Moist steamed sponge pudding with dates and a melt-in-the-mouth texture. Served with butterscotch sauce. Daring Baker challenge.

Buttery brown sugar shortbread bars flavoured with cardamom.

Single serve tarts with fresh figs and cardamom scented frangipane in a pate sablee crust.

A fudgy chocolate cake in a mug. Can be made in 5 minutes! Not quite an oven baked cake, but great to satisfy those chocolate cravings.

A light whole wheat loaf adapted from Abin5/ HBin5, filled with walnut pesto and pine nuts and shaped into a twist.

Citrusy dessert made of pate sablee base, marmalade flavoured whipped cream, topped with orange segments. Daring Baker challenge.

Layers of savoury pumpkin coconut mousse and herbed mascarpone cheese topped with semi-sweet chocolate curls and a crisp zucchini chip.

Summery fruit salad sweetened with honey and coconut milk.

The sweet and slightly sour filling in this traditional style tart is made from reducing grape juice. Best served with whipped cream.

Strawberry cake, made from scratch, using fresh strawberry puree. Contains no artificial colour, eggs or gelatin.

A slightly sweet Tuscan flatbread stuffed and topped with juicy black grapes.

Oven baked apple chips. Easy to make, crunchy snack. Just what the doctor ordered!

Tiramisu with home-made mascarpone and savoiardi/ ladyfinger biscuits for Daring Bakers.

Very soft and flaky brioche, which gets even better when cut to reveal rich chocolatey goodness of ganache.

These red velvet cupcakes, topped with mascarpone frosting, are eggless and owe their colour to beets.