Vintage Birthday Cake

This vintage birthday cake with good old-fashioned semolina cream and homemade strawberry preserves is super easy to make and contains simple ingredients. This vintage-style and spring themed birthday cake is not only impressive but also vegan! My fellow vegans indulge your senses with this delectable cake!

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Vegan Strawberry Tart

How adorable is this strawberry tart? Fresh strawberry jam makes this tart irresistible. Punctuated by bursts of tart strawberry sweetness, this fantastic tart will impress your loved ones. Stacked with strawberries, this dessert will add a vintage-elegant flair to any Valentine’s Day occasion. The biscuity tart crust is absolutely mouthwatering. There is no way they will doubt your love if you serve them this cute tart! Every kid will adore this charming treat! Take this festive hearts-tart to your kids’ Valentine’s Day party because it’s too good not to share! This recipe looks super fancy — between you and me, though, it is one of the easiest homemade from scratch jam tarts.

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Applesauce

Homemade applesauce is easy, quick and yummy. Try this autumnal recipe! Applesauce is naturally sweet, has a velvety consistency and is filled with the cozy and rich aroma of apples. A warm applesauce breakfast bowl is a great alternative to a smoothie bowl in the autumn and winter months.

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Ancient Greek Pelanos Bread

Demeter was the goddess who taught humanity the art of making bread. After fasting, in commemoration of Demeter’s fasting while searching for her abducted by Pluto daughter, Persephone, the participants of the Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries ate pelanos, a wheat and barley bread. Succumb to the magnetism of the secret rites and feel the magic of turning water and flour into divine food.

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Apple and Semolina Pudding

This recipe goes beyond simple semolina pudding by adding apples for an irresistibly appetising flavour. Kids and adults will savour every spoonful of this apple-scented pudding dream. A winter-weather favourite that is a decadent and easy treat anytime of the year, homemade apple and semolina puddings are a match made in heaven in individually portioned desserts. Retro food at its best, who doesn’t love pudding?

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Pomegranate Liqueur

The Pomegranate Liqueur captures the fruity scent and flavor of pomegranate. It is perfect after dinner as a digestive or added in provocative cocktails! The aroma is unforgettable, while its crimson red color is bold and potent.

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Marguerite d’Anjou pear cake

Named after the queen of England and wife of King Henry VI, Marguerite d’Anjou pear cake is one of the most famous vintage French desserts. This ambrosial pear cake is loaded with fresh fragrant pears and bright citrus flavours; Marguerite d’Anjou leaves a very delicate taste as it melts in the mouth and releases a retro elegant aroma — sweet fruit and zesty citrus. This is not only a simple and elegant recipe but also a tried and tested one; my Marguerite d’Anjou pear cake recipe is vegan and vintage-inspired.

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Melitzanosalata – Traditional Greek Aubergine Salad

Melitzanosalata, the traditional Greek aubergine salad, is a mouth-watering summer dip. Greece is a unique culinary paradise and melitzanosalata is very popular in Greece! Its aromas and flavours evoke pleasant images and memories of long hot summers in Greece and a yearning for a quintessential Greek summer dish.

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Carrot and Currant Cake

One of my favourite cakes to serve with tea is carrot and currant cake. Carrot and currant cake has a long and storied history that can be tasted in a variety of tea menus and tea pairings found throughout the world. The taste of this cake can conjure up nostalgic memories of fun tea parties, perfect family breakfasts, and serene afternoons.

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