A moist pumpkin cake loaded with autumn flavours and beautiful heart warming spices. This cake is layered with caramelised apples and silky salted caramel cream cheese frosting. It’s the perfect pumpkin recipe to make each fall! For salted caramel 60ml water 250g granulated sugar 60g/3tbsp light corn syrup 180ml heavy cream, slightly warmed 50g butter,
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Z Fragrant, beautiful light crumb simple and very delicious. You can’t beat the classic- subtly zingy but yet well balanced sweetness. A must try: INGREDIENTS: 200g soft unsalted butter 200g golden caster sugar 3 large free range eggs 300g self raising flour 1tsp baking powder 1tsp vanilla extract Zest and juice of 1 orange Zest of
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B I was on the mission to come up with the recipe for THE chocolate cake. And I promise- You won’t find better chocolate cake recipe than this one. Slightly different method of mixing the cake batter and using buttermilk gives this cake it’s moist and fudgy, yet very light crumb. I cannot imagine making
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If you delayed making Christmas cake to the last minute, not only because it’s so time consuming in maturing it and feeding it… or most probably even because you don’t like the heavy consistency stodgy cake clustered with tasteless hard bits of dried fruit…?Here’s the solution- quick and easy made Christmas cake- but slightly differently.
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This fantastical full of flavour bundt floating in rich buttery white chocolate rum soak is just perfect winter warmed bake. To be honest, it would be wonderful alternative to christmas pudding too because it is bursting with warming spices. Just add dollop of vanilla icecreamOr brandy cream to give that extra oomf to the taste
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(Refined sugar free) Who doesn’t like nice fluffy melt in your mouth carrot cake?…packed with raisins and dates for deep caramel flavour. Not forgetting fragrant cinnamon and orange scent exploding in every bite you take? Good news is- this cake ticks all the boxes. It doesn’t contain any refined sugars- rich sweetness comes from raisins
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Mini Lemon Victorias with home made Jam Who does not like little bit of simple traditional cake? How about British staple- Victoria sponge with a twist? These little cakes for one are perfect served as single desserts in a dinner party or can be made as an alternative to whole cake on a Birthday or
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Makes 18inch cake Light, fluffy and packed with beautiful aroma and flavour cake is a fabulous treat for any occasion. Coconut and lime sponges layered with tangy fresh raspberry jam and velvety white chocolate coconut buttercream. SHow stopper that is pretty simple to maie If you don’t have fresh raspberries at hand can use frozen
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Festive White Chocolate Parsnip and Carrot Cake (Gluten and refined sugar free) I was thinking to create something nice and festive. Light enough to enjoy after heavy Christmas dinner, yet indulging and full festive of flavours. This cake is not so calorie dense as usual Christmas bakes . I opted for something unusual- spiced parsnips
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Malted Chocolate and Hazelnut Cake Makes one 18cm diameter cake This fabulous rich chocolatey brownie like cake is made with a hint of malt and layered with smooth hazelnut mousse soaked in chocolate fudge sauce… it truly is what you need on a cold autumn day with hot cup of coffee. It is not at
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Guinness Cake with Mascarpone Whisky Frosting and Ganache Coat Be it St Patricks Day, or you just like boozy desserts- in that case this cake is just right thing for you! Soft and rich chocolate sponge soaked in Guiness and whisky syrup, topped with fluffy boozy mascarpone frosting and velvety chocolate ganache. Beautiful treat for
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Zingy Orange and Passion fruit Cake with White Chocolate Pistachio Buttercream I absolutely love making cakes. And when I have an idea about the flavour combinations- it has to be put in to practice. Even though I love baking with chocolate, I do like citrus and sweet balanced desserts, and this cake represents just that.
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Raw Peanut Butter Jelly Cake (Raw, Vegan, Paleo) I do love foods which are unprocessed… I love ingredients which are naturally full of nutritious goodness brought from mother earth and never been cooked which take those qualities away. This awesome cake is a combination of my favourite flavours and ingredients- chocolate, peanut butter and vitamin
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Ginger and Lime Curd Fudgy Chocolate Cake (Gluten free, Dairy free, Paleo) Ok, I have to say- this chocolate cake is something else. And I am truly excited to share this fabulous recipe with you guys. Especially now, when we are in cold season and want all things comforting and tingling our taste buds.This cake
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Orange and Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Coconut Maple Frosting (Refined sugar free, fibrous flours) Well, as autumn is here and all things pumpkin is around. My house smells no different this time of the year. I love smell of cinnamon and cloves.. I love textures and flavours of fruits and autumn vegetables when
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Rose, Lemon and Raspberry Cake Little bit different take on Victoria sponge cake.. Fragrant sponges are layered with fresh raspberry jam and vanilla swiss meringue buttercream. Lovely hint of rose gives this cake a different edge combined with sour raspberries. I always tend to make meringue buttercream, as it is much lighter texture than
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White Chocolate and Lemon Berry Cake Beautiful, not overly sweet light and fluffy lemon flavoured sponge, layered with zingy lemon curd and white chocolate berry Swiss meringue buttercream. Absolutely divine tasting cake, and as many tried- guaranteed flavour satisfaction. Perfect for any occasion, just decorate it with some fresh cut flowers or berries to create
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Spooky wooky Chocolate and Peanut Cake (Gluten free) As it is Halloween, I thought I will make a cake… nothing taste better with a cup of tea those chilly autumn nights than comforting chocolate, and when you combine it with salted peanuts and caramel- it’s absolute heaven! This truly magnificent flavour cake is rammed
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Rosemary and Orange Loaf Cake (gluten free, dairy free and sugar free) Today I went for light cake which bursts with zingy orange and aromatic rosemary fragrances. If you wish, you can make it in round cake tin and ice it same way as loaf. INGREDIENTS 230g very ripe bananas (blended to mush) 1tbsp finely
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Lithuanian Traditional Easter Cake ‘Boba’ This traditional Lithuanian Easter Cake is around 200 years and counting. Beautifully rich, yet light cake filled with fruit is made on a Saturday just before Easter to have it after Easter lunch as a treat for the whole family. But to be fair, I have made it Easter Day
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Gedimino Pilis/ Gedimino Castle Cake (Gluten Free) Ever since the start of my time on The Great British Bake-Off I have been reminiscing a fair amount of time of how far I’ve come since first starting to bake, as a young girl, with my family in our Kitchen back in Lithuania. I am very proud
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Chocolate Cake This rustic and awfully easy to make beautifully light, chocolatey and delicious cake has been around in our household for a long time. I love making it as can be flavoured any way you like. You can easily replace coffee for the zest on an orange for more orange/chocolate flavour, finely chopped
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Blackberry and White Chocolate Cheesecake with Black Pepper (Can be done as dairy free with substitute products) So it was Dessert week on GBBO and…..well, if you’ve been watching, you know that we love cheesecake. With Blackberries still being in season and all around me I thought I’d best put them to good use in
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Honey Cake (Lithuanian traditional celebratory cake) During my upbringing there have been quite a few dishes that were either embedded in my home culture or have always kind of always “been there” since I was just a little girl growing up , though none come as close to being a true memory of growing up
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Intensement Chocolat with Raspberries Whoever knows me, are aware of my serious addiction to chocolate!!!! Yes.. I admit, although I try limit this dark devilish pressure to a minimum, I can never say ‘NO’ to it ^_^ I have to say, this amazing cake does take time to make (around 4-5hrs to be exact), it
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Chocolate Cake with Marshmallows and Peanut Butter Frosting If I need a sweet fix I usually head in the direction of my good ol’ friend, CHOCOLATE! This time, yet again, I took my trademark experimental route with some cupboard fillers I picked up recently whilst out shopping. This time, I used mini-marshmellows, Meridian’s Crunchy and
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