Baking & Desserts

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Homemade Custard

4.72 from 14 votes

15 minutes

STOP! Don’t buy ready made custard. It’s really simple to make vanilla custard at home from simple everyday ingredients.

These delicious sticky gingerbread cupcakes are made with ground ginger, chopped stem ginger and brushed with ginger syrup so they’re packed full of flavour and perfectly moist. The ideal treat for any gingerbread lovers.

Vegan Vanilla Buttercream

5 from 1 vote

5 minutes

Vegan vanilla buttercream that is simple to make and tastes absolutely delicious.

Easy No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake

4.86 from 7 votes

20 minutes

A delicious and easy to make no-bake chocolate cheesecake. A crunchy biscuit base topped with smooth, creamy and indulgent chocolate.

Easy Chocolate Brownies (That Taste Amazing!)

5 from 8 votes

50 minutes

My recipe for easy homemade chocolate brownies that taste absolutely amazing.

Includes step-by-step pictures.

Coconut Buttercream

5 from 2 votes

5 minutes

Easy to make, smooth coconut buttercream which is packed full of flavour. Perfect for decorating cupcakes, layer cakes and biscuits.

Coconut Cupcakes

5 from 3 votes

30 minutes

These coconut cupcakes are unbelievably easy to make and packed full of real coconut to give them lots of flavour.

Lamb and Feta Filo Parcels with Mint Yogurt Dip

5 from 2 votes

40 minutes

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Crisp filo pastry parcels with a spiced lamb, feta and spinach filling served with a mint yogurt dip.

Lighter Chocolate Marble Cheesecake with Redcurrant Coulis

5 from 1 vote

1 hour 5 minutes

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A delicious lemon and chocolate baked cheesecake served with redcurrant coulis. Using SPLENDA to replace the added sugar means it’s lighter too.

Brandy Buttercream

Brandy butter shouldn’t be just for mince pies and Christmas pudding. My recipe to turn it into brandy buttercream makes it perfect for cakes too.

Marzipan Buttercream

10 minutes

The ultimate icing for any marzipan fans. Perfect for topping your Christmas cake or mince pies.

Gingerbread Buttercream

5 from 1 vote

5 minutes

If you’re a fan of gingerbread men then you’ll love this delicious, smooth gingerbread buttercream, flavoured with ginger and black treacle.

Peppermint Buttercream

5 minutes

How to make delicious, smooth peppermint buttercream. Perfect for adding a festive twist to your cupcakes, layer cakes or macarons.

Chocolate Orange Cupcakes with Chocolate Orange Buttercream

4.73 from 18 votes

45 minutes

Chocolate orange sponge topped with smooth chocolate orange buttercream and topped with a slice of Chocolate Orange – Chocolate Orange Heaven!

Peanut Butter Oreo Brownies

5 from 1 vote

50 minutes

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Delicious milk chocolate brownies, topped with Peanut Butter Flavour Oreos and swirled with crunchy peanut butter.

Halloween Meringues

5 from 1 vote

2 hours 15 minutes

Add a Spooky twist to classic meringues with these Halloween Meringue Pops.

Spooky Rocky Road

20 minutes

Chilling 2 hours

A delicious and easy to make Halloween treat packed with crunchy biscuits, Smarties, marshmallows and lots of chocolate. There’s an option to make it taste like Chocolate Orange too!

Coffee and Walnut Cake

4.64 from 11 votes

45 minutes

My recipe for a classic Coffee & Walnut Cake. Three layers of delicious coffee sponge packed full of chopped walnuts and topped with smooth coffee buttercream.

Snickers Cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcakes filled with caramel sauce and topped with smooth peanut buttercream, more caramel, crunchy peanuts and a little slice of Snickers.

Peanut Buttercream

All the flavour of peanut butter in a smooth buttercream – perfect for piping onto cupcakes, covering layer cakes, or filling biscuits and macarons.

SPLENDA Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

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Switching the sugar for SPLENDA in these cupcakes with lemon cream cheese frosting makes for a delicious, lower calorie treat.

Naan Pitta Breads

All the flavours of a naan bread with the convenient pocket of a pitta bread. Perfect for barbecues, picnics and packed lunches.

The Best Cheese Straws (and Three Extra Flavours)

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The best cheese straws you’ll ever taste with homemade flaky pastry and delicious Comté cheese. Plus three extra flavours – chilli, chive and sun-dried tomato & olive.

Chocolate Meringue Nests

Take your meringues to another level by adding chocolate! These easy to make chocolate meringue nests are crispy on the outside, chewy in the middle and very chocolatey.

Dairy-Free Chocolate Buttercream

5 from 4 votes

10 minutes

This dairy-free (and vegan) chocolate buttercream is so deliciously rich you’d never guess it doesn’t contain any dairy. Perfect for topping my dairy-free chocolate cupcakes.

Dairy-Free Chocolate Cupcakes

4.75 from 4 votes

35 minutes

You’d never guess that these easy chocolate cupcakes have no dairy so they’re perfect if you’ve got an allergy or intolerance. The recipe can also be used to make a 7″ chocolate cake too.

Baileys Cupcakes

5 from 1 vote

30 minutes

These Baileys cupcakes are so simple to make there’s really no excuse not to. Perfect topped with Baileys buttercream and perhaps a hidden Baileys truffle centre too!