Category: Baking

Plum and Walnut Cake

This Plum and Walnut Cake is inspired by Nicola’s great Belgium Apple Cake. It is the height of plum season and I was tempted by a 2kg...

Squidgy Daim Bar Cookies

This is a quick and simple recipe for squidgy daim bar cookies. What makes a cookie a squidgy? Well I think the answer to this...

Portuguese Custard Tarts

This is a simple recipe for Portuguese Custard Tarts. This is a great recipe for 3 left over egg yolks. If you are making this one...

Smiley Faces Biscuits

Smiley Faces Biscuits are one of the great memories from my childhood. They are probably the British version of the Oreo cookie. The originals are...

Pizza Dough

This is a simple recipe for pizza dough. It will make 4 thin pizzas. It takes about 1 hour 15 minutes to make. One of...

Multi Seed Spelt Loaf

One of the advantages of living in Germany is that there is a wider variety of flours available in a regular supermarket. Spelt or Dinkel flour...

Belgium Apple Cake

This Belgium Apple Cake is a family favourite recipe. It is my signature dish and one that is most requested from my friends and work...

Rhubarb Crumble Cake

All of my British friends will be surprised that I have described this Rhubarb Crumble cake as a German speciality but it really is. In...

Fanta Cake with Sour Cream and Mandarins

When I started this website and requested Family favourite recipes this was one that my friend Ernesto has given me. A big thank you to...

Parathas

Parathas are very similar to make than the more common chappati. They taste even better as they have layers of ghee (clarified butter) in them...