Category: Dessert

Life’s too short to crystallise rose petals (unless you’re mad like me!) … simply scatter over a bunch of red petals for dramatic effect (oh, spray-free roses of course).

Strawberries

Strawberries are seductive little things …

Mango & Strawberries – summer in a bowl

Could there be a better fruit combination than strawberries and mango? Doubt it.

Sunken Apple Cake

The Germans sure know how to make a good Apfelkuchen!

Lining a cake tin – it’s easy when you know how!

Tips and little tricks, that’s what we love giving on Shared Kitchen!

Brown Sugar Almond Crumbles with Gingered Apple & Pear

Go on – make a hole in the crumble and pour in a good swig of cream, or better still, add a decent-sized blob of vanilla ice cream.

Apple brown Betty – American Sweetheart

Crunch and munch – Apple brown Betty is the perfect way to use leftover sandwich bread!

Apricot & Almond Tart with Frangipane

Look for tangy apricots, not sweet ones, because it is that tang that gives this tart the X-factor.

Tamarillos Baked with Maple Syrup

Are you thinking what I’m thinking? YES!

Tamarillos – golden and red beauties

When I grew up these little beauties were called tree tomatoes. Where does the name tamarillo come from?

Maple Syrup

Want to use less sugar in baking? Substitute maple syrup for sugar … just make sure you use the real thing.

L’affogato al caffé – coffee & ice cream in a cup!

Mid-afternoon miseries? Talk about a wicked pick-me-up …

Cake tins

If you enjoy making cakes do yourself a favour and buy a good cake tin (pan).

Gingernut Creams with Pears

Pears and gingernuts, simple but sublime.

Peach & Chocolate Tart

Chocolate and peach, peach and chocolate … whichever way you say it, I want some!