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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Blood orange recipes
Blood orange loaf cake
This loaf cake is a celebration of all things blood orange. There’s blood orange blended into the batter, icing and candied slices on top.
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Afternoon tea
‘Banana’ cake
Seriously a-peel-ing, this cartoonish banana illusion cake is bound to make a statement at birthdays, special occasions and bake sales.
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Afternoon tea
Beehive cake
Buzz buzz! The friendly little bees on this illusion cake are very busy indeed, creating a wonderful beehive for your gastronomic pleasure.
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Afternoon tea
Garden cake
Bring the outdoors in with this pretty 'garden' cake. Cover sponges with a generous layer of buttercream, then festoon with edible flowers.
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Weekend baking
Maritozzi (Italian cream buns)
A maritozzo is an Italian brioche bun, filled with fluffy vanilla cream. Learn how to perfect this classic with baker Roberto Nitti.
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Scones
Nicola Lamb’s flaky cheese and pickle scones
Cheese scones get the flaky treatment. Rye flour and gherkins in the layers gives these scones a deli-sandwich energy, welcome at any picnic.
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Raspberries
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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Scones
Cottage cheese and chive scones
Cottage cheese gives these deliciously savoury scones a subtle tang, amped up with a little kick of chilli.
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Afternoon tea
Caramelised white chocolate madeleines
Fluffy madeleines are a treat warm from the oven, especially when these delicate French bakes get a dose of caramelised white chocolate.
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Baking recipes
Tarte Tropézienne
Tarte Tropézienne is essentially a giant cream bun made with brioche dough. The French bake filled with raspberry jam and crème légère.
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Baking recipes
Date and walnut loaf
This classic date and walnut loaf may keep for a few days in the tin, but you won't be able to resist it warm from the oven with butter.
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Biscuits
Lemon pepper biscuit kisses
The lemony zing of these buttery biscuit kisses is swiftly followed by a prickly heat of black pepper with every bite.
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Blackberries
Blackberry millefeuille
Blackberries take centre stage in this towering mille-feuille recipe. Coulis and fresh berries provide sweet-sharp contrast to the cream.
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Teatime traybakes
Peanut butter and jam marble cake traybake
Our peanut butter and jelly marble cake traybake sees swirls of fluffy peanut butter icing and glistening jam on top of a marbled cake underneath.
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Afternoon tea
Tahini and nectarine cake
Rich and nutty tahini makes a surprisingly good flavour for a sponge cake, especially when paired with a zesty homemade nectarine curd.
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Baking recipes
Sea shell madeleines
What would you say if we told you you could bake madeleines in sea shells? Do sweet treats get much more alluring than that?
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