Sea-salted chocolate pecan praline tarts – I gave in and made something heart shaped!

Chocolate swiss roll filled with peanut butter mousse and glazed with chocolate.

Raspberry and Pistachio Baked Cheesecake

Kit Kat cake – a great way to decorate a Kit Kat lover’s birthday cake!

Palmiers – two ingredients and an easy method produce these fantastic palmiers.

Stollen for the Daring Bakers. I’ll definitely make this for years to come.

Mince pies with brandy butter – delicious and traditional Christmas pastries.

Do you think you like mincemeat? This homemade mincemeat is suet and candied peel free and absolutely delicious.

My favourite wholemeal gingerbread biscuit recipe and my first attempt at making and piping royal icing onto biscuits.

Chestnut cupcakes topped with dark chocolate ganache. Bursting with flavour.

Amaretti and raspberry muffins – an incredibly tasty way to use up spare amaretti. A flashback to sunnier times!

Dark chocolate and hazelnut biscotti – I posted these halfway across the UK to a sick friend.

Snickers and dark chocolate brownies: the best brownies I’ve ever made.

Epic brownie gateau – brownie layers iced with dark chocolate ganache and topped with honeyed almonds.

Almond Financiers – so simple and tasty.

A little experimental apple tart – very thin slices of apple poached in syrup then sprinkled with sugar and blow torched.

Churros with chocolate dipping sauce – quite possibly the most addictive thing in the world.

Brown butter blueberry muffins with crumble topping – the best blueberry muffin I’ve ever made.

Poached pears in spiced caramel in the middle of a brown sugar bundt cake.

Choc ices – chocolate enrobes either vanilla or peanut butter ice cream – or both. Some even have a fleur de sel caramel centre!

Little galettes made with tiny multicoloured plums from the local market.

Butterfly fleur de sel caramel cake – chocolate cake sandwiched with caramel and caramel chocolate whipped icing.