Desserts

A white cake with a red ribbon on top.

National Carrot Cake Day – The BEST Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

It’s America’s National Carrot Cake Day so we are going to splurge on our precious find, this delicious cake recipe. And we want to share that with you! It is also the season for lemons and we are going to be using some lemon juice in our frosting. Today we are bringing you a recipe …

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A grilled pineapple on a plate.

Caramelized Pineapple with Vanilla Ice Cream, Caramel Sauce and Dulce de Leche

Ingredients: 1 Pineapple Sugar – 2 teaspoons Caramel Syrup (we used store-bought) – to taste Vanilla Ice Cream (we used store-bought) – to taste Dulce de Leche (we used homemade) – to taste Instructions: Start by cutting the pineapple with a long, sharp knife. Turn the fruit over and slice the top part (where the …

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A sweet and indulgent dessert made with croissants and caramel, inspired by Nigella Lawson.

Caramel Croissant Pudding (Nigella Lawson’s Recipe)

Ingredients: 2 stale croissants 100 grams sugar 2 tablespoons water 125 milliliters double cream 125 milliliters full-fat milk 2 tablespoons bourbon (or rum) 2 large eggs (beaten) Instructions: Preheat the oven to 180°C. Tear the croissants into pieces and put in a small gratin dish; We use an oval one with a capacity of about …

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A dessert featuring cake with caramel sauce and ice cream, from the Hotcakes Menu.

Holiday Hot Cake (Nigella Lawson’s Recipe)

Ingredients: 150 grams plain flour 300 grams light brown muscovado sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 teaspoons ground ginger 2 teaspoons mixed spice 125 milliliters full-fat milk 60 milliliters vegetable oil 1 large egg 6 teaspoons butter 500 milliliters boiling water Vanilla Ice Cream Instructions for Hotcakes Menu – Holiday Hot Cake (Nigella Lawson’s Recipe): …

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A tray of mini Portuguese custard tarts sitting on a rack.

Easy Portuguese Custard Tarts (Jamie Oliver’s Recipe)

Ingredients: 2 sheets frozen puff pastry (thawed) 1 tablespoon cinnamon (enough to cover both pastry sheets)  Custard use 2 eggs 2 tablespoons sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup Crème fraîche 2 tablespoons orange zest (zest from 1 orange) Caramel Topping 8 tablespoons sugar 1⁄2 cup orange juice (juice from 2 oranges) Instructions for easy Portuguese …

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A chocolate cake on a green plate.

Chocolate Pound Cake From Scratch

Ingredients: Butter – 226 gr. (room temperature) Sugar – 500 gr. Vanilla Extract – 2 teaspoons 5 eggs (room temperature) Cocoa – 88 gr. Flower – 280 gr. Baking Powder – 1 teaspoon Salt – half a teaspoon Sour Cream – 227 gr. For. the glaze – Powdered Sugar – 125 gr. – Cocoa – …

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A gingerbread Christmas tree on a plate.

Gingerbread Cookies Christmas Tree

Ingredients: 100 gr sugar 170 gr molasses 1-1/2 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cinnamon one tsp ground allspice 1 tsp ground cloves 2 tsp baking soda 113 gr margarine (1 stick) 1 egg, beaten 384 gr all-purpose flour   For the royal icing:   125 gr powdered sugar (confectioners sugar or icing sugar) 1-2 …

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A wicker basket filled with gingerbread cookies and powdered sugar.

Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients: 100 gr sugar 170 gr molasses 1-1/2 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cinnamon one tsp ground allspice 1 tsp ground cloves 2 tsp baking soda 113 gr margarine (1 stick) 1 egg, beaten 384 gr all-purpose flour Instructions for Gingerbread Cookies Recipes: In a large saucepan, combine sugar, molasses, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and …

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Star shaped christmas pies on a black plate.

Star-Topped Mince Pies (Nigella Lawson’s Recipe)

Ingredients: For the Pastry 240 grams plain flour 60 grams vegetable shortening 60 grams cold butter juice of 1 orange 1 pinch of salt icing sugar (for dusting) – it’s optional For the Cranberry Studded Mincemeat 60 millilitres ruby port (or any sweet, red wine) 75 grams soft dark brown sugar 300 grams cranberries 1 …

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