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Desserts & Cakes

78 recipes in this category

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

A four-layer almond torte with chocolate glaze, sliced to show the custard and chocolate-hazelnut filling layers
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Layered Almond Torte with Two Fillings

A rich four-layer almond torte with two contrasting fillings — vanilla custard and chocolate-hazelnut — finished in a poured chocolate glaze.

Total time: 80 min
Servings: 16
Sliced peach almond sponge cake showing the wafer layer and baked peach halves inside
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Peach Almond Sponge Cake with Wafer Layer

A flourless almond sponge cake with a hidden wafer layer and a row of baked peaches through the middle, finished with a dusting of sugar.

Total time: 75 min
Servings: 8-10
Heart-shaped chocolate almond cookies arranged on a plate
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Chocolate Almond Hearts

Flourless chocolate almond cookies, cut into hearts and dried in a low oven until firm outside and soft within.

Total time: 42 min
Servings: 30-35 pieces
Sliced baked rice pudding with visible chocolate layer, dusted with sugar
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Baked Rice Pudding with Rum and Chocolate

Rice cooked in a citrus-rum syrup, layered with walnuts and grated chocolate, then baked under a golden egg white glaze.

Total time: 80 min
Servings: 6-8
Vegan fig, date and walnut energy balls rolled in crystal sugar, arranged on a vintage plate
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Vegan Fig, Date & Walnut Energy Balls

Chewy no-bake balls of figs, dates, walnuts and almonds bound with a light sugar syrup and rolled in crystal sugar — naturally vegan and fasting-friendly.

Total time: 50 min
Servings: about 75 pieces (approx. 15 servings)
Small round gurabije cookies coated in whipped egg white and chopped almonds
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Almond Gurabije Cookies

Small lemon-scented cookies made with lard and egg yolk, indented in the center, coated in whipped egg white, and rolled in sugar and chopped almonds.

Total time: 51 min
Servings: 22 pieces
Halved plums baked in a buttered tray, caramelized at the edges, dusted with sugar
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Oven-Baked Plums with Sugar

Ripe plums halved, buttered, and baked with sugar until soft and lightly caramelized at the edges. Best served cold.

Total time: 45 min
Servings: 5
Layered apricot cream torte with meringue topping and diced fresh apricots
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Apricot Cream Torte

Traditional apricot cream cake combining sponge, vanilla custard, and meringue for a timeless European flavor.

Total time: 85 min
Servings: 10-12
A sliced layer cake with pale orange cream filling, topped with whipped cream and blood orange slices
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Blood Orange Cream Torte

Three thin sponge layers filled with a gelatin-set blood orange and whipped cream filling, chilled until sliceable and finished with cream and citrus.

Total time: 85 min
Servings: 12 slices
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