Baking & Desserts

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Vegan Birthday Cake (Vegan Vanilla Sponge Cake)

4.38 from 8 votes

40 minutes

A light, fluffy sponge packed with vanilla flavour. It’s also perfect for covering with fondant icing to make a birthday or celebration cake.

Easy Lemon Cheesecake (No Bake)

4.77 from 47 votes

15 minutes

+ Chilling 2 hours

A delicious lemon cheesecake with a crunchy biscuit base that’s absolutely packed full of flavour from the fresh lemon zest and juice.

Creme Egg Cake

5 from 4 votes

1 hour

Creme Egg Cake – A very chocolatey chocolate cake, with smooth white chocolate buttercream and plenty of Cadbury Creme Eggs.

Savoury Lunchbox Muffins from Get Your Kids To Eat Anything

4.89 from 9 votes

35 minutes

Irresistible muffins, packed with vegetables, cheese, sage and cumin, these are perfect to make at the weekend and then enjoy in packed lunches.

PLUS – Win a copy of Get Your Kids To Eat Anything by Emily Leary.

Whiskey Buttercream

5 from 2 votes

10 minutes

Smooth sweet buttercream with a delicious kick of Whiskey.

White Chocolate Mini Egg Cheesecake (No-Bake)

4.16 from 13 votes

20 minutes

PLUS Chilling 2 hours

A delicious, smooth no-bake white chocolate cheesecake, packed full of Cadbury Mini Eggs and topped with even more Mini Eggs – the perfect Easter dessert.

Lemon Cupcakes

4.58 from 7 votes

35 minutes

Moist lemon cupcakes topped with smooth lemon buttercream and filled with a hidden lemon curd centre.

Two different versions of my delicious lemon buttercream – one made with fresh lemons (juice and zest) and another made with either lemon extract or oil. Perfect for decorating cakes and cupcakes or filling biscuits and macarons.

M&Ms Cookies (With Extra Chocolate Chips)

5 from 4 votes

23 minutes

PLUS Chilling 1 hour

A twist on my classic chocolate chip cookies with added colour and crunch from M&Ms (or Smarties).

Easy Coffee Cake

4.49 from 100 votes

55 minutes

A delicious all-in-one coffee sponge topped with smooth coffee buttercream. Simple to make and packed full of flavour.

PLUS – How to make this cake in any size of round, square or rectangular tin.

Easy Chocolate Cake

4.55 from 31 votes

55 minutes

An easy chocolate cake that’s moist, delicious and packed full of chocolate.

It can be made in any size of round, square or rectangular tin so you can use whatever tins you have in the cupboard, and can feed a few or a whole crowd.

Ginger Cheesecake (No-Bake)

5 from 5 votes

20 minutes

PLUS Chilling 2 hours

A crunchy biscuit base with a smooth ginger cheesecake filling and plenty of chopped stem ginger running through it, topped with swirls of whipped cream and grated dark chocolate.

Beef and Pickled Walnut Pie with a Cheesy Flaky Pastry Crust

4.82 from 27 votes

2 hours 45 minutes

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A rich and delicious beef, mushroom and pickled walnut pie topped with a homemade cheesy flaky pastry crust.

Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

4.88 from 8 votes

30 minutes

PLUS Chilling 2 hours

A delicious and easy to make no-bake dessert. A smooth chocolate orange flavoured cheesecake topped with swirls of white chocolate orange cheesecake and slices of Chocolate Orange. A dessert lover’s dream.

Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes

4.86 from 7 votes

35 minutes

These vegan vanilla cupcakes are easy to make and taste delicious. No one would guess that they’re egg and dairy-free.

Carrot Cake Cupcakes

4.73 from 22 votes

45 minutes

Delicious spiced carrot cake cupcakes topped with smooth cream cheese buttercream.

Cream Cheese Buttercream

5 from 8 votes

5 minutes

How to make delicious cream cheese buttercream perfect for decorating carrot cakes and red velvet cakes.

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Triple Chocolate Cookies

5 from 6 votes

29 minutes

Chilling (Minimum) 1 hour

The ultimate chocolate fix in biscuit form. Milk chocolate cookies with plenty of milk and dark chocolate chunks – Delicious!

Easy Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes

4.86 from 61 votes

35 minutes

Lemon drizzle cupcakes that are easy to make and absolutely jam-packed with flavour.

Chocolate Chip Cookies (That The Cookie Monster Would Love!)

5 from 4 votes

24 minutes

+ CHILLING 1 hour

Delicious chunky chocolate chip cookies that the cookie monster would go crazy for. Soft in the middle, crunchy at the edges and packed full of milk chocolate chunks.

PLUS – how to revive a cookie that’s gone soft and how to bake these cookies from frozen.

Lemon Amaretti Biscuits

5 from 6 votes

35 minutes

Delicious soft centred Lemon Amaretti Biscuits. So easy to make, crisp on the outside, chewy in the middle and packed with lemon flavour. They’re naturally gluten-free too.

Homemade Custard

4.43 from 21 votes

15 minutes

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

Sticky Gingerbread Cupcakes

5 from 13 votes

35 minutes

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.