A homemade French Bûche de Noël (Christmas log) is made of a chocolate sponge roll layers and filled with both white and dark chocolate mousse. The cake is covered in chocolate and decorated as a tree log. The fun part is to decorate the cake with small Christmas decorations.

This sweet French beignet is a deep-fried choux pastry sprinkled with powdered sugar and has a round shape. The taste is more like a cake than the English and American fritter version and by the way is not round but square. This recipe uses yeast and there by it makes this beignet to a boule de Berlin.

This is a classical Swedish recipe for a soft gingerbread cake that is often served around Christmas time. To make the cake more luxurious you can serve it together with whipped cream and fresh lingonberries.

Traditional chocolate chip muffins with a twist of hazelnuts taste. You can choose to make the muffins big or small dependent on how you like them. The most important is that the muffins are moist and have crunchy chocolate bites inside.

If you like homemade Swedish cinnamon buns but think it takes to long to roll each bun, this recipe is for you. It takes less time but taste the same as your favorite buns. You can make the squares as big as you like them to be.

Seasonal strawberry, apple and rhubarb compote with fresh fruits is very easy and quick to prepare at home. When you make it yourself you can control the sugar quantity added in the compote and it is usually you need less than you might think. Top it with whipped cream and mint leaves to enhance the flavor.

A traditional French cheese cake is made with a pie bottom and has a high fluffy cream cheese filling. This pie crust is made with some cacao powder which makes the cake different from its original.

These macaroons are different than the traditional french macaroons. They are soft, made of almond with chocolate bites inside. It takes only 30 minutes to prepare and can be kept for a few days in a tin box. Perfect to bring to an outdoor picnic or to a friends place.

A homemade key lime pie made with condensed milk, lime juice, and egg yellows in a homemade pie crust. Instead of making a meringue topping this version has whip cream mixed with creme fraiche to make it less sweet. You can decorate it with lime slices, or why not make a nice sun to make you think of Florida the sunshine state where the pie has its origin.

These small delicious balls taste like gingerbread cookies but are soft and surrounded with a layer of grated coconut. Easy and fast to make together with children and can be frozen and ready to take out when the guests arrive.

This homemade chocolate cake has a soft chocolate meringue on top of it, which make the cake taste heavenly. It is easy to make and the kids can help in the kitchen to feel part of the baking process.