Homemade desserts, comforting bakes, and sweet treats inspired by seasonal ingredients, family traditions, and flavours from around the world.
I Could Eat Scones Every Single Day I absolutely love scones. Whether it’s a traditional British scone with clotted cream and raspberry jam or these delicious chocolate chip and apricot scones, I could honestly eat them every single day. There’s…
Christmas wouldn’t feel quite the same without the smell of gingerbread spices filling the house. These traditional Polish gingerbread cookies, known as pierniczki in Poland, have been part of my Christmas celebrations since childhood. I remember them from Christmases at…
Lemon curd is one of those things that can turn something really simple into a proper dessert. Spoon it over pancakes, use it to fill profiteroles, spread it between cake layers or make it the star of a lemon tart.…
Every autumn, apples somehow find their way into almost everything I bake. We absolutely love them in our house, and I can’t imagine this time of year without a good supply of apples in the kitchen. I still remember my…
I love a good milky, creamy pudding, and panna cotta is one of those desserts that is so simple, there’s almost no reason not to make it. This pear panna cotta actually appeared in my kitchen out of necessity. There…
There are some Polish bakes that immediately take me back home, and jagodzianki are definitely one of them. Jagodzianki are traditional Polish buns filled with wild blueberries, known as bilberries in English. They are such a familiar part of Polish…
Tiramisu without cream is the only tiramisu I make, and considering how seriously my daughter and I take this dessert, I think I have enough experience to stand by that statement. I have made it so many times that I…
A Taste I Grew Up With I have known drożdżówki z serem for as long as I can remember. Growing up in Poland, they were simply part of everyday life. You could find sweet yeast buns in almost every bakery,…
These vegan tahini chocolate chip cookies are soft and chewy in the middle, slightly crisp around the edges and packed with dark chocolate. Tahini gives them a deep, nutty flavour, while fresh orange adds just enough citrus to cut through…
This easy carrot cake recipe is one I’ve been making for years, although my relationship with carrot cake started long before that. I still remember one Saturday morning when I was a child and my mum announced that she was…
