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Creme Patissiere (Pastry Cream)
Creme patissiere is one of the most famous fresh creams used in most types of desserts. Try pastry cream especially with tarts and French cakes.
How to Make Sugar Paste at Home?
Sugar paste is one of the most widely used decorations for cakes and dessert molds. What's special about this sugar paste recipe is that it doesn't rely on marshmallows and uses readily available ingredients.
How to Make Toffee Sauce
Toffee is used in many dessert recipes and cake decorations. It’s based on caramelized sugar, butter, milk, and cream. Here’s a simple, guaranteed homemade toffee sauce recipe.
Traditional Za'atar Mix
Lebanese traditional za'atar is very simple: its ingredients are known and fixed, limited to za'atar, sesame, and sumac with no additions. With a drizzle of olive oil, you will make the best za'atar sandwich, where the flavor of the za'atar itself stands out rather than the other add-ins.
How to Make Baba au Rhum
Baba au Rhum made at home couldn’t be easier! This dessert is one of the most famous French cakes. Making it at home is guaranteed with this recipe, so give it a try.
How to Make Barazek Dessert
Barazek is one of the most famous Syrian and Levantine sweets. Do you like it with extra sesame? :) Try our guaranteed recipe.
Safouf
Safouf is one of the easiest Arabic sweets to make! Whenever I think of dessert, I first think of making safouf. Some people like to decorate it with sesame seeds or nuts, and it can also be left plain.
How to Make Suksieh Dessert
Suksieh dessert — similar to an easy layered cake: layers of biscuits and chocolate pudding. Top with desiccated coconut and your choice of nuts. Delicious and quick to make :)
Arabic Safuf Cake (Light Semolina Cake)
Safuf is a light, popular Arabic sweet that’s easy to prepare. Brushing the top with syrup gives it the required shine and softness.
How to Make Kunafa with Ashta
An easy, tried-and-tested homemade recipe for kunafa with ashta. Inside the recipe, you’ll find a link to how to prepare the kunafa shreds, as well as the kunafa cake or pastry, for a complete recipe from A to Z.
Light Muffin Recipe
A delicious, light muffin recipe worth trying, especially since it is very easy. Your kids will love this muffin or cupcake recipe and will ask for it again and again.
Chocolate Sfoof
An inventive and delicious sfoof (semolina cake) flavored with cocoa — a kid-favorite twist. Try it for a change; you won't regret it.
Date Fingers (Filled Date Cookies)
Date fingers — a classic homemade treat. A reliable recipe for delicious date-filled dough flavored with fennel. Finish by coating the cookies with sesame.
Date and Biscuit Balls
A quick, easy treat combining dates with biscuits, rolled in sesame, coconut, or colored chocolate.
Easy Namoura (Semolina Cake)
Easy namoura—a successful homemade recipe. Namoura is one of the most requested Arabic sweets and this particular method is very simple. Give it a try.
Mini Athmaliyyeh
Mini athmaliyyeh made in cupcake molds — small, very tasty portions of this easy-to-prepare Middle Eastern dessert. Here’s a detailed, successful method to try.
Easy Date Fingers
Date fingers (kleicha) — a classic Arabic sweet you can make at home. Try this tested recipe from Shou Tabkhin Today. Don’t forget sesame and nigella seeds for dipping!
Kunafa with Mozzarella
Kunafa with mozzarella cheese — an easy homemade version. Served for breakfast or as a dessert. The recipe also links to the original kunafa cake method.