10 minutes
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.
Baking & Desserts
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Marzipan Buttercream
10 minutes
The ultimate icing for any marzipan fans. Perfect for topping your Christmas cake or mince pies.
Gingerbread Buttercream
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
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
50 minutes
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Delicious milk chocolate brownies, topped with Peanut Butter Flavour Oreos and swirled with crunchy peanut butter.
Halloween Meringues
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
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
1 hour 5 minutes
Chocolate Cupcakes filled with caramel sauce and topped with smooth peanut buttercream, more caramel, crunchy peanuts and a little slice of Snickers.
Peanut Buttercream
5 minutes
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
25 minutes
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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
2 hours 6 minutes
Proving Time 1 hour 45 minutes
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)
1 hour 5 minutes
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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
2 hours 5 minutes
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
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
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
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!
Baileys Buttercream
5 minutes
I can now top my cakes with my favourite drink with this delicious, smooth Baileys buttercream!
Gin & Lemon Scones
35 minutes
A delicious twist on traditional scones, flavoured with gin and lemon zest.
White Chocolate Buttercream
10 minutes
White chocolate buttercream, easy to make and perfect for piping onto cupcakes, layer cakes, macarons or special celebration cakes.
Coffee Cupcakes
30 minutes
Delicious coffee cupcakes that are easy to make and packed full of coffee flavour. Perfect topped with coffee buttercream.
Chocolate Custard
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
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 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
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.
Easy Chocolate Cupcakes
35 minutes
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
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.