup oil 3 tablespoons sour cream or yogurt Whisk al...
Quick and easy Crispy Rice Cakes with Spicy Peanut Sauce. A 15 minute appetizer recipe that's sinfully delicious.
For the final technical challenge Mary Berry asked the bakers to make this simple sponge with homemade jam and buttercream – without a recipe. We won't be so unkind. Mary's perfect Victoria sponge recipe with buttercream is yours. For this recipe you will need two 20cm/8in sandwich tins, an electric mixer and piping bag fitted with plain nozzle.
These cod fritters are a delicious iconic dish from Portugal, and can be found in Portuguese communities all over the world. Enjoy them hot or cold.
Try this simple recipe for fried, fluffy doughnuts, filled with a luscious whipped cream.
A sponge cake baked with meringue and almonds becomes the centerpiece of this delightful Norwegian cake (kvæfjordkake) filled with custard & whipped cream.
Sometimes the simplest recipes are the best. Take Welsh Cakes, for example. It just doesn't get much more basic and simple than Welsh...
Delia Smith's Greek Orange Cake is made with phyllo dough, eggs, sugar, Greek yogurt, vegetable oil, oranges, and vanilla. It serves 8 and takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes to prepare and bake, resulting in a moist, flavorful dessert.
“FÄCHERTORTE,” says the white-aproned waitress at Vienna's Demel Konditorei (German for pastry shop) from behind the magnificent display case of one of the world's best Viennese cake and torte selections. “Fächertorte, which translates as ‘fan-cake,’ is a house specialty,” she explains, while pointing at the little sign in front of one of the famous creations. She repeats the word fächertorte several times, in a purposefully exaggerated voice, for the benefit of giggling American tourists who are busy taking pictures. “What is she saying? F*cker-tarte? Are you serious?” Well, certainly the sound is close, but only close, and probably reveals more about the folks' mindset—and mine—than anything about the delicious layer cake itself.
When the theme “Sweet as Pie” was announced for this months Sweet Adventures Blog Hop hosted by KC of the Capers of a Kitchen Crusader… apple pie came to mind. Warm apple pie with…
A chocolate chestnut tiramisù in essence, chestnut mascarpone whipped cream tops a gluten-free cocoa and chestnut flour chiffon cake soaked with coffee rum syrup. Heaven.
An easy, 5-ingredient lemon cake that's cooked in the air fryer in under 30 minutes - what’s not to love? Serve with a dollop of cream, berries or just eat as is.
Karpatka is a Polish cake with a lush cream filling sandwiched between two golden layers of crisp-tender choux pastry. Karpatka is the more rustic version of kremówka or napoleonka, with choux pastry being more approachable in home kitchens than kremówka’s puff pastry.
Vanilla Magic Custard Cake is melt-in-your-mouth soft and creamy. You have to try this delicious, triple layered cake. A custard-like vanilla filling separates a light, fluffy layer on top and a dense cake layer on the bottom, to create the ultimate vanilla cake recipe!
Try this mouth-watering Zeppole di San Giuseppe just like Italians make it. Delicious pastry shell filled with silky vanilla cream and topped with amarena cherries.
Baklava cheesecake is a decadent yet easy dessert recipe. It’s a showstopper that you must add to your repertoire for the upcoming festive season and give people the reason to go ooh, ahh, and yum!
I don’t know if I should apologise for this or boast about it. Either way, I feel you will thank me for it. The thing is, it’s embarrassingly easy to make and unembarrassingly easy to eat. Don’t be tempted to let the cheesecake come to room temperature before serving. It slices and tastes better with a bit of fridge-chill on it. And please read the Additional Information section at the end of the recipe before proceeding. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
Unforgettably flaky, tender, almost melt-in-your-mouth texture that's punctuated with sweet currants and laced with a wonderful hint of mace, these Welsh cakes are simply irresistible!
Ottolenghi's Sesame, Date & Banana Cake
That’s the official name for this Norwegian beauty and we’re not disagreeing. Maria Villmones Bondeson‘s recipe layers crisp meringue, sponge cake and clouds of custard to make a show-stopping treat. Learn how to master meringues with these 10 secrets everyone should know.
Thin, delicate and crispy, these chocolate-dipped almond florentines are the perfect tiny cookies for any special occasion.
Here’s a twist on the famous magic cake that ‘magically’ separates in the oven into three layers - fudge base, custard centre and sponge cake top - only this one is flavoured with Milo.
