Individual baked cheesecakes in ramekins — barely set, silky, and served cold under a poured salted caramel. The baking is gentle: 10 minutes in the oven, then the heat goes off and they rest for an hour. The caramel is the kind you make once and want to put on everything. Crust is optional. ✦ […]
Firm Bosc pears, poached whole in a spiced honey syrup with ginger, cloves, star anise, and cinnamon until just yielding. Served with crème fraîche, a dusting of cinnamon, and the reduced poaching liquid poured over. Elegant and effortless. ✦ ✦ ✦ Ingredients Ingredients 4 firm Bosc pears 4 cups water ⅓ cup honey ⅓ cup […]
Thick, chewy oatmeal cookies packed with chocolate chips, walnuts, and a pinch of cinnamon. The dough rests in the fridge before baking — it firms up and makes all the difference to the texture. Makes 36. ✦ ✦ ✦ Ingredients Ingredients 1¾ cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt pinch of cinnamon 1 […]
A deeply spiced carrot cake with olive oil, squeezed pineapple, and pecans — moist through and through. The cream cheese frosting is rich and vanilla-forward. Bakes in one pan; no layers required. ✦ ✦ ✦ Ingredients Ingredients Cake 2 cups flour 1 cup white sugar 1 cup brown sugar 2 tsp baking soda 2 tsp […]
A proper baked cheesecake in three glorious layers — a buttery biscuit base, a vanilla cream cheese filling, and a thick glossy blueberry topping finished with whipped cream. Aisha’s note: use ginger biscuits instead of (or mixed with) digestives for a better crust flavour, and bake in a shallow dish to avoid the filling being […]
A bundt cake with vanilla pudding in the batter for an impossibly moist crumb, baked over a layer of chopped nuts and drenched while still warm in a dark rum and citrus glaze that soaks all the way through. The kind of cake people ask for the recipe of before they’ve finished their first slice. […]
Aisha’s classic banana bread — three very ripe bananas, butter, and a touch of buttermilk. The batter comes together in one bowl. Add nuts, chocolate chips, or cranberries if you like, or leave it plain and perfect. ✦ ✦ ✦ Ingredients Ingredients ½ cup butter, softened 1 cup white sugar 2 eggs, beaten 3 very […]
From Fogón Asado in Buenos Aires — delicate, custardy, and dangerously easy to make.