Black Sesame Macarons with Cherry Chocolate Ganache … inspired baking

A Stone Fruit Tea Cake must be one of the best ways to use stone fruit in a cake this summer.

A simple, comforting, unassuming apple cake, delicious and moist, with the promise of old world charm.

A chocolate tart with a deeply luscious Nutella and chocolate filling, a vegetarian filling, which can be made ahead and is ADDICTIVE!

Dessert for Mothers Day.No bake,make ahead & deeply divine – a Chocolate Marquise & vanilla Crème Chantilly with a balsamic cherry sauce.

These muffins are great for a coffee loving Mum! Nothing like a deep, delicious espresso cupcake to make the day complete.

Great Mothers Day cookies from Alice Medrich – her typical style, classic and comforting!

A light summer berry tart with a walnut shortbread crust, and a whipped strawberry curd cream to fill the crust!

Quark Casserole with Balsamic Strawberries

We loved this cake! It’s special because it is a layered cake, EGGLESS, no butter and still deeply decadent and ‘chocolaty’ moist!

Peter Reinharts pizza dough which made the best pizza ever is undeniably a winner.

A fast track version of Crème au chocolat which translates simply into my idea of an indulgent chocolate cream!

A natural and tantalizing sorbet to beat the heat; a fresh and exciting way to use summers bounty of strawberries and fresh mint.

One of my favourite fruit bakes … Use fruit of the season,throw in chopped dry fruit, a sprinkling of fresh herbs…healthy & yum!

A sweet and savoury take on the DB challenge using the ‘painted bread technique’ that I recently discovered!

Inspired to use the egg yolks on hand resulted in these little tartlets. Dark chocolate, orange and walnut compliment each other beautifully!

I made these with Japan in mind – Matcha Japanese Green tea and cherries for their beautiful cherry blossoms.

Roasted Garlic Focaccia…It’s simple, is ready to bake in a couple of hours, and the olive oil lavished on top gives it a beautiful crust.

A Srichacha style dipping sauce… vibrant, addictive & versatile!