Are you buying the special mum in your life flowers this year? Take your flowers to the kitchen instead this Mother’s Day, known as ‘festa della mamma’ in Italy. It is a day about honouring your mother and showing appreciation for all she has done for you. What better way to spoil a very special mum and say I love you than a cooked breakfast in bed or home-cooked dessert. From fluffy Blueberry and ricotta pancakes, irresistible flourless chocolate cake to Tiramisu cake and so much more, we’ve got something to satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth for afternoon tea or dessert.

Mother’s Day dessert recipes 

1. Blueberry and ricotta pancakes

2. Lemon blueberry and ricotta muffins

3. Pavlova

4. Upside down carmelised banana cake

5. Vanilla panna cotta and mixed berry compote

6. Strawberry muffins

7. Tiramisu cake

8. Best flourless chocolate cake

P.S. Two more things, actually three.

1. Don’t forget to add the finishing touch with a thank you note (maybe even a handwritten) to let mum know how special she is to you.
2. Whichever recipe you have chosen to cook, I am sure mum will be most appreciative. Just don’t forget to clean up the dishes afterward. Trust me when I say that mum will appreciate the gesture of the family cleaning up just as much as the home-cooked dessert.
3. I hope my family are reading this.

Happy Mother’s Day and Happy Cooking X

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Vanessa Bottaro

Author, Founder and Creative Director at Italian Spoon

In my eyes, Italian cuisine is love on a plate.

Vanessa is Creative Director of the Italian Spoon website and Author of The Italian entertaining cookbook, a collection of home-style Italian recipes and tips for entertaining in true Italian-style. In addition to cooking and taking photographs, Vanessa writes the recipes and blogs to bring the love of Italian cooking to life! The collection of recipes and blogs on the website have been inspired by travels to Italy and desire to share what she has learnt from the great ‘Mamma’s and ‘Nonna’s in her life!

Vanessa is an entrepreneur and wife to husband Simone and the mother of two beautiful kids Dante and Mia. Even so she was born and lives in Melbourne Australia, Vanessa has a deep connection to Italy. Perhaps it is the food, or maybe it is because it is the place where Vanessa met the love of her life, Simone to whom she has been happily married for so many years.

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