Homemade French Christmas cookies shaped as the face of Santa Claus. Fun to make together with the children but it requires some patients for the decorations. But in the end, it is all worth it when you see the smile of the children and adults when you finally serve them.

Homemade small cinnamon French Christmas cookies from the region Alsace. Slightly soft cookies with a chewy inside. These cookies are made according to the vanilla snowball bredele recipe, but I added cinnamon powder. To get different flavors you can change the cinnamon powder to gingerbread spices, cardamom and so on. Good luck and happy baking.

Small delicious saffron bredele ”Alsatian Christmas cookies” shaped as balls, that are a bit chewy in the center. Goes very quick to prepare and the best part is that you can keep them for weeks. Perfect to serve for advent when you lit the candles.

Wondering how to celebrate epiphany day? Why not doing it the French way with this cake: This traditional galette des Rois cake is a two-layer puff pastry cake filled with creamy almond. The fun part is that it hides a figurine inside and the person who finds it will become king or queen of the day.

A homemade Italian Christmas cake filled with dried fruit. The story is that the raisins should bring you and your guest good fortune, the oranges happiness in love, and your own choice of dried fruits good health. It is often served together with warm wine or a sweet drink, accompanied of a lemon mascarpone cheese on the side.

A homemade orange upside-down cake is best made in late autumn or winter, during the high season for these fruits. The sponge cake is covered in orange slices, that brings a beautiful yellow color to it.

This is a homemade French Galette des Rois cake but with a little change added in the filling. It has the traditional almond filling but with saffron as well. The cake is to be served on epiphany day the 6th of January. Every child is hoping to get the figurine hidden in the cake, so he or she will become king or queen of the day.

This homemade chocolate Swiss roll is a hit at the children’s birthday parties. The cake is both fun and easy to prepare together with the birthday boy or girl. The bites are not so big so don’t be surprised if the small guests will ask for another bite.

This is an Italian inspired cheesecake made with mascarpone cheese and amaretto liqueur. It is a creamy cheesecake with amaretto-soaked cookies on the top and with a bottom made with graham biscuits.