Soft, sweet vanilla custard, luscious fruit and a nutty buckwheat crust. A taste of Tuscany from far away…

The classic almond biscotti from Prato, Italy, from an original Tuscan recipe. Perfect for dunking into your wine or coffee.

A perfect English summer cake for picnics, garden parties and teatime.

Yeasted sugared buns filled with ground almonds or poppyseeds, twisted into spirals. From the Nordic Bakery Cookbook.

A northern Italian solution to using up stale bread and crusts – bake with milk, raisins and nuts.

Four crumbly, buttery shortbread flavours: lavender, lemon, caraway seed and – my favourite – pistachio and cardamon