Pastry, Cakes & Sweet Bakes

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...