
European baking recipes
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Apricot brioche
When toasted and buttered this delicately flavoured bread is a breakfast in itself
Polish apple cake (Szarlotka)
This traditional spiced cake is served with a cinnamon whipped cream and a dusting of icing sugar
Piernik (Polish gingerbread)
A classic Polish honey gingerbread cake is adapted by Edd Kimber. It's layered with plum jam and coated in chocolate with sprinkles of edible gold
Little Black Forest cakes
These cute cakes make a perfect finish for a special dinner and you can bake the sponge up to two days ahead
Brioche buns
We show you how to master this soft bread enriched with eggs and milk. Serve split and filled with barbecued meat, burgers or pulled pork
Pistachio & orange madeleines
These beautiful shell-shaped light sponge cakes are ideal with a cup of tea, or serve with creamy desserts
Croquembouche
For an alternative wedding cake, try croquembouche
Peach Melba roulade
Follow our step-by-step guide to rolling the perfect peach, cream and raspberry sponge roulade or Swiss roll
Soured cream bundt cake with butter glaze
Soured cream makes for a light and moist pretty, ring-shaped cake that's offset by a creamy, crunchy drizzle
Ultimate crème brûlée
With a rich, creamy vanilla custard and crunchy, caramelised topping, our crème brûlée makes the ultimate indulgent dessert. Follow our professional tips for mastering this classic French sweet
Shallot tarte tatin
Vegetarians will love you for giving them something that is not pasta, rice or an omelette, and this can be relished by everyone
Moreish mocha profiteroles
A classic profiterole recipe with an added kick for coffee lovers - pile up a batch as modern wedding cake!
Stollen mince pies
Two festive giants collide in these shortcrust pastry bakes with marzipan, madeira cake and mincemeat
Savoury Danish pastries
Give morning pastries a bakeover by swapping the sweet for a savoury butternut squash, blue cheese, bacon, onion and beetroot filling
Sticky date buns
The longer the dough for this sweet fruit bread stays in the fridge the better the flavour - perfect with a cup of tea
Apple & blueberry blintzes
Blintz is the Russian name for a thin pancake often wrapped around a filling
Baked apples with Calvados sauce
This favourite dessert of Maman Blanc is an ideal way to use up an autumn apple glut
Macarons
Edd Kimber, champion of BBC's Great British Bake Off, shares his expert knowledge for baking picture-perfect macarons
Red pepper, walnut & goat’s cheese palmiers
These mini French pastry swirls with soft cheese are a great cheat's canapé - quick, simple and stunning
Ultimate meringue
Perfect your whisking skills for these light baked meringues - a blank canvas for tasty flavour combinations.
Apricot & marzipan twist
Paul Hollywood's almond and apricot 'couronne' is crammed with fruit and nuts and is a great alternative to stollen
Passion fruit soufflés with passion fruit sauce
Use ready-made custard in these tropical desserts, for all the 'wow' factor but less of the effort
Stollen spirals
Bake a batch of these sweet German buns over Christmas and enjoy at breakfast or teatime... or both
Lebkuchen
A German biscuit similar to gingerbread, lebkuchen is easy to make and a great Christmas treat