Valentine's cakes and treat recipes
Put your heart into celebrating the official day of love with a homemade cake, bake or sweet treat for your loved one. Go safe and traditional with a heart-shaped bake or try your hand at a smart French dessert. Or, if your love loves lemon drizzle cake or would appreciate a giant Jaffa cake – then bake one of those. And who doesn’t love homemade biscuits? All that really matters is making something they’ll love.
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Raspberry recipes
Raspberry and sesame cheesecake danishes
These easy pastries are like a cheesecake in danish form, with raspberries, a cream cheese base and sweet-salty sesame caramel.
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White chocolate recipes
Caramelised white chocolate
Fan of blond chocolate? Learn how to make caramelised white chocolate at home. It sounds cheffy but is simple to make – and so versatile.
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Valentine's cakes and treat recipes
Flourless chocolate and espresso cakes
Share the love with these heart-shaped flourless chocolate cakes from renowned food writer Skye McAlpine. The perfect Valentine's dessert.
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Easy vegan recipes
Vegan chocolate brownies
Give these vegan brownies a try and see why they’re one of our favourite plant-based bakes. Gooey, fudgy and seriously chocolatey...
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Christmas chocolate recipes
Paul A Young’s vegan chocolate truffles
These intense dark chocolate truffles (which happen to be vegan) make great food gifts - if you can resist gobbling them up yourself.
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Afternoon tea recipes
Ginger toffee dodgers
Classic dodger biscuits get a welcome update with the warming flavours of ginger and caramel in this easy toffee dodgers recipe.
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White chocolate recipes
Caramelised white chocolate and miso brownies
Take your brownie-baking game to the next level with these incredible caramelised white chocolate and miso brownies. Did some say star baker?
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Afternoon tea recipes
Peanut butter muffins
In just over half an hour you can have a tray of still-warm, fluffy and delicious peanut butter muffins packed with goodness. Great for feeding a crowd or filling lunchboxes.
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Afternoon tea recipes
Rhubarb and rosé wine crumble tart
This stunning rhubarb tart with custard filling and pistachio pastry is easier to make than it looks - thank you, shop-bought custard!
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Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Raspberry and white chocolate Rice Krispie bars
Children will love these gooey white chocolate and raspberry Rice Krispie bars – but if you end up snaffling them, we won’t judge you.
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Rhubarb recipes
Rhubarb and pistachio syrup cake
This fragrant rhubarb cake has a golden sponge with rhubarb folded in. Douse with rhubarb syrup and sprinkle with pistachios to serve.
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Cheesecake recipes
Champagne jelly cheesecake
This chic Champagne jelly cheesecake was made for special occasions. A creamy filling is topped with sparkling jelly and edible silver leaf.
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Platinum Jubilee recipes
Lemon madeleines with gin and Dubonnet sorbet
Debora Robertson's lemon madeleines with gin and dubonnet sorbet are a delicious Anglo-French celebration dessert for the Queen's Jubilee.
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Cheesecake recipes
Lindor white chocolate and passion fruit cheesecake
For a truly decadent festive dessert, top delicious white chocolate cheesecake with passion fruit, toasted coconut and white choc Lindor.
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Sharing recipes to feed a crowd
Giant Ferrero Rocher éclair to share
The award for the biggest, best pastry goes to our giant Ferrero Rocher éclair. This showstopper serves 8-10 for an ideal Christmas dessert.
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Dinner party dessert recipes
Gloria’s lemon meringue pie
Learn how to make Gloria's lemon meringue pie. The London restaurant's famous pud has tangy custard, crumbly pastry and mile-high meringue.
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