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For the coffee table, the biscuit tin and your next gathering.

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A round apple cake with golden butter streusel on a metal plate

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Cakes & biscuits100 min

Apple streusel cake with a crisp butter topping

A shallow apple cake with tender pastry, tart apple pieces and generous buttery crumbs.

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Plum halves arranged over a thin baked yeast base

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Cakes & biscuits130 min

Plum tray cake with a thin yeast base

A thin yeast base supports closely arranged plums in this tray cake.

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A sliced round marble cake with distinct pale and dark swirls

Cakes & biscuits85 min

Marble bundt cake with vanilla and cocoa

Swirl vanilla batter and cocoa batter together only briefly in the tin to keep their patterns distinct.

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Lemon and elderflower loaf topped with piped cream on a plate

Cakes & biscuits80 min

Lemon and elderflower loaf cake

Lemon zest flavours this loaf while elderflower cordial supplies a floral note.

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A sliced Black Forest cake with cream, cherries and chocolate shavings

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Cakes & biscuits150 min

Black Forest cake with sour cherries

Chocolate sponge, thickened sour cherries and whipped cream form distinct layers.

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A slice of bee sting cake with almond topping and pale cream filling

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Cakes & biscuits230 min

Bee sting cake with almonds and vanilla cream

A soft yeast cake receives a baked honey-and-almond topping, then a vanilla cream filling once cold.

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Danube wave cake with pale cream, cherries and a waved chocolate topping

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Cakes & biscuits220 min

Danube wave cake with cherries and vanilla buttercream

Pale and cocoa batters, sunken cherries, buttercream and chocolate create the characteristic layers of this cake.

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A pale round quark cheesecake with a pastry edge and a cut wedge

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Cakes & biscuits110 min

German quark cheesecake with a pastry crust

Quark and soured cream give this cheesecake its pale, gently tangy filling.

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An open rhubarb tart with pink fruit pieces in pale vanilla custard

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Cakes & biscuits100 min

Rhubarb tart with vanilla custard

Rhubarb brings a refreshing sharpness to this open tart.

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A round Linzer torte with red jam and a golden pastry lattice

Cakes & biscuits85 min

Linzer torte with redcurrant jam

Ground nuts, cinnamon and sharp redcurrant jam define this Linzer torte.

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A triangular slice of dark chocolate cake with a shiny glaze and whipped cream

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Cakes & biscuits100 min

Sacher-style chocolate and apricot cake

A fine chocolate sponge, apricot jam and dark glaze make up this Sacher-style cake.

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A cut piece of apple strudel with a deep golden crust and whipped cream

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Cakes & biscuits110 min

Apple strudel with hand-stretched pastry

Hand-stretched pastry encloses apples, raisins and buttery toasted breadcrumbs.

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Cakes & biscuits80 min

Butter cut-out cookies

These butter cookies have clear outlines and a delicate bite.

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Small crescent-shaped vanilla cookies coated in white icing sugar

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Cakes & biscuits85 min

Almond vanilla crescents

Vanilla crescents rely on a crumbly, tender texture and a thin coating of vanilla sugar.

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Cinnamon star cookies with smooth white icing among other Christmas cookies

Photo: Stiller Beobachter from Ansbach, Germany · CC BY 2.0 · Resized

Cakes & biscuits75 min

Cinnamon stars with white icing

Cinnamon stars are made mainly from ground almonds, icing sugar and egg whites.

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Small golden coconut macaroons with fine dark chocolate drizzle on a tray

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Cakes & biscuits50 min

Coconut macaroons with chocolate drizzle

Coconut macaroons need neither shortcrust pastry nor cutters.

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Round sandwich cookies dusted with icing sugar and filled with red jam

Photo: Simon S from Belgium · CC BY 2.0 · Resized

Cakes & biscuits95 min

Jam-filled Spitzbuben sandwich cookies

Spitzbuben sandwich a layer of red jam between two thin butter cookies.

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Thin flaked-almond Florentines with dark chocolate edges on a white plate

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Cakes & biscuits55 min

Almond Florentines with dark chocolate

Florentines are thin almond biscuits held together by a caramel-like sugar and cream mixture.

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Triangular hazelnut slices with a golden nut topping and dark chocolate sides

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Cakes & biscuits75 min

Hazelnut triangles with apricot and chocolate

German nut triangles combine a thin shortcrust base with a moist hazelnut topping.

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Poppy seed cake slices with dark filling between a pale base and golden crumble

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Cakes & biscuits100 min

Poppy seed cake with butter crumble

A thick, soft poppy seed layer sits between a thin pastry base and golden butter crumble.

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An apricot tart with orange fruit wedges over pale cream in a fluted tin

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Cakes & biscuits100 min

Apricot tart with vanilla pastry cream

This tart combines a fully baked shortcrust shell, cooked vanilla pastry cream and glossy apricots.

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A whole golden Bundt cake with clearly defined ridges

Photo: Francisco Javier Toledo Ravelo from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España (Spain) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized

Cakes & biscuits85 min

Pear and chocolate Bundt cake

Small pear cubes and chocolate pieces make this Bundt cake moist without changing its characteristic golden sponge exterior.

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A pale slice of clafoutis with visible dark red cherries

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Cakes & biscuits60 min

Baked cherry clafoutis

Clafoutis is a soft baked dessert somewhere between a pancake and an egg custard.

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Rectangular golden waffles with fresh red strawberries

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Cakes & biscuits35 min

Golden waffles with strawberries

Separated eggs give these waffles a light centre and a lightly crisp surface.

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Cakes & biscuits140 min

Chocolate brownies with a thin glaze

Dense dark-chocolate brownies finished with a smooth chocolate layer.

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Cakes & biscuits50 min

Blueberry yogurt muffins

Twelve tender muffins with whole blueberries and gently browned tops.

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Cakes & biscuits190 min

Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

A moist cinnamon carrot cake finished with a pale cream cheese layer.

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Cakes & biscuits370 min

Basque-style crustless cheesecake

A creamy cream-cheese cake with a deeply browned top.

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Cakes & biscuits90 min

Dark chocolate chunk cookies

Butter cookies with crisp rims and a soft centre.

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Cakes & biscuits110 min

Gingerbread men with beet syrup

Spiced cut-out biscuits flavoured with ginger and dark syrup.

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Cakes & biscuits150 min

Buttery shortbread fingers

Crumbly Scottish-style biscuits with a small addition of rice flour.

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Cakes & biscuits210 min

Cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing

Soft yeast rolls with cinnamon filling and pale icing.

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Vanilla cupcakes with green buttercream and colourful sprinkles

Cakes & biscuits125 min

Vanilla cupcakes with buttercream

Small vanilla cakes topped with piped buttercream.

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Cakes & biscuits100 min

Lemon-scented madeleines

Small shell-shaped butter cakes made with chilled batter.

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Cakes & biscuits75 min

Almond financiers with brown butter

Small almond cakes made with egg whites and nutty browned butter.

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Cakes & biscuits900 min

Vanilla macarons with buttercream

Pale almond shells sandwiched around a simple vanilla filling.

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Cakes & biscuits40 min

Buttermilk scones with cream and jam

Round buttery scones for splitting and topping.

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Cakes & biscuits300 min

Walnut baklava

Buttered filo layers filled with walnuts and finished with lemon syrup.

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