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    Cooking Gorgeous » Recipes

    Cakes and Muffins

    Baking cakes and muffins has never been so easy with these delicious, straightforward recipes from all over the world. My favorites include Moist Chocolate Cream Cake, Eclair Cake (Ekpa Pasta), Banana Blueberry Muffins with Yogurt, and Walnut Brownie.

    Impress your friends and family with these baked treats, and browse recipes, whether it be for a birthday party or an afternoon snack.

    • Plum Cake Recipe
    • Fig Cake
    • Banana Blueberry Muffins
    • Pumpkin Banana Muffins
    • Raspberry Muffins
    • Easy Carrot Cake Recipe
    • Burnt Basque Cheesecake (San Sebastian Cheesecake)
    • Chocolate Biscuit Cake - Lazy cake
    • Cranberry Cheesecake Brownies
    • Apple Crumb Cake
    • The BEST Baklava Cheesecake Recipe
    • A slice of Medovik Russian honey cake showing eight thin layers.
      Medovik - Russian Honey Cake
    • Revani - Turkish Semolina Cake
    • super moist chocolate cake with cream
      Moist Chocolate Cream Cake
    • vegan double chocolate chip muffins with walnuts and bananas
      Vegan Chocolate Chip Muffins
    • Strawberry muffins with cream cheese
      Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins
    • a slice of eclair cake(ekpa pasta)
      Chocolate Eclair Cake with Choux Pastry
    • blueberry crumble cake recipe
      Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake
    • moist banana bread with chocolate slices
      Chocolate Chip Banana Nut Bread
    • lightly spiced cranberry orange muffins
      Orange Cranberry Muffins
    • sticky toffee pudding
      Easy Sticky Toffee Pudding
    • walnut chocolate brownie slices
      Fudgy Dark Chocolate Brownies

    Welcome to Cooking Gorgeous, where delicious easy-to-follow recipes and culinary inspiration await you! My name is Ayla Clulee, a passionate and professional Cordon Bleu-trained chef, recipe developer, and food content creator with decades of experience. I am based in the UK, and I'm thrilled to have you here.

    The kitchen is my happy place and cooking is my therapy.

    My cookbook, Easy Turkish & Mediterranean Recipes, is out now in paperback and on Kindle.

    More about me →

    FREE TURKISH BATCH COOKING PLAN

    A Week of Turkish Batch Cooking, a free meal plan with five recipes and one prep day

    Five recipes, one prep day, four dinners. You shop once, cook two slow dishes on a Sunday afternoon, and eat all week. Free to download.

    Soup Recipes

    • Greek Lemon Chicken Soup
    • Orzo Soup (Şehriye Çorbası)
    • Turkish Tarhana Soup - Tarhana Çorbası
    • Homemade Turkish Tarhana Powder Recipe
    • Harira Soup
    • chicken and dumpling soup served in a bowl
      Easy Chicken and Dumpling Soup Recipe

    Fall Favorites

    The last tomatoes become salça, and quinces arrive in the shops from October. Two things I make every fall.

    • Homemade Tomato Paste
    • Overhead view of a syrupy quince half with kaymak, pistachios, and a cinnamon stick.
      Ayva Tatlisi
    • Kuru Fasulye
    • Fig Cake
    • rice pilaf with mushrooms
      Mushroom Rice Recipe
    • Apple Cookies Recipe

    BBQ and Grilling Recipes

    Easy kebabs, salads, dips, and side dishes for your next barbecue.

    • Chicken Shish Kebab Recipe
    • Cucumber Tomato Feta Cheese Salad
    • Bazlama
    • authentic hummus recipe
      Mediterranean Hummus Dip
    • Bulgur Rice Pilaf
    • Grilled BBQ Chicken Thighs

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