Handfuls of Sunshine: Perfect Bite-Sized Bakes

Biographical Note:

Tilly Pamment is an Australian recipe writer, photographer and stylist. She lives in the Blue Mountains with her husband and two children, and is the creative brain behind @tillys_table, where she shares her seasonal baking recipes and inspiration with a community of like-minded pleasure seekers. She is the author of international bestseller The Plain Cake Appreciation Society and Handfuls of Sunshine: Perfect bit-sized bakes.

1. Handfuls of Sunshine & Slices of Joy

• Mango & Lime Cheesecake Bars
• Bakewell Slice
• Passionfruit Sunshine Slice
• Chocolate & Marmalade Shortbread Squares
• Apricot, Almond & Coconut Muesli Bars
• Sour Cream Brownies
• Raspberry & Peach Late-summer Slice
• Pecan, Caramel & Ginger Bars
• Quince & Ricotta Crumble Squares
• A Very Easy Chocolate Coconut Slice
• Orange Blossom & Apricot Jam Slice

2. Biscuit Crumbs, Coconut & Chocolate Kisses

• Coconut Jam Drops
• Chocolate Hazelnut Thumbprints (GF)
• Very Short Lemon Shortbread
• Baby Meringues (GF)
• Burnt Butter, Rye & Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Passionfruit & Citrus Melting Moments
• Burnt Butter Oat Bars
• Chewy Chocolate Mint Sandwiches
• Matcha, Rose & Strawberry Cookies
• Chocolate Coconut Meringues (GF)
• Plum Jam Monte Carlos

3. Rose Petals, Custard & Pastry-flecked Dreams

• Short Sweet Pastry
• Flaky Sour Cream Spelt Pastry
• Peach & Custard Cream Tarts
• Rhubarb & Strawberry Galettes Jam Tarts
• Chocolate Hazelnut Tarts
• Apricot Turnovers
• Lemon Gems
• Little Apricot & Earl Grey Tarts
• Baked Custard & Plum Tarts
• Fruit Mince & Frangipane Pies
• Pear, Prune & Hazelnut Galettes

4. Baby Cakes & Butter Love

• Baby Cakes
• Apricot, Polenta & Saffron Tea Cakes
• Blackberry, Bay & White Chocolate Muffins
• Sticky Prune, Pear & Ginger Cakes with Ginger Caramel
• Little Pound Cakes
• Quince & Frangipane Cakes (GF)
• Cardamom, Bay & Orange Madeleines
• Coconut & Passionfruit Loaves
• Mango & Passionfruit Cream Cakes
• Strawberry & Rhubarb Jam Victoria Sponges
• Blueberry, Coconut & Lemon Bars (GF)
• Sunken Chocolate Cheesecakes (GF)
• Hazelnut Lamington Fingers

5. Sugared Scones, Pikelets & Sticky Buns

• Buttermilk Pikelets
• Coconut Buns
• Date & Ginger Scones
• Sugared Buttermilk & Lemon Scones
• Cardamom Tea Buns
• Pumpkin & Prune Scones
• Apple & Cinnamon Streusel Kuchen
• Apricot & Sultana Hot Cross Buns

6. Pantry Keepers & Postable Love

• Lemon & Fennel Seed Amaretti (GF)
• Apricot Shortbread Slice
• Double Chocolate & Ginger Biscotti
• Earl Grey & Polenta Rounds
• Sour Cherry, Pistachio & Rose Rocky Road (GF)
• Chai & Almond Crescents
• Malted Hazelnut Blondies
• Cinnamon Maple Stars (GF)
• Gently Spiced Gingerbread

7. Puddles of Jam & Sweet Baked Fruit

• Roast Apricot Jam
• Plum & Star Anise Jam
• Passionfruit Curd
• Strawberry & Rhubarb Jam
• Baked Stone Fruit
• Marmalade Baked Rhubarb
• Baked Quince
• Good Fruit Mince

Here's to the little luxuries that make life all the sweeter...

• Homemade Sunbeams & Slicesof Joy - bars of sunny lemon and passionfruit, squares of rich chocolate and marmalade, crackly sour-cream brownies
• Baby Cakes & Buttery Bliss - buttery, fruit-studded, sticky and chocolatey ... who could possibly feel guilty about such a teeny-tiny treat?
• Pantry Keepers & Postable Love - bakes with longevity, just begging to be packed up and shared with care; think cinnamon stars, gingerbread and a heavenly rocky road.

Spread a little sunshine by whipping up a batch of homemade, shareable love.