Afternoon tea recipes
Whether you’re having friends round for afternoon tea or want to bring a treat in for your office tea-break, we have a recipe for you.
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Banana bread recipes
Banana, chocolate and tahini loaf cake
This banana and chocolate loaf uses tahini, cardamom and sesame seeds to bring a Middle...

Afternoon tea recipes
Tea and biscuit brownies
Is there a more comforting combination than tea and biscuits? A brew and a bourbon...

Teatime traybake recipes
Ginger drizzle traybake with cream cheese icing
Rich, moist and sticky, this ginger drizzle cake is topped with lime-spiked cream cheese icing...

Celebration cake recipes
Russian honey biscuit cake
This Russian honey biscuit cake needs to be assembled at least 6 hours ahead of time...

Biscuit recipes
Chocolate and pistachio Viennese whirls
Melt-in-the-mouth Viennese whirls are given an upgrade with this straight-forward but super indulgent recipe. Shortbread-like...

Afternoon tea recipes
Tahini, brown butter and sea salt blondies
A more-ish recipe to add to your baking repertoire, these sea salt blondies are made...

Strawberry recipes
Buttermilk strawberry shortcake
Shortcakes are a mix between a shortbread biscuit and a classic scone, so you get...

Biscuit recipes
Ottijiet (Maltese spice biscuits)
Ottijiet biscuits are rich, spiced shortbread biscuits traditionally eaten at tea-time. They’re very light so...

Oat recipes
Satisfyingly chewy flapjacks
Our can’t-stop-at-one chewy flapjacks are the best combination of oats, syrup and butter with a...

Afternoon tea recipes
Almond macaroons
delicious. reader Miriam Lewis wrote to us to tell us about these sweet almondy treats,...

Afternoon tea recipes
St Clement’s squares
It’s simple but delectable: a soft shortbread-like base with a zingy citrus topping melding into...

Afternoon tea recipes
Oaty maple and pecan flapjacks
This classic flapjack recipe champions one of nature’s sweetest treat: maple syrup. Filled with crunchy...

Apple recipes
Apple and cinnamon crumble cake
Sweet baked apples, warming cinnamon and crunchy almonds go into this gorgeous apple cake recipe....

Teatime traybake recipes
Quick rocky road
Marshmallows, pecans, plump raisins and malted milk biscuits are smothered with a sweet syrupy chocolate...

Afternoon tea recipes
Tunnock’s teacake traybake
A thick layer of pillowy meringue is sandwiched between a biscuity oat base and a...

Chocolate cake recipes
Devil’s food cake
It’s the chocolate cake to rival all others: devil’s food cake. A rich and fudgy...

Easy cake recipes
Easy butterfly cakes
Light-as-air sponge is topped with generous dollops of vanilla bean buttercream in these almost-too-good-to-eat vanilla...

Afternoon tea recipes
Lighter plum and almond traybake
Your sweet treat with a cuppa just got more saintly with this moist and fruity...

Afternoon tea recipes
Madeleines with a lemon and thyme drizzle
Light and utterly elegant French madeleines are drizzled in a citrussy lemon and thyme icing....

Biscuit recipes
Mo-yo biscuits
Chef Peter Gordon grew up in New Zealand, where he was inspired by mum Timmy...

Afternoon tea recipes
Orange blossom, lemon thyme and almond cake with...
A stunning, summery bake that sees a zesty orange and almond sponge slathered in a...

Afternoon tea recipes
Toasted coconut cake
We’ve toasted desiccated coconut and blended it until finely ground to add a wonderfully nutty...

Afternoon tea recipes
Limoncello and poppy seed cake
All the zingy flavour and crunchy texture of a lemon and poppy seed cake, but...

Nut-free cakes and bakes
Nut-free carrot cupcakes
”They look truly elegant stacked up on a tiered cake stand. The cupcakes keep well...