Making your own fresh ricotta is easy, and delicious in cakes, loaves, and other sweet recipes.

Lemon Curd Meringue Nests – perfect for any dessert table.

Not so successful Indonesian layer cake

“A Chronicle of My Kitchen Failures,” including imploding cupcakes and a coconut cake that looks like an escaped convict.

Pistachio Praline Topping

Mamoncillo (Quenapa) Simple Syrup – use in drinks and in desserts.

How to make butter at home

A scrumptious cake with oreos in the batter and the frosting!

Homey sweet Asian peanut soup

Home made Ginger Syrup

Kids love this sweet and creamy Chocolate Chip Dip. No baking required, a major bonus in the Summer heat.

APRICOT BAVARIAN with YOGURT CREAM : smooth and sweet! [scroll down for English version]

That’s how I won my first baking competition

Light and low fat Angel Food Cake for summer

A flavoured syrup that perks up cocktails, punch, iced tea, fruit salad and plain yogurt.

Homemade creme fraiche is so simple you will never need the store-bought kind.

Chilled Soup made with Blackberries and Cream a sweet starter for that elegant meal.

Peanut butter and sliced banana sandwiched, coated with cinnamon sugar, then grilled until gooey and golden.

A delightful summer dessert with fresh blackberries, a quick shortbread crust and a sweet coconut topping.

Mini cake make for 5 min.With apricot marmalade and white chocolate

If you like the sweet taste of citrus, you will love this Orange Pound Cake from the Barefoot Contessa

Bitter-Sweet Brownie Bites with pronounced cocoa flavour.

Dessert crepe with Nutella filling, topped with whipped cream, chopped hazelnuts and fresh red raspberries

Learn how to make vanilla powder at home – nice and easy, not to mention cheap!

A definite treat for the Peanut Butter lover, a great way to use up ripe bananas!

Did you ever think kahlua and brie would go together? I sure didn’t! One decadent appetizer!

Home-made Nutella

Make your own Vanilla Extract and Vanilla Sugar!

Answers to some of the most common baking questions from readers.

How to make homemade whipped cream…

Ice cream scoops made from candy covered Krispie Treats. Kids also love the hidden surprise!! Easy and lots of fun.

A Japanese sweet that is traditionally eaten on May 5, Children’s Day Festival. An-filled, rice-flour dumpling wrapped in an oak leaf.

Fennel seed biscuits perfectly matched with some saffron infused yogurt! [both recipes included]