Cover -- Dedication -- Title page -- Contents -- A whisper of cardamom -- Sugar & -- spice: an infatuation -- History of a sweet love affair -- Understanding spice -- Kitchen skills -- AN ODE TO CARDAMOM -- Perfumed roast figs -- Maple cardamom ice cream with crackable chocolate -- The lightest pistachio biscuits -- CARDAMOM -- Cardamom, marzipan & -- cherry bundt -- Rhubarb, cardamom & -- ricotta parcels -- Summer red fruits with rose & -- cardamom -- SUGAR & -- SPICE -- Shimmering silvered burfi -- Cardamom & -- nutmet nankhatai -- SWEET & -- WARMING -- Bramley apple & -- clove cake -- Nutmeg cake -- CINNAMON -- Spiced blueberry crumble -- Apple & -- allspice puddle pudding -- Tipsy cherries with Barbados cream -- RICE & -- SPICE -- Norwegian rizcrem -- NUTMEG, MACE & -- CLOVE -- Milk chocolate tart with nutmeg pastry -- Basque cheesecake with sweet spices -- Gluhwein plum & -- cherry jam -- Masala chai snickerdoodles -- Cinnamon sugar palmiers -- Apple custard & -- sweet spice tarts -- New Zealand ginger crunch -- A IS FOR ANISEED -- Liquorice meringue kisses with rose cream -- Sweet roast plums with five spice -- Wrinkled chocolate & -- anise cookies -- ANISE SPICES -- Jewelled quince with star anise -- Exceptionally good seed cake -- Caraway sherbet dip -- ALCOHOL & -- SPICE -- Quick strawberry jam with vanilla & -- aniseed -- Fennel marzipan-stuffed dates -- Frozen pistachio, mastic & -- honey creams -- VANILLA IS NOT A NEUTRAL -- VANILLA -- Vanilla-roasted rhubarb with zabaglione -- White & -- black sticky cake -- Chocolate, roasted walnut & -- vanilla bean cake -- CHOCOLATE & -- SPICE -- A pink cake for Sylvia -- Vanilla & -- nutmeg marshmallows -- Chestnut & -- vanilla affogato -- Oeufs a la neige -- Tonka honey mousse -- FLIRTING WITH FLORALS -- Saffron macaroons.

Lavender & -- raspberry creme brulee -- SAFFRON -- Saffron & -- orange blossom ice cream -- Violet cream chocolate pots -- Santiago almond torte -- Palm sugar & -- coconut pandan pancakes -- Rose & -- rhubarb fool pavlova -- Sri Lankan love cake -- CREAM & -- SPICE -- Brown butter & -- cherry oat squares -- Roast strawberry souffles -- NUTTY, EARTHY, SMOKY -- Turmeric & -- tahini diamonds -- NUTS & -- SPICE -- Coriander, cumin & -- brown sugar fudge -- CUMIN & -- CORIANDER -- Garam masala & -- chocolate chunk cookies -- Hazelnut, cardamom & -- chocolate amaretti -- Red wine & -- wattleseed chocolate torte -- Baked apricots with maple & -- fenugreek -- Black rice, black cardamom -- SOUR & -- CITRUSY -- Lime leaf possets -- Chocolate ganache with black lime -- Rujak fruit salad -- Pistachio, lemon & -- coriander seed cake -- White chocolate pots with sumac-soured berries -- 1730 prune & -- tamarind tart -- Lemon meringue roulade with ginger & -- passion berries -- DRINKS & -- SPICE -- Tangy lemon & -- juniper bars -- Golden lemon drizzle cake with poppy seeds -- SOME LIKE IT HOT -- Smoky chilli brownies -- Chocolate mousse for lovers -- Spicy butter caramel popcorn -- HOT SPICES -- Brown sugar meringues with chilli & -- tamarind -- Spicy pickled cherries -- Strawberry sansho sorbet -- Raspberry, balsamic & -- peppercorn parfait -- Stone fruit galette with marzipan & -- long pepper -- FRUIT & -- SPICE -- Gingerbread love tokens -- Jamaican ginger cakes with buttered rum -- Carrot, spice & -- candied ginger cake -- Salt & -- pepper shortbread -- An A-Z of aphrodisiacs -- Sources & -- further reading -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Imprint.