With Shavuot just around the corner, here is another easy cheesecake, the no-bake cheesecake. It has a crumbly cookie base topped with a very fresh, egg-free cream cheese filling, and is a variation on the traditional Ashkenazi cheesecake which is usually baked in the oven. You find this cake everywhere in Israel; here is the recipe to make it at home.

This cheesecake (Käsekuchen), a classic of Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish cooking, is pure sweetness and nostalgia. It’s the kind of cake you find in grandmothers’ recipe notebooks, in this case, Micheline’s. It rises tall, with an airy texture thanks to the whipped egg whites.

Here is a very refreshing drink with a delicate anise flavor. Perfect for summer!

Truffles are probably the easiest chocolate bite there is. You eat them without being hungry (and without end…) and they are perfect with coffee. Here is a chocolatey, indulgent recipe with no dairy at all!

Tigrés are small, moist cakes very close to a financier, perfect for using up egg whites you don’t know what to do with. This recipe is adapted from one by Cyril Lignac. I regularly make the butter-free version and they are always a hit.

To add a little variety to the traditional hamantaschen, here is a light, crispy recipe that comes straight from Italy.

Nougat glacé, the French frozen honey nougat, is one of those festive, quick desserts to keep in your recipe notebook.

A deeply chocolatey mousse that makes a delicious sound when you dip your spoon into it! I don’t know about you, but my barometer for a successful chocolate mousse is partly tied to the noise my spoon makes the moment I dip it in for that first taste. It’s good, super easy and satisfying! And a bonus here, it’s dairy-free!

Montecaos are small, crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies, scented with cinnamon or topped with an almond. They have the advantage of being egg-free and dairy-free, and they are delicious with a glass of mint tea.

A light little cookie, easy to make with just a few ingredients, to add to your Passover sweets.

Kaak are lightly crumbly, fragrant little ring cookies shaped around your finger, and you never get tired of them at breakfast or teatime during Passover week.

An Ashkenazi recipe for tender Hamantaschen (Haman’s ears) with a homemade poppy seed filling.

Little almond bites that are very simple and quick to make, a Passover tradition. The kind you love to nibble on with a good cup of coffee.

A chocolate mascarpone cake with a melt-in-the-mouth texture, covered in a beautifully glossy chocolate ganache. And it’s gluten-free! Perfect for using up a tub of mascarpone and for a change from the classic tiramisu.

With Passover just around the corner, I’m sharing this traditional treat of Passover week again: fritèches (or sfériès) are little fritters that are incredibly light and melt in your mouth, then get their sweetness from a coating of honey syrup. An express recipe with just 2 ingredients!

Pure indulgence: this flourless chocolate olive oil cake is a wonderfully rich, fudgy chocolate cake you can make all year round.

Molten chocolate cakes hiding a surprise speculoos center - a quick, easy dessert that always makes an impression.

Almond croquants are a Passover breakfast staple, and they’re perfect with your morning coffee. The recipe has been updated and no longer contains matzo meal, for a softer texture.

I love crème dessert (French pudding cups): rich, silky and ready in no time! After sharing a chocolate crème dessert and a pistachio one, here are delicious homemade chocolate praline pudding cups. They can be made dairy-free (parve) and are gluten-free. Perfect if you have a jar of praline to use up.

A lovely addition to your platter of sweets, gazelle horns are little pastries filled with almond paste; some people even add hazelnuts. They are easy to make, though a bit time-consuming. The upside is that they freeze very well.

A variation on the famous bouscoutou, that tall, fluffy sponge cake, so here is a first version that is every bit as delicious and indulgent. A must-have in your Passover recipe collection.