Baking

Cardamom and Saffron Olive Oil Pound Cake
Cardamom and Saffron Olive Oil Pound Cake

The fragrance of the freshly ground cardamom brings sweet flavor to the cake while the saffron brightens the color of the yolks in the cake.

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies aren’t anything fancy, and they don’t purport to reinvent the chocolate chip cookie or anything.

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cookies
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cookies

Feel free to top the cookies with honeyed nuts and drizzle with some melted dark chocolate. Otherwise, enjoy them like this.

Blueberry Donuts with Lemon Glaze
Blueberry Donuts with Lemon Glaze

Some things are just better by handful. Popcorn, soy nuts, skittles, and yes, you guessed it, blueberries.

Grapefruit Pound Cake
Grapefruit Pound Cake

Pound cake gets its name from a simple ratio of ingredients, which also makes it one of the easiest recipes to memorize.

Easter Bunny Gingerbread
Easter Bunny Gingerbread

Cut from sweet, spicy gingerbread, topped with a generous layer of royal icing and studded with a selection of pick and mix favorites.

Maple-Pecan Date Spice Cake
Maple-Pecan Date Spice Cake

The pecan nut topping became slightly caramelized in the oven under its maple syrup coating, and added great crunch to the cake.

Dutch Currant Buns
Dutch Currant Buns

These buns are very popular in the Netherlands and easy to make at home.

Gluten Free Lemon Drizzle Cake
Gluten Free Lemon Drizzle Cake

This gluten free cake is perfect for Easter – packed full of flavour and the little hidden waterfalls of tangy lemon syrup are to die for.

Banana Bread Muffins
Banana Bread Muffins

Today, Dianna Muscari is sharing a recipe for some extremely moist and delicious stuffed banana bread muffins.

Blueberry and Lemon Friands
Blueberry and Lemon Friands

These friands are so perfect, fragrant, very moist and not greasy at all.

Nutella Brownies
Nutella Brownies

Nutella Brownies are brownies made from just 3 ingredients, Nutella, flour and eggs. They are soft and taste amazing with ice-cream.

Gluten Free Carrot Cookies
Gluten Free Carrot Cookies

These cookies were quite tasty. The texture soft on the inside with a bit of a crispy edge on the outside.

Tomato and Basil Flatbread
Tomato and Basil Flatbread

The kids call these pizza bread and pizza crackers and love them warm straight out of the oven.

Gluten-Free Fortune Cookies
Gluten-Free Fortune Cookies

If you want to make these fortune cookies at home, you totally can. Try this awesome recipe.

Creme Fraiche Biscuits
Creme Fraiche Biscuits

These biscuits were so much fun to make: from rubbing the butter into the flour, to patting down the fluffy, pillow soft dough.

Indian Masala Chai Cookies
Indian Masala Chai Cookies

Anyone who grew up in India in the 80s and 90s can recall their morning cup of masala tea accompanied with little glucose dunking biscuits.

Triple Chocolate and Pears Cake
Triple Chocolate and Pears Cake

Eating this cake you’ll experience various consistencies, from the soft delicate pears slices to the crunchy chocolate chips and nuts.

Chocolate Deception Cake
Chocolate Deception Cake

You’ll never guess this cake is made with 100% whole wheat, honey, buttermilk and 2 whole cups of zucchini.

Honey and Cinnamon Graham Cracker Hearts
Honey and Cinnamon Graham Cracker Hearts

Every mom has to have a few tricks in her bag, and a bag of cinnamon honey graham cracker hearts will go a long way to make the family happy.

Honey and Fig Cupcakes
Honey and Fig Cupcakes

These are very simple but very delicious. They’re best served warm with some powdered sugar on top.

Homemade Healthy Vegan Samoas
Homemade Healthy Vegan Samoas

Smile. Eat cookies. But not just any cookies… these homemade healthy Samoas. They’re the best.

Sweet Lemon Pudding
Sweet Lemon Pudding

With a beautiful balance of creaminess and tartness, this lemon pudding is easy to bake and very comforting.

Carrot and Spinach Muffins
Carrot and Spinach Muffins

Packed full of spinach, and with the occasional burst of a crunchy pumpkin seed, these are much more healthy than a regular muffin.

Crunchy Ginger Date Square with Apple Butter
Crunchy Ginger Date Square with Apple Butter

Very simple date squares on which the crust is made partially with ginger snaps cookies. It’s amazing how well it all goes together.

Poppy Seed and Almond Bread
Poppy Seed and Almond Bread

The next time you know someone who is feeling under the weather, bake a loaf or 2 of Poppy Seed Almond Quick Bread to help them recover.

Blood Orange Tart
Blood Orange Tart

This dessert is far from being too sweet since blood oranges tend to lean to the bitter side, similar to a grapefruit. It’s the perfect tart

Lemon Cake with Ricotta Cheese
Lemon Cake with Ricotta Cheese

This lemon cake is the height of simplicity and well and truly open for reinterpretation.

Sesame Seed Crisps
Sesame Seed Crisps

Nutty & Addictive Sesame Crisps, courtesy of Shannon Lim.

Chocolate Cupcake with White Chocolate Frosting
Chocolate Cupcake with White Chocolate Frosting

This tastes gorgeous. You know the best part? You don’t have to reach for the stars in terms of preparation or ingredients to make them.

Middle Eastern Seeds and Olive Oil Bread
Middle Eastern Seeds and Olive Oil Bread

Olive oil bread is a popular bread in the middle east. It is usually made in the olive pressing season to celebrate the fresh olive oil.

Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate
Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate

Decadent and delicious, these delightful peanut butter cookies with chocolate will leave your sweet tooth satisfied.

Homemade Red Pasta
Homemade Red Pasta

If you want to make your own pasta, try using this delightful recipe from Laura Davidson.

Baked Pumpkin Donut Holes
Baked Pumpkin Donut Holes

With no fancy equipment needed, this wonderful pumpkin donut recipe is perfect for just about anyone with an inkling to bake.

Pumpkin Honey Muffins
Pumpkin Honey Muffins

Jessica Dang, or rather, her friend Yeonhee, makes these simple and delicious pumpkin honey muffins.

Chewy Bakery Type Cookies
Chewy Bakery Type Cookies

Nothing beats those big, chewy bakery style cookies – the kind you get from the supermarket, 5 for £1. If you agree, enjoy this recipe.

Roasted Grape, Onion and Rosemary Focaccia
Roasted Grape, Onion and Rosemary Focaccia

This bread is hearty, like a thick Sicilian pizza due to the toppings. It is also one of the quickest, easiest breads you’ll ever make.

Gingersnap Cookies
Gingersnap Cookies

Gingersnaps, crisp, spicy, sugar cookies, are easy to make, even for the inexperienced baker. Just follow this recipe.

White Chocolate Ginger Cookies
White Chocolate Ginger Cookies

When your sweet tooth is feeling neglected, this white chocolate ginger cookie recipe is the perfect savior.

Cinnamon Buns with Berry Glaze
Cinnamon Buns with Berry Glaze

Natasha Steinberg makes these sweet and savory cinnamon buns with berry glaze, packed individually in parchment paper for a rustic feel.

Sweet Potato Flatbread
Sweet Potato Flatbread with Sage and Ricotta

The mix of vibrant, contrasting colors and flavors created an incredible vegetarian entree, this sweet potato flatbread with ricotta.

Banana Blueberry Loaf Cake
Banana and Blueberry Loaf Cake

This banana and blueberry loaf cake may look deceptively decadent, but it’s packed with fruit and reasonably low on sugar.

Valentine's Day Jelly Donut Muffins
Valentine’s Day Jelly Donut Muffins

Dianna Muscari gives us a wonderful jelly donut muffins recipe with a Valentine’s Day twist.

White Chocolate Chip Cookies
White Chocolate Chip Cookies

This simple and super tempting white chocolate chip cookies recipe will surely put you in awe.

Gluten Free Chocolate Cake with Beets

A wonderful and savory gluten free chocolate cake made with beets.

Earl Grey Tea Chiffon Cake Recipe
Earl Grey Tea Chiffon Cake Recipe

This cake is ideal to serve as tea cake for your guests during Chinese New Year, but of course also on Valentine’s Day.

Indian Flat Bread Recipe
Gujarati Flat Bread – Methi Thepla

These flat breads from the Indian state of Gujarat are soft, thin and have great shelf life.

Italian Blackberry Crostata Recipe
Weekend Dessert – Blackberry Crostata

A crostata is a delicious Italian dessert, consisting mainly of a sweet short crust filled with fruit.

Almond Financiers Grapefruit Curd Recipe
Afternoon Tea – Almond Financiers with Grapefruit Curd

Bria Helgerson with a great recipe for almond financiers with grapefruit curd. Afternoon tea, anyone?

Green Pea Cookies Recipe
Green Pea Cookies

Try these very cute, and utterly delicious green pea cookies from Ann Low.

Dark Beer Bread

A great looking and nicely flavored dark beer bread recipe from Tamara Novacoviç.

Orange, Walnut Rosemary Muffins Recipe
Orange, Walnut and Rosemary Muffins

The combination of orange zest, walnuts, and rosemary makes these muffins seem like anything but “just muffins”.

Peanut Butter Toffee Cookies Recipe
Peanut Butter-Toffee Cookies

Peanut butter cookies just got better, with the addition of toffee bits.

Ginger Lemon Whole Wheat Scones Recipe
Ginger and Lemon Whole Wheat Scones

It is perfectly okay to just dig into these ginger and lemon whole wheat scones.

Khobz Recipe Delicious Moroccan Bread
Khobz – Delicious Moroccan Bread

What sets this bread apart is the incredible crustiness of the outside shell and the incredible softness of its inside.

The Randolph Granola

Crunchy and hearty homemade granola.

Gluten Free Kourambiethes Greek Recipe
Gluten Free Kourambiethes

These Greek shortbread cookies are super easy to make and the gluten-free version has a nice buttery texture.

Irish Soda Bread Cheese Herbs Recipe
Irish Soda Bread with Cheese and Herbs

What happens when Irish Soda Bread meats herbs and cheese? Nothing but fancy, fancy things.

Mexican Wedding Cookies Recipe
Mexican Wedding Cookies

Try these Mexican Wedding cookies – so whimsically romantic, with all the powdered sugar coating.

Raspberry Crumble Muffins Recipe
Raspberry Crumble Muffins with Citrus Drizzle

These super cute raspberry crumble muffins with citrus drizzle are so good, it is impossible to just eat one.