European bake desserts recipes

Indecent chocolate cake

Food porn at its best… couldn’t be more chocolatey.

Mini Brioche Muffins

This recipe can create 48 mini muffins, or 24 cupcakes - or, as I did, 24 mini muffins and 12 cupcakes!) Leave the brioche out to dry overnight…

Orange, Carrot and Caraway Seed Cake

Makes 1 loaf

Almond-Crusted Vino Cotto (Vincotto) Apple Tart

The almond crust and added vino cotto bring a new texture and flavor to apple tarts.

Gugelhopf Twister

Pastaciotti or Pusties

Italian pudding filled pastries. A sweet, delicate dough housing a deliciously smooth filling. These will be a hit with everyone. Be sure to put…

Sfogliatelle/ Neapolitan Cornets

Viennese Fingers

These are the most delicious Viennese Whirls/fingers/biscuits I have ever come across. I use a piping bag for all three options but if making the…

Fast Cinnamon Yoghurt Cake

The yoghurt in this cake gives it a gentle tang and ensure it is wonderfully light. The sweetness comes mostly from honey, and being made with…

Soft cake with pears and eau de vie

A touch of pear (Poire William) eau de vie highlights the pear flavor in this soft and moist cake.

Grandma apple cake

classic one here. A simple, fuss free, easy apple cake. Basically you just need to stir the ingredients together and pop some apples on top. You…

Lemon Pound Cake

This pound cake batter is so versatile that it can be baked into a loaf or Bundt pan or pound cake mold, stir in some fresh raspberries, blueberries…

Cherry cream cheese cake

This simple cake with five delicious layers is super moist, flavorful and just melts in your mouth.

Butternut Block Cake

The softest, moistest, sweetest cake you’ll ever eat… This recipe makes 1 loaf.

cake RICOTTA cheese CHOCOLATE RUM

All this talk about APRONS and Grandmothers got me going on assembling my notes and photos to finally share…