By Anna Berrill
Marbled cakes make the perfect afternoon tea. The crumble topping adds a contrasting crunch as well as an extra hit of chocolate. Serve with a cup of tea or as a dessert with some softly whipped cream or crème fraiche.
Try Rachel Allen’s chocolate crumble cake recipe
By Anna Berrill
The only fat in this gluten-free cake comes from almonds and eggs, yet it is moist, tender textured and very moreish. The citrus syrup adds a sticky sweet finish, but if you love a frosting you can drizzle a citrus icing over the top instead using icing sugar and clementine juice.
Try this sticky clementine cake recipe
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By Anna Berrill
Perfect for afternoon tea, this versatile banana and chocolate cake is a great way of using up overripe bananas.
Try this banana and chocolate loaf recipe
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By Anna Berrill
Peanut butter and chocolate are made for each other. This recipe results in cookies that have a crispy edge and a gooey centre. Cook them for a little bit longer if you prefer a more biscuity cookie.
Try this peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies recipe
By Anna Berrill
The combination of cheesecake swirled through the dark chocolate brownies is delicious. They look fabulous and the rich, strong flavour of the chocolate is nicely complemented by the slight tang of the cream cheese. These are perfect for those times when a standard brownie just doesn’t seem indulgent enough.
Try Rachel Allen’s cheesecake brownies recipe
By Anna Berrill
Indulge in the perfect teatime treat - home-made scones with a generous helping of clotted cream and strawberry jam.
Try this homemade scones recipe
By Anna Berrill
This pretty, modern take on a British teatime favourite is delicious decorated with sugar cherries and pink fondant.
Try this cherry bakewell tarts recipe
By Anna Berrill
A creamy cheesecake is hard to beat, and this New York bake tastes just as good as it looks. Baked rather than set, it’s deliciously rich, and ever so slightly wobbly.
Try this baked New York cheesecake recipe
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By Anna Berrill
A chocolate biscuit spoon can add that special touch to a simple cup of tea and makes the perfect afternoon treat.
Try this teaspoon chocolate biscuits recipe
By Anna Berrill
This is a true English afternoon tea classic. This pretty cake tastes so much better when it has been homemade.
Try this Battenberg recipe
By Anna Berrill
Sweet, crisp and moreish, these easy walnut tarts will make the perfect quick dinner party dessert.
Try this walnut tarts recipe
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By Anna Berrill
These little apple tarts are very popular in the bakery during winter. They are best served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and finished with edible flowers as decoration – if preferred make a larger version to cut up and share amongst family and friends.
Try Lily Vanilli’s spiced apple custard tarts recipe
By Anna Berrill
Some might be fancier, other might be flashier, but no cake beats the simple perfection of a Victoria sandwich.
Try this Victoria sandwich recipe
By Anna Berrill
This gingerbread isn’t for wimps. It doesn’t flirt with ginger but packs a dark, intense, spicy punch. It’s great by itself, or serve it with a little honey-sweetened mascarpone or crème fraîche.
Try this dark and spicy gingerbread recipe
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By Anna Berrill
This nostalgic marble cake is a delicious retro classic. Using a bundt cake pan adds a contemporary twist.
Try this Neapolitan marble cake recipe
By Anna Berrill
These little chocolate tarts from Gordon Ramsay are ideal for a post dinner or afternoon treat, combining smooth ganache and crunchy peanuts - if desired, skip a step by using shop bought pastry for an end result that looks just as impressive.
Try this indulgent chocolate tarts recipe
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By Anna Berrill
Indulge in a thick wedge of comforting, traditional shortbread this winter. Or cut into thin fingers to have alongside a warming beverage as an after-dinner treat.
Try this shortbread recipe
By Anna Berrill
A classic frangipane-filled tart, this recipe hails from Normandy in northern France where they grow the most wonderful pears. A delicious dessert best eaten warm or at room temperature the day it is made.
Try this Normandy pear tart recipe
By Anna Berrill
Alcohol and chocolate have long been combined in desserts, the alcohol accentuating and offsetting the rich, fruity flavour of dark chocolate. It also shows how versatile chocolate can be: often associated with sweet cakes and dishes for children, here it is elegant and sophisticated, perfect for a dinner party. This will keep for 4–5 days and, as it contains no flour, has the advantage of being gluten free.
Try Rachel Allen’s chocolate and almond cake recipe
By Anna Berrill
The humble croissant is one of the most delicious foodie joys around. Although the method is quite challenging, once you get the hang of it, they are so easy to make. Perfect for special breakfasts, using in desserts or just for a lazy Sunday morning burnch with the papers
Try this croissants recipe
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By Anna Berrill
This elegant and citrusy torte makes a lovely birthday cake but is light enough to be served as dessert at a dinner party, too.
Try this orange and buttercream torte recipe
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By Anna Berrill
This large cake makes a great birthday cake and is perfect for feeding a crowd. If there’s any left after a party, enjoy a slice with a cup of tea.
Try Rachel Allen’s almond brittle cake recipe
By Anna Berrill
Children will love helping to decorate these easy gingerbread men biscuits. A great baking project, they will make the perfect food gift too.
Try this easy gingerbread men recipe
By Anna Berrill
This classic French dessert is easy to make and absolutely delicious. It makes a great centre piece for a dinner party and is best served warm with the crème anglaise or vanilla ice cream if you’re short on time.
Try this apple tarte tatin recipe
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By Anna Berrill
Sticky, sweet, and studded with currants, these Chelsea buns and deliciously moreish and make the perfect addition to brunch of a mid-morning snack. Serving the entire batch on a tray from the oven is sure to impress too.
Try this Chelsea buns recipe
By Anna Berrill
This is a beautiful cake, with a pretty white glaze and shredded white coconut sprinkled over the top. It just begs to be the center of attention, and tastes delicious, too. It’s perfect for children’s birthday parties.
Try this coconut bundt cake recipe
By Anna Berrill
This is the ultimate crumble. It has taste, texture, acidity and sweetness. The toffee apple and buttery crumble all meld together to create a show-stopping dessert.
Try Tom Kerridge’s apple and toffee crumble tart recipe
By Anna Berrill
If you like your sweet treats gooey and chocolatey, then this is the bake for you. A rich chocolate dessert oozing with a layer of salted caramel and a crunchy topping of peanut brittle. It’s perfect for entertaining dinner guests with and is a great alternative to a more spongy chocolate cake.
Try Donal Skehan’s salted caramel mud pie recipe
By Anna Berrill
Nobody can resist the feather-light bite of a macaron. Perfect for afternoon tea or a sweet treat, these little baked goodies are filled with oozing salted caramel and make a wonderful food gift, too.
Try this salted caramel macarons recipe
By Anna Berrill
This indulgent chocolate torte makes an impressive centerpiece to any celebration or birthday. Rich and delicious, you’ll only want a small portion for dessert.
Try this sachertorte recipe
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By Anna Berrill
Light, indulgent, and deliciously chocolaty, this beautifully cake makes a great grown-up birthday cake, as the wine does not fully bake out.
Try this red wine velvet cake recipe
By Anna Berrill
Éclairs are decadent and delicious treat but are surprisingly easy to make at home. Once you get the hang of it experiment with fillings and flavours. Serve at afternoon tea or as an indulgent snack or dessert.
Try this mini eclairs recipe
By Anna Berrill
Using gooseberries makes this a wonderfully sweet cake while the crumble adds a delicious crunchy texture. Another Nigel Slater classic.
Try Nigel Slater’s gooseberry crumble cake recipe
By Anna Berrill
The cajeta caramel filling in these crumbly, feather-light sandwich cookies is glorious, but if you’re pushed for time, you could use ready-made dulce de leche, a rich caramel sauce, instead.
Try this wedding cookies recipe
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By Anna Berrill
These beautiful scones studded with fresh raspberries will make the perfect Mother’s Day treat. Easy to make and delicious served for a special breakfast, children will love helping to shape the dough.
Try this raspberry ricotta scones recipe
By Anna Berrill
Carrot cake is a classic. Pure comfort food, with a delicate creamy frosting and layers of flavour in every moist slice.
Try this carrot cake recipe
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By Anna Berrill
The tart fruit and light sponge make this a sophisticated slice for tea time or an indulgent after-lunch treat.
Try this plum and almond cake recipe
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By Anna Berrill
This all in one cake from Mary Berry, will be loved by all the family, can be frozen un-iced and iced on the day of serving. Perfect for afternoon tea or to treat your dinner party guests.
Try Mary Berry’s very bet chocolate cake recipe
By Anna Berrill
Most muffin recipes come as a fruity option for breakfast but these rich muffins are more a mid-afternoon treat when served warm straight from the oven.
Try this chocolate and hazelnut muffins recipe
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By Anna Berrill
This soft and moist cake is the perfect recipe if you love baking. The zesty orange flavour with the sweet buttery cake is the perfect combination. It’s great as a dessert or as a sweet afternoon treat. Try serving it with a dollop of crème fraiche.
Try this orange syrup semolina cake recipe
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By Anna Berrill
Calling all sweet toothed foodies. These vanilla chai infused cream biscuits will make the perfect dinner party dessert or food gift.
Try this vanilla chai cream biscuits recipe
By Anna Berrill
The chocolate in this decadent chocolate tart is soft, shiny and bitter and the pastry is wonderfully crisp. Rich and indulgent, you’ll only want a sliver but it’s a fantastic dessert for a dinner party and quite easy, too.
Try Lisa Faulkner’s chocolate tart recipe
By Anna Berrill
Nothing compares to the contrasts of buttery crisp exterior, moist, brown sugar interior, and bits of gooey bittersweet chocolate while these cookies are still warm. This is a classic that’ll never go out of style and children and adults alike will love them.
Try this classic chocolate chip cookies recipe
By Anna Berrill
This is the ultimate celebration cake. The extra effort to make it is well worth the delicious results - rich, moist and highly fragrant, it will go down a treat. Serve up at a birthday or party to turn some heads.
Try this coconut and chocolate cake recipe
By Anna Berrill
The swirled, two-toned icing makes these pretty cupcakes really distinctive, and you can achieve the effect using a regular piping bag. Children will have fun experimenting with the huge range of coloured and patterned paper cases and sprinkles available.
Try Mary Berry’s vanilla cupcakes recipe
By Anna Berrill
This classic cake is so simple and, if you’re in a hurry, you can even omit the icing and it’s still a hit.
Try this lemon drizzle cake recipe
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By Anna Berrill
This is a homely cake that, while baking, fills the house with a wonderful aroma. In the autumn I would bring home basketfuls of apples and always made sure I gave lots to my grandma because I knew she would make this cake.
Try Gennaro’s apple cake recipe
By Anna Berrill
You don’t need special fluted brioche pans to make these breakfast buns. The light sweet and enriched bread is a classic French recipe that is also great for making desserts with too.
Try this brioche buns recipe
By Anna Berrill
This indulgent dessert is heavenly. Rich and chocolatey with a hint of booziness and the sweet tang of raspberries, it’s the perfect dinner party dessert.
Try this gluten-free chocolate and raspberry gateau recipe
By Anna Berrill
A lovely, moist carrot cake with a coconut topping – perfect for lazy afternoons. Serve with a cup of tea for the full effect.
Try this coconut carrot cake recipe
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