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Fruit yeast cake
It’s probably one of the most standard homemade cakes in Poland, or at least it used to be. It’s pretty easy to pull off, but the yeast does need time to do its job. It’ll work with most fruits, like apples, pears, plums, etc. Plums are the most ‘classic’ variation.
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GF ChocolateCardamom Muffins
This is a riff on the granny’s chocolate cake as I needed a gluten-free side to the main cake for the evening. So I doubled up the cake recipe and set aside a third of everything but the flour aside for these. The recipe is re-calculated version of what was done on the day.
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Grandma’s Chocolate Cake
It’s originally known under different name, which I found somewhat controversial, so let it be known as ‘Grandma’s Chocolate Cake’. It’s one of those causal bakes that’s been done in the family forever. Quick and delicious
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Quick poppyseed cake
It’s one of my grandma’s recipes – very handy when you have excess of egg whites and no plans for meringue. It’s quick, simple and so far well-liked, not to mention the slightly unusual look once cut.
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Kewra (केवड़ा) cookies
These cookies are a somewhat Indian take on the classic shortbread. The kewra flavouring brings slight oriental notes, although for people not used to more flowery aromas in food it might be reminiscent of soap or perfume, but in a good way.
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Gluten-free honey cake
A reasonably low fuss recipe which happens to use up honey that I had in abundance. This variety is gluten-free, but since it uses generic flour replacement it should work well with regular flour. The recipe is based on the Rosh Hashanah honey cake.
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Angelic Joulutorttu
Joulutorttu are a traditional Finnish Christmas cookie. The name means Yule Tart. Typically, they are shaped like pinwheels or stars, made with prune preserve, and decorated with icing sugar. This recipe is mainly about a slightly different shape I’ve seen somewhere online.
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Buckwheat Flour Muffins
Buckwheat flour can be an acquired taste as it’ll bring in a distinctive nutty and earthy flavour. Still, those turned out really well. Just note that they wont raise as well as regular ones and will be a bit denser. Yields 12 muffins.
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Matcha Muffins
Amazing matcha muffins that are likely to have quite a wow factor. The come out beautifully green and wil definitely catch an eye.
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Gluten Free Muffins
Basic recipe for gluten free muffins. Yields 12 regular muffins, although I recommend not filling the cups fully and making them smaller. Gluten-free batter doesn’t hold together as well as regular one, so if filled fully, they’ll have a tendency to overflow and create a bit of a ‘mushroom’ top.