Crostatina or apple tartlets by Antonia Klugmann

Crostatina or apple tartlets by Antonia Klugmann
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Top 10 Tarts, Cakes & Desserts

To mark World Baking Day, we present ten delicious cake, dessert and pastry recipes from our archives. Turn that oven on and get cooking!

Whether cakes, tarts or pastries are your weakness, or all of the above, it's always a good time for beautifully baked goodies. From sweet breakfasts or brunches to desserts and savoury creations for picnics. That's why every year on May 17, the so-called World Baking Day takes place and what better way to celebrate this "holiday" than with homemade delicacies? We reveal ten sweet inspirations that will have you heading to the oven, pronto!

Top 10 Dessert & Baking Recipes 

Falstaff wishes you the best of luck and lots of fun in the kitchen!

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Rhubarb Tarte
Baking
Rhubarb Tarte
It is rhubarb time! Fresh, tart, fruity - we pack all these flavours into one beautiful tart. Have...
By Julian Kutos
This crispy biscuit from Scotland is a refreshing change for the Christmas table.
Baking
Christmas Shortbread
The aromas of this Scottish classic have been adapted for the Christmas season.
By Marion Topitschnig
The classic Mailänderli is not decorated, apart from an egg coating.
Baking
Swiss Christmas Biscuits
These buttery, lemony biscuits are known as Mailänderli and hail from the German-speaking part of...
By Claude Brauchbar
A fresh Italian baguette is simply a pleasure. 
Baking
Italian Baguette
A fresh baguette is simply a pleasure: whether plain, with herbs from Provence or, in...
By Julian Kutos
Crostata di marmellata. 
Baking
Crostata di Marmellata
Wonderfully fruity: Letitia Clark's 'Crostata di marmellata' from the book 'La Vita è Dolce'.
By Letitia Clark
Basic Strudel Dough
Baking
Basic Strudel Dough Recipe
Henriette Rois bakes her tasty strudels in the kitchen of her hotel. She now reveals her recipe for...
By Henriette Rois
Raspberry Biscuits
Baking
Raspberry Biscuits
A fruity biscuit creation by Julian Kutos best served with afternoon coffee.
By Julian Kutos
Blooming Focaccia
Baking
Blooming Focaccia
Theresa Baumgärtner shares this and many other recipes in her cookbook titled Spring Awakening.