Sweet Baking & Desserts

Home baking and dessert recipes from Maison Cupcake, from cakes and cookies to tarts, easy and enjoyable for everyday or special occasions.

Lemon Macarons with Rosemary – Fresh Spring Flavours

The theme of this month's Mactweets Macaron Challenge was "spring flowers". I have deviated from this a little…

A quick and easy pudding today. I have been lolling on the sofa watching Julie & Julia on dvd after a cupc…

After the last bumper picture packed post I hope you will forgive me for doing a little recycling today. I…

My second month cooking with the Daring Bakers and I almost didn’t make it. I had a little girl…

Chocolate Crepes Suzette is a chocolatey twist on traditional French flambéed pancakes with orange sauce. Sinc…

Spotting romantic gestures from my husband requires the expert eye that comes after almost 14 years of being…

This Scotch Pancakes Stack with ice cream and whisky marmalade sauce is a winter dessert that works well for p…

Apparently some of you enjoy it when I share my failures here. Normally these are culinary disasters involvin…

Classic crepes get added pizzazz as pancakes with fudge sauce and chopped hazelnuts. This post was originally…

The end of January marks my first outing with the Daring Bakers. I am proud to have added the Daring Kitchen b…

In the novel “Blackberry Wine”, Joanne Harris’ follow up to Chocolat, the protagonist inheri…

What to do, what to do with a heap of egg yolks from my various macaron making disasters? (See what happened…