dark chocolate raspberry tartBaked Desserts, Baking & Pastry, Bread, Dough & Pastry, Christmas, Desserts, Holidays, New Years, Pies & Tarts, SummerBy AngelaJanuary 23, 2024crostata al cioccolato fondente e lamponi I’ve yet to meet someone who doesn’t like the marriage of chocolate & raspberry! The union of bitter dark chocolate with sweet-tart raspberries is heaven to me and (fortunately) to all I hold dear, so when I decide to bake this crostata for a Sunday treat (when raspberries are…
apricot and almond tartBaked Desserts, Baking & Pastry, Bread, Dough & Pastry, Christmas, Desserts, Holidays, New Years, Pies & Tarts, SummerBy AngelaJanuary 16, 2024crostata di albicocca e mandorle apricot and almond tart I’ve had all the best intentions to share this recipe with each summer (it’s only taken 5 years)! Alleluia, finalement, it’s here and well worth the wait I assure you! There are two memories etched deep in my mind; both involve apricots! The first is of…
Italian trifleBaked Desserts, Baking & Pastry, Christmas, Desserts, Holidays, New Years, SummerBy AngelaDecember 20, 2022zuppa inglese Italian trifle Zuppa Inglese literally translates to ‘English Soup’, but there is nothing soupy about this dessert and it’s not English! So why is it named so? No idea! Perhaps it refers to ‘layers’ of ‘flavour’ one would find in a soup! Nonetheless, there are ‘layers’ and there are ‘flavours’, and the only…
cherry tartBaked Desserts, Christmas, Jams, Curds & Preserves, Pies & Tarts, SummerBy AngelaJanuary 21, 2021crostata di ciliegie cherry tart Every year, just before Christmas, my mother-in-law delivers a 5kg box of summer cherries from the “cherry capital” of NSW – Young. It’s one of our favourite traditions leading into to the festive season! We eat cherries straight from the box for days; plump dark red cherries with firm sweet…
