Cooking recipes - Pastries

American pineapple cake
This tangy cake is turned upside-down before serving

Basic dough recipe for tray-baked cakes and biscuits (quark and oil dough)
Suitable for fruit cakes, traditional German ‘Butterkuchen’ (butter cake), pizza or onion tart

Biscotti
Italy’s most popular almond biscuit, enjoyed all over the world

Blueberry and Apple Compote
This delicious fruit compote retains the vibrant colours, textures and vitamins of the fruit. Serve it as a light dessert after a rich main course or as a refreshing, wake-me-up breakfast.

Breakfast rolls
For variety, you can add sunflower, pumpkin or sesame seeds

Buckwheat and Hazelnut Tartlets with Chocolate Icing and Cranberry and Pear Compote
So delicious!

Buckwheat And Mushroom Brioche
Small, delicious yeast-raised pastries

Cheese Profiteroles
Profiteroles can be easily frozen

Cheese-filled focaccia
A tasty Italian snack

Chocolate and almond cake filled with chocolate cream
The chocolate and almond cake on its own goes brilliantly with a coffee or espresso when dusted with icing sugar.

Chocolate Orange Cheesecake
Cheesecakes can be made well in advance and chilled overnight in the fridge to save any last minute stress when entertaining.

Curd Cheese Balls
Dry the curd cheese balls then roll them in the cinnamon and sugar mix

Flemish leek tart
Delicious accompanied by a glass of young wine

Gugelhupf
Many legends have grown up around this cake, but one thing is certain: it is small, but perfectly formed

Herby Cheese Soda Bread
Traditional Homemade Soda Bread

Marjoram brioche
Use other herbs to give a different flavour

Mille-Feuille with fruit
Enjoy this delicious dessert

Mini raspberry cupcakes with raspberry cream
A more sophisticated touch for adults is to add a little raspberry liqueur

Moroccan Flatbread
Make these flatbreads to accompany a traditional Moroccan tagine and mop up those flavoursome sauces.

Nutty Brown Soda Bread
Crunchy Soda Bread

Pavlova Base
Base for a succulent desert

Pizza Margherita
Bella Italia’s greatest export is a Neapolitan invention

Potato and pepper bread with majoram
Sliced potato bread also tastes good when toasted

Profiteroles
The small choux pastry puffs work wonderfully as a sweet dessert, as a spicy party snack, or as a treat between meals

Puff pastry parcels filled with sheep’s cheese
This basic recipe can be adapted to suit a variety of fillings

Rhubarb and nut cakes in a jar
You can use sour cherries instead of rhubarb

Savoury profiteroles
A spicy variation on the French classic

Sugar and honey baskets
Store the baskets in tightly closed tins

Sweet Cranberry & Orange Mini Buttermilk Scones
A favourite - just add fruit

Traditional Steak and Kidney Pie
Island favourite: Traditional dish from England

Tuscan Plum Tart With a Sweet Citrus Shortcrust Pastry
Delicious!

Warm chocolate cakes with cumquats
Sweet dessert for special occasions

Wholewheat Banana Bread
Simply delicious

Yoghurt slices with caramel and nut topping
Sweet cake from Turkey