Kids love making marbling on these cupcakes, just don't overdue it with the skewer or the effect will be lost
A game-changing way to use up your Christmas pudding.
Chocolate, fruit and nut are a classic cake combination – and this is a lovely one to bake for Christmas. It only takes 20 minutes to prepare, which is a bonus around the busy festive period. It keeps for up to a month in a cake tin and is also freezable.
A gorgeous cake that's perfect for a birthday treat – for such an impressive looking cake, it's also surprisingly easy to make. Sponges are layered with buttercream and fresh berries and jam, before being finished off with a topping of more berries.
Impress the guests and crack out the homemade chocolate truffles with coffee after dinner. No one need know how easy they are to make: reduced fresh orange juice, melted chocolate and double cream, mixed, chilled then shaped and dusted with icing sugar. Unless they read this.
Baking without eggs might seem like a challenge, but it’s easy to make an egg-free sponge. You can use the mix in any recipe that calls for sponge, but we’ve topped ours with a classic lemon drizzle.
A lovely little treat to make with the kids – and it hardly takes any time at all. The toffee is made by gently stirring condensed milk, butter, sugar and syrup on the hob until the sugar dissolves. Irresistible!
Serve a fruit salad with a twist. Tropical mango, zingy kiwi fruit, juicy strawberries and sweet bananas are combined with lime, honey and sesame seeds. Grill or barbecue and enjoy with some natural yogurt.
Baklava is a delicious filo pastry dessert filled with chopped nuts and honey. Here it's given a cinnamon and apple twist, making it a perfect autumn treat: Thin slices of apple enveloped in layers of buttered filo pastry and baked, then topped with nuts and syrup.
If you've run out of eggs but have the urge to bake a cake for some very lucky people, help is at hand. This wonderfully moist chocolate cake is made from an ingenious combination of ingredients and finished with an irresistibly glossy icing on top.
Kids will love making these gloriously pink and fruity muffins at home. Grate the butter into the dry ingredients to make it easier to combine, and remember not to scoff all the raspberries and strawberries before they go in the mixture.
This caramelised apple cake is an easy to make cake that celebrates the best of autumn's Bramley apples. A moist sponge with a soft, sweet apple centre and a pretty sliced apple topping, almonds, brown sugar and a zest of lemon complete the taste sensations.
Chocolate and orange are a fab combination and this dessert, which uses ready-rolled reduced fat sweet shortcrust pastry, makes the most of both. The orange is subtle, while the crème fraîche adds some extra richness. A great pudding to impress friends with.
Roasted nectarines are the central component of this fresh and summery dessert. Topped with homemade marscapone cream and a sweet and zesty syrup mixture, this dish might look simple, but it's flavours are anything but.
Sweet nectarines caramelise deliciously when cooked. Just 15 minutes in the oven with a little bit of sugar will turn them a beautiful golden brown. Best served with a dollop of honey and vanilla-spiked yogurt.
This recipe creates a delicious snack that kids will love
A festive bake that everyone can enjoy, these vegan scones are gluten-free and dairy-free. We love them served with a dollop of fruity compote and creamy coconut yogurt on the side.
Toffee apples are ubiquitous on Guy Fawkes night, but if you can't make a fireworks display this year, here is a guide to making your own at home. Crunchy apples, skewered then dunked in melted Golden Syrup, butter, sugar and a few other conspiratorial ingredients to remember remember.
Crispy baked turnovers with a melting chocolatey middle - what could be more indulgent? They look pretty dusted with icing sugar and if you have a party to host, why not make mini versions to hand around at the end of the evening.
You'll need to make this gorgeous homemade strawberry ice cream the day before as it takes a little bit of time to prepare. But when the moment for dessert comes, all you'll need to do is scoop and serve.
This traybake is one of those desserts you can put together in moments. Beat all the ingredients together minus the fruit in a bowl. Stir in sliced apples and blackberries then bake, cool and cut into squares.
A show-stopping dessert so seriously delicious it might even persuade you to skip the Christmas pudding on the 25th!
The tarts don’t go into a tin so you don’t have to be precise when shaping them
An easy to make loaf cake boasting the comforting combination of bananas and honey, this banana loaf is a great way to use up overripe fruit and handy storecupboard ingredients. Pop into the kids' lunchbox or polish it off yourself as a mid-morning snack.
Make these dinky cupcakes ahead to have on hand for festive parties.
Score points with family and friends with this delicious edible gift
Bilberry pie is made from bilberries growing wild in the north of England
Give this lusciously frosted, classic Christmas cake pride of place on your table
A perfect treat to go with your afternoon tea, sweet, anti-oxidant rish figs are paired with frangipane, a light, almond cream filling. These simple tarts are made even easier by using ready-made shortcrust pastry.
Heavenly choux pastry, dark chocolate and vanilla cream make a mouthwatering combination, even more so when you can take credit for making these chocolate eclairs yourself. Perfect for special birthday tea or when the kids have been really, really good.