Cakes & Baking

I have written a fair few brownie recipes for this site, because brownies are a topic that deserves it. There is the gooey one, the …

Most no-bake cheesecakes depend on gelatine to hold them together. This one does not need it, because the chocolate does the job. As the melted …

A chocolate cake for a birthday, a celebration or simply a Sunday teatime should be tall, rich and generously filled, with a sponge that is …

If the classic bread and butter pudding is a warm hug, this chocolate version is a hug with a second helping of pudding on the …

Cherry and coconut might not be the most obvious pairing, but it works wonderfully, the sweetness of glacé cherries sitting beautifully against the slightly nutty, …

This is the classic, no-fuss cheesecake built specifically around Philadelphia cream cheese, the sort of recipe that’s been a reliable favourite for decades, and for …

A cheese scone should have real cheese flavour running right through it, not just a token amount scattered on top, and this recipe makes sure …

Carrot cake has a reputation for being wonderfully moist, and this recipe leans right into that, using enough grated carrot and oil to guarantee a …

Once you’ve made scones with buttermilk instead of plain milk, it’s genuinely hard to go back — there’s a noticeable difference in both how tall …

Bread pudding and bread and butter pudding often get confused, but they’re genuinely quite different things, and this recipe is very much the former — …