When I put this extremely simply dessert on the table, my children said that it looks and tastes like the Easter cake which my sister makes. There is something in this because there is tahini in both of them. My dessert has traces of sesame, is not too sweet and looks beautiful. It doesn't need a lot of preparation, so it is excellent for Sunday afternoon. Lunch with dessert doesn't have to mean that a housewife works all day in the kitchen and after that she is so tired that she can't pick up a cup of coffee. If you serve the cake hot, add your favourite ice cream just after baking. Everybody will be delighted.

Ingredients
1 pack of chilled French pastry
50g of tahini
50g of white chocolate
3 sponge biscuits
seasonal fruit
2 tablespoons of milk
caster sugar

I don't understand why it was so hot in June and every end-of-year school test was thus made doubly difficult. Now the holiday has started, the summer has turned away and is pretending not to be there. 12-15C and rain isn't the kind of weather which children and their parents like. I hope it is the only cold spell during this holiday.

To raise my children's spirits I prepared a mellow homemade budino. I made it with coconut and almond milk especially for my son who can't drink cow's milk. A yummy addition to the dish was blackcurrant confiture with a hint of orange.

Ingredients (for 2 people)

budino

200ml of coconut milk

200ml of almond milk

100g of white chocolate

1 tablespoon of wheat flour

1 tablespoon of potato flour

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

confiture

2 fistfuls of blackcurrants

the juice and the peel from half an orange

1 tablespoon of maple syrup

Every housewife has her own recipe for "casual guests" cake, "mother-in-law in five minutes" cake and "mom I would like something sweet" cake. Today I would like to share with you the recipe for "something chocolatey fast" cake. In secret I will tell you that I, not my children, really wanted some chocolate cake. My family knows that I like chocolate, which is the remedy for a bad mood and stress. Today I "treated" stress connected with my children's sports camp, because as a protective mum I feel safest when I have the whole family at hand.

There are loads of great things about this cake. As well as the basic fact that it is chocolate cake, you can use any kind of flour, you can use your favourite fruit, and egg isn't an essential ingredient. You don't need to use a mixer, and you have only two bowls and one spoon to wash up. An oven is necessary, and patience, because the cake smells delicious while baking.

Ingredients (20cm cake tin)
100g of flour
100g of wholemeal flour
1 egg
250ml of milk
120g of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
3 tablespoons of cocoa
80ml of oil
1 tablespoon of cider vinegar
1 teaspoon of baking powder
raspberries

Before Easter I bought some ground almonds. I did something I never do, i.e. shopping without any purpose. The almonds lay and waited for an idea. It came to me when I was cleaning my pantry. I decided to give them a chance. I mixed the ground almonds with flour and prepared a very fast and easy cake with strawberries and almond crumble topping.

I used my old recipe, but I replaced some of the flour with some ground almonds. I had never done it, but this idea was quite interesting. The dough was a bit heavier but equally fluffy and yummy like an original cake. The crunchy almond crumble topping was also excellent. You can use cherries or raspberries instead of strawberries. You have to sprinkle the dough with some breadcrumbs or semolina to avoid the fruit sinking in the dough.

Ingredients (25cm cake tin)
dough
150g of butter
125g of flour
100g of ground almonds
125g of brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
crumble topping
100g of ground almonds
50g of butter
50g of caster sugar

We don't need to tell anybody about the healthy properties of rolled oats. The majority of children don't want even want to look at them. I'm a mum of two children, and I know that convincing children to eat porridge is not so easy.

My daughter likes porridge with tomatoes, avocado, pepper, chives and roasted sunflower seeds, whereas my son likes oat omelettes. Today I found another oat dish which my children accepted: oat budino with home-cooked strawberry confiture and almonds. The one thing I don't like about this dish is the colour of the budino. However, the taste and healthy properties make up for this tiny defect.

Ingredients
500ml of milk (you can use vegetable milk)
5-6 of tablespoons of rolled oats
1 tablespoon of sugar
half a teaspoon of vanilla essence
confiture
250g of strawberries
2 tablespoons of maple syrup
the peel and juice of half an orange
a piece of cinnamon
a small twig of rosemary