European desserts recipes

Grandma's Soft Italian Cookies with Frosting

My grandma, mom, have handed down from generation to generation...a simple recipe and traditional Italian…

Mon Gateau Au Chocolat

An absolutely wonderful cake; most traditionally served without icing. If you're including kids, might want to add your favorite, but I love it the…

Wedding Cake with hazelnut cream

Microwave chocolate cake

This is very, very easy and very fast. It can be eaten still warm, with the melting chocolate… together with ice cream… uhnnn… delicious!....

Toccamisù

Toccamisù ... a variation on tiramisu with the flavors of Sicily

Irish Chocolate Stout Cake

I am a lifelong chocoholic and love many types of chocolate cake. Very few have impressed me as much as this chocolate stout cake orignially from…

Panna Cotta with Blackberries

A classic Italian dessert, delicious and easy to make. Can taste excellent around the world as ingredients can be found almost anywhere!

Marie Biscuit Cake

This no cook dessert is a favourite of mine. The biscuits used are 'Morning coffee' or 'Marie biscuits'. You can also use the LU Cookies or Rich Tea…

Italian Snowball Cookies

24 Cookies Holiday Baking Season 2010

Here is a collection of cookies, 24 made for this 2010 Holiday Season. For recipes please click on the below…

Baklava

Fabulous Greek dessert pastry. Many layers of thin filo dough, ground walnuts and cinnamon with a sweet syrup with hints of cinnamon and citrus

Tiramisu

A scrumptious Italian dessert.

Butter and Flour Free Chocolate Cake

This contains chickpeas which might sound strange but actually works really well! It doesn't taste particularly…

Irish Apple Cake with Whisky Cream

Most Irish have a sweet tooth, and this tasty dessert will satisfy it. Legendary Irish cook Myrtle Allen says…

Scottish Shortbread

This is the most famous cookie of Scotland. It’s a must to use pure butter. Traditionally, shortbread contains no other flavor. I’ve been making…