Pastry, Cakes & Sweet Bakes

It’s been a while since we last made rough puff pastry. I was craving something savoury and spicy and decided to make another version of my old beef...

Springtime is here, so it’s the perfect time for some fruity bakes. We’ll kick off the season with these delicious little flaky strawberry &...

As soon as I posted my potato sandwich loaf recipe people in the comments section asked me if that recipe would work for individual buns. I love...

This leavened laminated pastry recipe has been working surprisingly well and it is quite versatile. First, we made kouign-amann then we made Danish...

Blondie is a white chocolate version of a chocolate brownie. But it’s not as simple as swapping dark chocolate for white chocolate. The problem with...

We’ve made a few cheesecakes here already. One with Oreos and another one with Biscoff, and one more with cottage cheese. Recently I was making...

These chocolate covered caramel biscuits involve a few interesting methods of preparation. Three separate recipes are combined to create these...

Recently I posted a recipe for scones which are little delicious bread/cake hybrids commonly served with clotted cream, jam, sometimes butter, and...

Pain aux raisins is a custard and raisin filled pastry usually made with laminated leavened dough like the one used for croissants. It is sweet,...

It’s quite fun to make this type of dough with the grating frozen butter, folding, rolling, and chilling steps, so I thought why not make another...

Kouign-amann is a flaky buttery caramelized treat. Made with laminated leavened bread dough it is like a crispy caramel croissant. This may be one...

For those unfamiliar with these two cakes adding vegetables into sweet baked goods may sound strange. But zucchini and carrot cakes are among the...

What’s better than a rough puff pastry recipe? Two of them! And that is why we’re finishing the year off with another rough puff pastry treat. If...

It’s been a while since we made something using rough puff pastry. It being sweet treat season I thought it may be a good idea to give it another...

I can’t pass on an opportunity to use my Lloyds Pans pizza pan for another sweet traybake. It’s like the thing is made for it. Over the past couple...

Buckwheat is extremely common where I’m from and it is by far my favourite whole grain to eat. Although, it is technically not a grain. It is a seed...

Simple sweet traybakes are the best in my opinion. They’re easy to prepare and they don’t take many different ingredients. And the results are more...

Tired of regular brownies? I have a solution for you. This recipe takes brownies to the next level. A rich and gooey brownie topped with a creamy...

I was inspired to make this shortbread after seeing it posted on Instagram by my most prolific baking buddy Lan. If you have spent some time in my...

This cake is an awesome summer treat. I only found out about its existence very recently when someone in the comments section of my brioche cake...

There’s only one way to make doughnuts even softer and fluffier and that is by scalding some of the flour. Scalding is a technique used to not only...

I don’t think I had ever made chocolate cookies before trying to film this video. And to be honest it took me a couple of tries to get them right....

As soon as I posted my lemon tart video, I started planning another recipe using the same principles. This time using limes instead of lemons,...

Portuguese custard tarts are not very sweet. The filling is nice and light, and the pastry is so crispy that it shatters as you bite through it. It...

Summer is coming, so I thought it’s time for a fresh and tasty citrus flavoured treat. This lemon tart has an extremely smooth and creamy filling...

I love cardamom and I love it even more when it’s combined with cinnamon. Funny enough this cake does not contain any coffee. The name suggests that...

I’m not much of a pastry chef nor do I like to eat cakes very often. But I am responsible for providing some sweet bakes at the coffee bar in my...

Lately we have been baking some nice, sweet treats for our coffee bar at work and I thought that it would be good to share some of the recipes here...

To me banana bread is cake. There is no gluten, and it contains far more butter, eggs, and sugar than any bread I’ve ever made. So, I call it banana...

I don’t know anyone who does not love a chocolate brownie. The gooey texture, moist crumb, and rich chocolatey flavour works extremely well...

This pastry is so versatile that I cannot stop using it! But I promise this one will be the last one for 2022. And what better way to finish this...