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French Inspired Recipes

A collection of French-inspired recipes for home cooks. Having travelled to France over 70 times, French cooking techniques and flavours often come home with me.

These French-style dishes and pastries use accessible ingredients and are designed to be easy to cook in your own kitchen.

Crustless quiche with pea, mint and feta cheese - easy tasty recipe using shortcrust pastry for spring summer picnics and packed lunches

Crustless Quiche with Pea, Mint, Feta

Here’s an easy way to get your quiche fix without too much stodgy pastry. This crustless quiche recipe p…

Chocolate Macarons with Chocolate Ganache

Chocolate macarons

Chocolate Macarons are a French patisserie classic. This version filled with dark chocolate ganache for the ul…

Garlic mushroom couscous in Redmond Multicooker finished recipe at Maisoncupcake.com

Garlic mushroom couscous with hazelnuts

An easy mushroom couscous dish you can make in under thirty minutes to batch cook for parties, family meals or…

How to make Chocolate Blackberry Charlotte Dessert easy showstopper bombe with quark mousse See step by step photos at MaisonCupcake.com

Chocolate Blackberry Charlotte Cake

If you can melt chocolate you can make this chocolate blackberry charlotte cake. It’s the ultimate easy…

Perfect fondant fancies with fondant icing recipe

Perfect Fondant Fancies with Fondant Icing

You won’t believe the secret to perfect fondant fancies. A fondant icing recipe is included here.  I…

Meringue Nests with Quark Chocolate Mousse

These easy meringue nests are an emergency Easter dessert you can make in minutes. Just two ingredients plus r…

Easter Chocolate Praline Layer Cake

Easter Chocolate Praline Layer Cake

Here’s a little chocolate show stopper for Easter – a chocolate praline layer cake topped with yum…

Chocolate Chestnut Cake

Chocolate Chestnut Cake

This chocolate chestnut cake is easy to make and serves 8-10 people.  Thank you for bearing with me, as I was…

Roast tomato and red pepper soup topped with basil oil and shaved grana padano cheese served in pattern light blue bowls, smaller white dishes of the toppings are to the side.

Roast Tomato and Pepper Soup

This roast tomato and pepper soup has a garlicky kick and can be served with basil oil, grated Grana Padano an…

Crockpot beef on the bone stew slow cooker recipe served in white bowl with potatoes, carrots, onions and gravy.

Slow Cooker Beef Bone Stew (Rich Beef Bone Soup Option)

Slow cooker beef bone stew is a low effort family dinner; satisfying enough for a Sunday lunch but without the…

Red Pepper Feta Tart, made from bought puff pastry roll

Red Pepper and Feta Tart

Cheat making red pepper feta tart with bought puff pastry This puff pastry tart topped with red peppers, cherr…

basa fillets with bacon and spinach

Basa with Bacon and Spinach

These basa fillets with bacon and spinach are budget friendly dish to feed the family.

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Slice and bake lemon cookies with lemon icing - so easy to make - keep the dough in the fridge or freezer and bake a few at a time. Decorated with instant royal icing flavoured with lemon juice

Slice and Bake Lemon Cookies

Slice and bake cookies are super to have on standby for a freshly … [Read ...] about Slice and Bake Lemon Cookies

Casserole dish of richly coloured leftover lamb curry with mushrooms.

Leftover Lamb Curry with Mushrooms

Using up cooked meat and vegetables to make leftover lamb curry comes … [Read ...] about Leftover Lamb Curry with Mushrooms

Vegetable Biryani with Cauliflower and Chickpeas (Vegan)

Vegetable Biryani with Cauliflower & Chickpeas

A quick easy vegetable biryani recipe packed with vegetables including … [Read ...] about Vegetable Biryani with Cauliflower & Chickpeas

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Apple Pound Cake with Pine Nuts in striped cornish blue bowls with custard

Apple Pound Cake With Pine Nuts

The Classic Recipe - Version Using Up Old Apples For a quick easy … [Read More...] about Apple Pound Cake With Pine Nuts

Bright yellow mayonnaise with flecks of dill

Dill Mayonnaise with Rapeseed Oil

This homemade dill mayonnaise gets its bright yellow colour by using … [Read More...] about Dill Mayonnaise with Rapeseed Oil

Rouen Shopping Street with Gros-Horlogue decorative clock, Normandy, France

Rouen City Break: Weekend Itinerary

Normandy's Compact City is Full of Surprises Why isn’t a Rouen city … [Read More...] about Rouen City Break: Weekend Itinerary

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I’m Sarah, a recipe writer sharing thrifty everyday dinners with a touch of French inspiration. I founded Maison Cupcake in 2009 and love creating dishes that are affordable, comforting and achievable. Thanks for visiting!

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