These cupcakes start with a gluten-free chocolate base, filled with a Toblerone ganache and finished with a toasted swiss meringue buttercream. They’re wonderfully chocolatey without being overly rich.

These cupcakes start with a gluten-free chocolate base, filled with a Toblerone ganache and finished with a toasted swiss meringue buttercream. They’re wonderfully chocolatey without being overly rich.

Semifreddo is Italian for “half-cold”. Its texture is similar to ice cream, but made without an ice cream machine. This is a salted caramel version, sandwiched between layers of flourless chocolate cake.

This cake is inspired by a blueberry traybake my mum used to make. I’ve created mini individual cakes here, but you can just as easily bake it in a round or square tin.

A gluten-free take on the classic French pastry, the Paris-Brest. This dessert involves several components, but it is well worth the effort for its the crisp choux and rich praline filling.

This isn’t the prettiest of cakes, but it is simple and delicious – the kind of comfort baking everyone needs once in a while. It’s a variation on my gluten-free butter cake recipe, which I developed a few years ago and have shared many times since.

A Japanese twist on the classic Italian dessert, tiramisu. The coffee soak is swapped with matcha and, when paired with the vanilla marscapone cream, offers a gentle earthy flavour.

Paris has always held a special place in my heart. Our journey began and ended in this city, so it feels only right that my final post about Europe is dedicated to Paris.

This recipe is a twist on one of favourite desserts, a chocolate and raspberry roulade. I’ve reimagined it into a layered cake with a tender chocolate sponge, whipped cream and raspberry filling, and smooth swiss meringue buttercream.
