Baking and Desserts

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

Blackberry Tart with Nut Crust (Gluten Free)

Strawberry picking was a frequent activity in my childhood although collecting blackberries from the “wi…

As a mummy with a reputation for making cakes, I can't just turn up to these occasions with a bag of treat siz…

Consider today a precursor to my long promised Morphy Richards’ bread maker review to be published tomor…

This is an adaptation of Nigella's Forever Summer "Summer Crumble". I've simply lifted her apricot crumble out…

Luxurious Rhubarb Raspberry Pavlova with white chocolate sauce Although not a girly girl, I do love fuschia. B…

A quick bite of bread today; with yesterday’s Daring Bakers entry and my announcement of the Monthly Min…

Orange Pannacotta Crumble Pots with Candied Kumquats were made for a Daring Bakers challenge. The February 201…

Today I ground up some last few large chunks of praline to create a fine pink dust and stencilled it onto thes…

You smash pink pralines up and scatter them over things before baking and afterwards you get these wonderful p…

This Krushchev Dough, apparently the favourite dough recipe of former Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev, is a f…

If you squash 4-5 cherries into the well of the kugelhopf and leave it for a couple of hours, some of the juic…

Gibanica (ghee-ban-itz-er) is filo pastry baked with yogurt, egg and oil. It frequently includes salty white c…