Posts in European desserts
Flaky French apple turnovers with salted caramel sauce

Flaky puff pastry baked to a perfect golden brown and tart juicy apples laced with warming spices. All generously drizzled with luscious salted caramel.

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Spiced apple and salted caramel lava cakes

Moist apple spiced cake that hides a molten salted caramel interior, waiting to ooze out when you sink your spoon into it for the first time. It's like fall on a plate, but better, because anything with salted caramel and apples is ten times better.

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Herby Pear Tarte Tatin

Melt-in-your-mouth caramelized pears to a perfect shade of amber nestled snugly on top of a buttery and herby shortcrust pastry. A stunning dessert that you can whip up in no time.

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Medovik Russian honey cake

Soft honey layers baked to golden perfection sandwich a slightly tangy sour cream frosting. This cake is sheer heaven in every bite.

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Olive oil cake & honey mascarpone frosting

Olive oil gives this cake an amazing citrusy and floral fragrance and a delicate a moist texture. The mascarpone and honey frosting complement it completely. You'll be having seconds in no time. Feed this cake to anyone, and I assure you they will be puzzled by an all too familiar nutty and fruity taste that they can’t seem to put their finger on.

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Lavender Beignets filled with fig preserves

Pillowy and elegant little doughnut squares infused with lavender, coated with lavender vanilla sugar and filled with delicious fig jam. From now on this will probably be the only beignet you will ever make.

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Pumpkin churros & Spanish hot chocolate

Few things are as enjoyable as a crisp churro dipped in dark hot chocolate. Check out this pumpkin churro make-over complete with aromatic pumpkin spice and traditional Spanish hot chocolate

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Blood orange tea cakes

These dainty little moist almond and ricotta cakes, perfumed with fragrant blood orange zest and sweet cinnamon, are my little tribute to Sicily. Finished off with a drizzle of delicious tart blood orange glaze and slice of the beautiful gem colored orange these pretty little cakes are perfect for sharing with friends over a nice cup of Italian roasted coffee. 

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Roscón de Reyes: Spanish King Cake

Roscón de Reyes or Spanish King cake is a delicate brioche-like bread flavored with orange blossom water and dotted with festive candied or dried fruit. It’s a sweet bread that is perfect for brunch and dunked in coffee or hot chocolate Roscón de Reyes is short of heaven.

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Lebkuchen: German Gingerbread Cookies

Deliciously aromatic and chocolatey, Lebkuchen happen to be the original gingerbread cookie. Switch up you cookie repertoire with this delectable recipe from the 17th century.

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