Berry dessert pancake is one giant, skillet-baked pancake scattered with summer berries and a dusting of palm sugar. The batter puffs into golden edges in the oven while the berries burst into jammy pools in the middle. Six wedges of the most dramatic...
Blueberry buckle is a golden coffee cake loaded with fresh blueberries and crowned with a buttery cinnamon streusel. The batter is thick and heavy before baking, rising around the berries into a deep golden slab that settles as it cools. Eight to ten slices of the...
Individual blackberry-walnut buckles are single-serving cakes with juicy blackberries folded into a golden, tender batter and toasted walnuts on top. Each ramekin bakes its own little buckle — the cake rises around the berries and sinks as it cools. Eight warm, jammy...
Cider-baked apples with dried cranberries are whole apples cored, stuffed with cranberries, and baked in spiced cider until tender and glossy. The cooking liquid reduces into a cinnamon-flecked sauce spooned over each apple with toasted walnuts. Four warm, comforting...
Poached apple tart is tender apple halves poached in spiced cider, sliced over almond frangipane, and baked golden in a crisp tart shell. The poaching liquid perfumes the apples with vanilla, cinnamon, and a few peppercorns for warmth. Eight to ten slices of a quietly...
Baked raspberry tart tucks a single layer of raspberries under a golden, puffed coconut custard that bakes around the fruit. A hit of kirsch and lemon zest brightens the filling while the raspberries hold their shape beneath the surface. Eight to ten slices of...
Gingerbread cake is the pure, unfussy classic — dark, moist, and spiced with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and a whisper of cacao. Blackstrap molasses gives it deep colour and bittersweet character while coconut milk keeps the crumb tender. Nine squares of cake that only...
Cranberry-pecan tart bakes tart cranberries and toasted pecans into a bubbling caramel filling inside a golden shell. The palm sugar caramel goes deep amber before the coconut milk, then sets around the fruit and nuts into a gooey, glossy layer. Eight to ten slices of...
Poached pear and almond tart layers honeyed poached pears over a fragrant almond frangipane in a crisp golden shell. The pears simmer in spiced apple cider with vanilla and peppercorns until buttery soft, then bake into the almond cream. Eight to ten slices of a...
Strawberry tart is a patisserie window showpiece — crisp tart shell filled with vanilla pastry cream and crowned with glossy strawberries arranged in tight concentric circles. A dab of melted jam glazes the fruit into a jewelled finish. Eight to ten slices of the...
Classic tart dough is the pastry shell every tart in this book leans on — tender, buttery, and made grain-free with a blend of coconut and almond flour. It rolls smoothly, presses neatly into fluted pans, and bakes to a crisp golden case. One nine-inch shell or...
Applesauce snack cake is a tender, cinnamon-spiced square packed with dried apples simmered in apple cider until jammy. Unsweetened applesauce keeps the crumb moist while a spiced sugar crust crackles on top. Nine squares of proper after-school cake, made entirely...