diff --git a/src/Twig/FileLoader.php b/src/Twig/FileLoader.php
index 5466efe..4852e7d 100644
--- a/src/Twig/FileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Twig/FileLoader.php
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 namespace Cake\TwigView\Twig;
 
-use Cake\TwigView\View\TwigView;
-use Cake\View\Exception\MissingTemplateException;
+use Cake\Core\App;
+use Cake\Core\Plugin;
 use Twig\Error\LoaderError;
 use Twig\Loader\LoaderInterface;
 use Twig\Source;
@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@
 class FileLoader implements LoaderInterface
 {
     /**
-     * @var \Cake\TwigView\View\TwigView
+     * @var string[]
      */
-    protected $twigView;
+    protected $extensions;
 
     /**
-     * @param \Cake\TwigView\View\TwigView $twigView TwigView instance.
+     * @param string[] $extensions Template file extensions
      */
-    public function __construct(TwigView $twigView)
+    public function __construct(array $extensions)
     {
-        $this->twigView = $twigView;
+        $this->extensions = $extensions;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public function exists(string $name)
     {
         try {
             $this->findTemplate($name);
-        } catch (MissingTemplateException $e) {
+        } catch (LoaderError $e) {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -96,12 +96,48 @@ public function findTemplate(string $name): string
             return $name;
         }
 
-        try {
-            $path = $this->twigView->resolveTemplatePath($name);
-        } catch (MissingTemplateException $e) {
-            throw new LoaderError($e->getMessage());
+        [$plugin, $name] = pluginSplit($name);
+        $name = str_replace('/', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $name);
+
+        if ($plugin !== null) {
+            $path = $this->checkExtensions(Plugin::templatePath($plugin) . $name);
+            if ($path !== null) {
+                return $path;
+            }
+
+            throw new LoaderError("Could not find template `{$name}` in plugin `{$plugin}`.");
+        }
+
+        foreach (App::path('templates') as $templatePath) {
+            $path = $this->checkExtensions($templatePath . $name);
+            if ($path !== null) {
+                return $path;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $error = "Could not find template `{$name}`.\nThese paths were searched:\n\n";
+        foreach (App::path('templates') as $templatePath) {
+            $error .= "- `{$templatePath}`\n";
+        }
+        throw new LoaderError($error);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check partial path with all template file extensions to see
+     * which file exists.
+     *
+     * @param string $partial Template path excluding extension
+     * @return string|null
+     */
+    public function checkExtensions(string $partial): ?string
+    {
+        foreach ($this->extensions as $extension) {
+            $path = $partial . $extension;
+            if (file_exists($path)) {
+                return $path;
+            }
         }
 
-        return $path;
+        return null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/View/TwigView.php b/src/View/TwigView.php
index c345e3a..0e0a990 100644
--- a/src/View/TwigView.php
+++ b/src/View/TwigView.php
@@ -150,18 +150,6 @@ public function getExtensions(): array
         return $this->extensions;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the full path for template.
-     *
-     * @param string $name Template name
-     * @return string
-     * @throws \Cake\View\Exception\MissingTemplateException When template is not found
-     */
-    public function resolveTemplatePath(string $name): string
-    {
-        return $this->_getTemplateFileName($name);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates the Twig LoaderInterface instance.
      *
@@ -169,7 +157,7 @@ public function resolveTemplatePath(string $name): string
      */
     protected function createLoader(): LoaderInterface
     {
-        return new FileLoader($this);
+        return new FileLoader($this->extensions);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Twig/FileLoaderTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Twig/FileLoaderTest.php
index dfd4225..c017af9 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Twig/FileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Twig/FileLoaderTest.php
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
 use Cake\TwigView\Twig\FileLoader;
-use Cake\TwigView\View\TwigView;
 use Twig\Error\LoaderError;
 
 /**
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ public function setUp(): void
 
         $this->loadPlugins(['TestTwigView']);
 
-        $this->loader = new FileLoader(new TwigView());
+        $this->loader = new FileLoader(['.twig']);
     }
 
     public function tearDown(): void
@@ -93,7 +92,12 @@ public function testIsFresh()
     public function testIsFreshNonExistingFile()
     {
         $this->expectException(LoaderError::class);
-
         $this->loader->isFresh(TMP . 'foobar' . time(), time());
     }
+
+    public function testExistsNonExistingFile()
+    {
+        $exists = $this->loader->exists(TMP . 'foobar' . time(), time());
+        $this->assertSame(false, $exists);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/View/TwigViewTest.php b/tests/TestCase/View/TwigViewTest.php
index c3a23fd..0540144 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/View/TwigViewTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/View/TwigViewTest.php
@@ -169,6 +169,18 @@ public function testTwigInclude()
         $this->removePlugins(['TestTwigView']);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tests extends loads templates from root templates paths.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testTwigExtendsRootPath()
+    {
+        $view = new AppView(null, null, null, ['templatePath' => 'Blog']);
+        $output = $view->render('blog_with_extends');
+        $this->assertSame('base from subdir/base', $output);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests deprecated element and cell tags render.
      *
diff --git a/tests/test_app/templates/Blog/blog_with_extends.twig b/tests/test_app/templates/Blog/blog_with_extends.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..476c236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_app/templates/Blog/blog_with_extends.twig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{% extends 'subdir_with_base/base' %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_app/templates/subdir_with_base/base.twig b/tests/test_app/templates/subdir_with_base/base.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54ce737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_app/templates/subdir_with_base/base.twig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+base from subdir/base
\ No newline at end of file