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Desserts & Cakes

85 recipes in this category

Classic cakes, puddings, and sweet treats made from scratch with timeless techniques.

Golden lemon koh sponge cake baked in a fluted ring pan, with one slice cut to show the fine pale-yellow crumb
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Lemon Potato Starch Sponge Cake

A tender vintage lemon sponge with 12 eggs, fresh zest and juice, and potato starch in place of flour, baked in a tube or bundt pan.

Total time:75 min
Servings:12 slices
Square wafer torte with a smooth white glaze and almond-crusted sides, one slice cut to show thin wafer layers and pale golden almond filling
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Lenten Turkish Delight Wafer Torte

A no-bake Lenten torte of crisp wafer sheets layered with melted Turkish delight, ground almonds and lemon zest, finished with a glossy fondant glaze.

Total time:75 min
Servings:20 small slices
Round five-layer Easter torte with thin golden sponge layers, apricot jam and whipped cream, topped with piped cream rosettes
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Easter Torte with Apricot Jam and Whipped Cream

Five thin semolina sponge layers filled with apricot jam and vanilla whipped cream, topped with piped cream for a light vintage Easter torte.

Total time:80 min
Servings:12 slices
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Unmolded banana cream on a glass plate, garnished with whipped cream
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Banana Cream

A chilled, molded custard cream with rum, lemon, and thin banana slices, lightened with whipped cream and unmolded onto a plate to serve.

Total time:50 min
Servings:6-8
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Sliced Lenten royal cake dusted with vanilla sugar, showing the jam layer through the center
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Lenten Royal Cake

An egg-free, dairy-free walnut torte bound with bean cooking liquid instead of eggs, with a hidden layer of apricot or rosehip jam.

Total time:65 min
Servings:10-12 slices
A sliced walnut caramel torte coated in vanilla custard cream and topped with candied fruit
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Queen's Torte (Caramelized Walnut Cake with Vanilla Custard Cream)

A dense caramelized walnut cake layered with a silky vanilla custard cream, stabilized with gelatin for clean slices. A showstopping celebration torte.

Total time:110 min
Servings:14 slices
Sliced walnut roulade dusted with sugar, showing the spiral of walnut filling
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Walnut Roulade

A light egg-foam sponge rolled around a warm, rum-spiked walnut filling, dusted with sugar and served cold in thin slices.

Total time:47 min
Servings:8-10 slices
Sliced layered crêpe torte with chocolate glaze on a plate
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Walnut and Custard Crêpe Torte

Sixteen crêpes layered with a baked vanilla custard filling, walnuts, and biscuit crumbs, then glazed with chocolate for a rich, sliceable torte.

Total time:115 min
Servings:10-12 slices
Apple purée topped with ground almonds and whipped cream on a glass plate
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Apple Purée with Almonds and Whipped Cream

Apples cooked down in butter until they form a soft, marmalade-like purée, topped with ground almonds and a spoonful of lightly sweetened whipped cream.

Total time:30 min
Servings:4
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