Baking & Desserts

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Gin & Lemon Scones

35 minutes

A delicious twist on traditional scones, flavoured with gin and lemon zest.

White Chocolate Buttercream

4.5 from 10 votes

10 minutes

White chocolate buttercream, easy to make and perfect for piping onto cupcakes, layer cakes, macarons or special celebration cakes.

Coffee Cupcakes

4.67 from 9 votes

30 minutes

Delicious coffee cupcakes that are easy to make and packed full of coffee flavour. Perfect topped with coffee buttercream.

Chocolate Custard

5 from 1 vote

15 minutes

How to made delicious, homemade chocolate custard. Perfect for pouring over a warm chocolate pudding – yum!

Hidden Hearts Cupcakes

1 hour 20 minutes

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The perfect cake for someone you love – vanilla cupcakes with a hidden heart centre.

Coffee Buttercream

4.58 from 7 votes

5 minutes

How to make perfect coffee buttercream icing. Ideal for cupcakes, macarons and layer cakes – especially coffee & walnut cake.

The Mix-and-Match Cupcake Creator

Create your own perfect cupcake recipe. Choose your sponge, choose your filling, choose your icing and enjoy!

(Better than at the Cinema) Sweet Popcorn

5 from 6 votes

5 minutes

How to make sweet popcorn at home that tastes even better than at the cinema, including four different ways to pop your corn.

Homemade Strawberry Jam

5 from 5 votes

15 minutes

Cooling & setting 1 hour

Easy to make, homemade strawberry jam with extra tips for using frozen strawberries, what to do if you don’t have a sugar thermometer and what to do if your jam doesn’t set.

These chocolate cupcakes are easy to make and taste delicious. They get their extra chocolate-y flavour from both cocoa powder and grated milk chocolate. Perfect topped with smooth chocolate buttercream.

Easy Vanilla Cupcakes

5 from 5 votes

30 minutes

These vanilla cupcakes are so easy to make, simply mix all of the ingredients together and bake. They’re perfect for birthdays, cake sales, tea with your friends and any other celebration you can think of.

Caramel Cupcakes

4.41 from 10 votes

30 minutes

Easy to make caramel cupcakes which get their caramel flavour from using both light brown sugar and adding caramel sauce to the mix.

Caramel Buttercream

5 from 4 votes

3 minutes

Easy to make delicious caramel buttercream in just a few minutes. Perfect for topping cupcakes, layer cakes or special celebration cakes.

Mince Pie Cupcakes with Brandy Buttercream

5 from 1 vote

45 minutes

Almond cupcakes with a mincemeat centre and topped with brandy buttercream.

Orange Liqueur Truffles

How to make orange liqueur truffles. There are two versions of this recipe, my original chocolate coated truffles and a quick and easy version. Both versions taste absolutely delicious and are the perfect gift for someone special.

Raspberry Trifle Cupcakes

55 minutes

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The classic dessert in cupcake form – Raspberry soaked sponge finger-style cupcakes filled with fresh raspberries and custard and topped with whipped vanilla cream.

Mince Pie Truffles

Delicious festive chocolates with a milk chocolate, mincemeat and brandy truffle filling.

Christmas Pudding for Stir Up Sunday

18 hours 30 minutes

Soaking Time 12 hours

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Have fun this Stir Up Sunday by getting the whole family involved in making a delicious Christmas Pudding complete with lucky silver six pence.

Pumpkin Pie

1 hour 50 minutes

Chilling Time 30 minutes

Homemade pumpkin pie is the taste of autumn with crisp shortcrust pastry and a soft, creamy spiced pumpkin filling.

Spicy Chai Tea & Cranberry Iced Loaf

2 hours 55 minutes

Proving Time 2 hours

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Spicy Chai Tea & Cranberry Ice Loaf – A family-sized iced bun packed full of plenty of Twinings Spicy Chai Tea-soaked cranberries.

Bara Brith Biscuits

40 minutes

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A crunchy spiced shortbread biscuit with orange zest and Twinings tea-infused raisins.

Millionaires’ Cupcakes

1 hour

Chocolate cupcakes topped with caramel buttercream with a hidden shortbread and caramel centre.

Chocolate Crunch Meringues

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Crisp, yet chewy, chocolate meringue topped with whipped cream, McVitie’s Digestives Nibbles and hazelnuts.

Easy Soda Bread – Perfect For Baking With Children

45 minutes

Irish soda bread is so easy to make with no kneading or proving, perfect for getting children involved in the kitchen and it tastes delicious dipped in soup or smothered in butter and jam.

Easy Chicken & Vegetable Pasties

30 minutes

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Get your children involved in making their own dinner with these delicious and easy chicken and vegetable pasties.

Cajun Tortilla Mini Quiches

Circles of tortilla replace the pastry in these easy to make mini quiches flavoured with cajun spices, red pepper, red onion and sweetcorn.

Chocolate Buttercream

5 from 12 votes

10 minutes

This easy chocolate buttercream gets its extra-chocolatey flavour from using both melted chocolate and cocoa powder. Perfect for birthday cakes, layer cakes and cupcakes.