Luscious lemon and cool coconut paired in a sophisticated royal treat.

Delicious Battenberg cake with fresh raspberries and lemon curd cover with milk chocolate plastique

June’s Daring Bakers Challenge! Traditional British Battenburg Cake with coffee and walnuts.

A cake fit for royalty! The Battenberg – not as hard as you think!

Battenberg cake for the Daring Bakers Challenge in June

Cannelloni with Spinach Ricotta Filling – rich, decadent and just melts in your mouth – perfect accompaniment to my new blog design!

Homemade cannelloni pasta wrapped around a spinach, ricotta, Parmigiano Reggiano filling and smothered in Béchamel.

Daring cooks Jun 2012- cannelloni di Magro

Grape shaped challah with saffron and cardamom flavours

Challah bread is easy to make and so tasty!

A real aromatic challah with Apricot and cardamom, Daring Bakers Challenge

May Daring Bakers Challenge- sweet braid or challah with poppy seed

Honey White Challah – a special braided bread

Honey White Challah Bread for Daring Bakers’

Traditional challah bread with a healthy vegan twist and plenty of cinnamon.

A traditional four strand braided challah bread enriched with whole wheat flour and oats.

Daring Bakers May 2012: challah bread

Challah bread in honey white and whole wheat.

Deliciously hearty, wholesomely French beef stew

Want to make this French classic, Beef Bourguignon, but were discouraged by all that wine? Now is your chance to try it alcohol free.

Beef Bourguignon for Daring Cooks: the best beef stew you will ever eat, with red wine, mushrooms, baby onions and bacon.

Beef bourguignon, a well-known, traditional French dish and daring cooks challenge.