These Puff Pastry sfogliatine are one of the easiest and prettiest sweet treats you can whip up in less than 30 minutes.

Straight from the Italian Riviera a scrumptious way to eat summer apricots: wholewheat pie crust, a cream filling and fresh apricots

Napoleons with Italian Pastry Cream: Thin layers of puff pastry filled with smooth, silky and gentle Pasticciera Cream.

Baked caprese tart with puff pastry, mozzarella cheese, fresh tomatoes, smoked salmon and rocket leaves to serve

Creamy Homemade Baked Cannoli, a delicious Italian Dessert Recipe, with a creamy Ricotta, chocolate chip filling. A Classic Italian.

Apricot spritz cookies are classic sweets that delicately crumble in the mouth for instant bliss!

Crispy, dreamy cannoli shells stuffed with a ricotta-chocolate mixture. Comes with step-by-step photos!

Light and crispy zeppoles getting a shower of powdered sugar.

A delicious Italian Pastry Cream filled Puff Pastry Square, Sporcamuss, a traditional treat from Southern Italy. Fast, easy and so good.

Pumpkin Pie Stuffed Sweet Ravioli, these homemade pumpkin pie filled ravioli are a delicious change for a sweet Fall dessert.

Juicy, ripe cherries meet creamy ricotta with a hint of vanilla for a rustic, flaky tart that’s perfect for a dessert or breakfast!

Frappe are crispy and light as air when you bite into them. This is an old Italian cookie found all over Italy with different names.

Zeppole di San Giuseppe – a Neapolitan treat made with a lemon infused pastry cream piped on a shell, topped with a sour cherry.

The classic Italian Cannoli dessert gets turned into a quick and easy dip!

Italy meets fall with these mini Pumpkin Cannolis, which are made easier with pre-made cannoli shells.

Zeppole

Italian Ricotta Pastries: Soft pastry filled with airy and fluffy Ricotta cheese. Heaven!

The perfect sweet pastry treat to break that fast you religiously stuck to, for Lent…OR any celebration!

Panettone – Italian Christmas Bread – a brioche-style dough with raisins and candied citron.

My twist on a rustic galette – prune plums and lemon thyme encased in a buttermilk pastry and baked in a cast iron skillet!

Italian Ricotta Cake

Almond raspberry crostata for the daring bakers’ June challenge: pies!