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This soft Spring Greens and Cheese Wreath is filled with tender greens and melted cheese. Balanced and comforting, this wreath highlights the gentle flavours of spring while remaining rich and satisfying.

This basic sweet rolls dough serves as the foundation for most of my filled and shaped sweet rolls. It is soft, elastic, and reliable, making it suitable for everything from classic cinnamon rolls to aromatic nut-filled bakes and seasonal variations. Rather than developing a new dough for every recipe, I rely on one well-tested base that can be adapted through fillings, shaping, and subtle flavour changes. Once you understand this dough, you can create a wide range of sweet rolls with confidence, simply by changing what goes inside or how the dough is shaped. This page serves as a reference point for all sweet roll recipes on the blog that use this dough.

Soft, fluffy sweet rolls filled with a light lemon–vanilla cream and finished with a vibrant blackberry swirl. These rolls are delicate, fresh, and perfectly balanced—ideal for spring baking.

Spring is the perfect time to shift towards lighter, fresher bakes, and this savoury vegetable roll is exactly that. Made with a soft olive oil dough and filled with green asparagus, peas, spinach, and spring onions, it brings together simple ingredients in a balanced and elegant way.

A soft, cloud-like yeast dough rolled with a structured cheesecake filling, dotted with fresh strawberries and tiny flecks of mint. Light, creamy, refreshing — the perfect roll to welcome early spring.

These Date Chocolate Rolls are soft, lightly sweet, and filled with chocolate and a creamy layer of cream cheese. The spiral stays defined and the ridges caramelise beautifully in the oven.

Raspberries bring brightness, rose adds softness, and cream cheese ties everything together. These Raspberry Rose Rolls are elegant without being fussy — a gentle, fragrant bake that feels special but still comforting.

These cinnamon rolls lean into warmth rather than sweetness. Finely ground walnuts add depth, orange zest brings freshness, and mahleb — used very sparingly — gives a subtle almond-cherry note that feels both familiar and quietly festive. This is not a loud roll. It’s layered, aromatic, and gently balanced.

There’s something deeply comforting about rolled dough filled with warm vegetables. This winter veggie roll brings together olive oil–yogurt dough and a gentle, wintery vegetable filling for a bake that’s simple, seasonal, and quietly satisfying.

If you love soft cinnamon rolls but want something richer and more chocolatey, these Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls are the perfect upgrade. The cinnamon doesn’t compete with the chocolate— it deepens it, creating a balanced, velvety filling. With a straightforward dough and foolproof ganache, this recipe is ideal for anyone who wants a baker-style result.