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Celebration cakes
Caramelised white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini cake
Bake John Whaite's epic white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini celebration cake to really impress your guests or celebrate a birthday,
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Easy cakes
Lamingtons
Lamingtons, popular in Australia, are made by covering vanilla sponge cake squares in chocolate icing then dipping them into desiccated coconut.
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Canapés
Simple cheese straws
Cheese straws are the ultimate party food and these are quick and easy to make. You can use any leftover hard cheese to make them.
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Chocolate cakes
Devil’s food cake
For afternoon tea heaven, make devil's food cake: a rich, fudgy chocolate sponge slathered in a devilishly decadent double-chocolate ganache.
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Easy cakes
Easy butterfly cakes
Light-as-air sponge is topped with vanilla buttercream in these almost-too-good-to-eat butterfly cakes. They're great to make with kids.
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Dark chocolate
Chocolate cupcakes
These indulgent chocolate cupcakes use the all-in-one method so they're easy to make. Top with thick swirls of chocolate ganache.
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Teatime traybakes
Lighter plum and almond traybake
This moist and fruity almond and plum cake turns a teatime treat into something saintly that's lower in sugar and fat but still tastes sweet.
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Proper puddings
Blackberry and apple crumble
Nothing is more British than a blackberry and apple crumble with its fruity, biscuity aroma, crunchy topping and juicy filling.
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Strawberries
Strawberry tarts
These strawberry tarts will be met with oohs and aahs. They taste every bit as good as the ones gracing the windows of Parisian patisseries.
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Biscuits
Mo-yo biscuits
Peter Gordon’s mother combined melting moments and yo-yos to create this retro biscuit hybrid, which we call mo-yo biscits.
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Brunch
Maple and bacon danish pastry
These maple and bacon danish pastries from Popham's Bakery are sweet, slightly salty and made with the crispiest flaky pastry.
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Afternoon tea
Classic canelés
Philippe Moulin's traditional French canelés are golden-brown with a crisp, shiny exterior and soft, custardy centre. Serve at afternoon tea.
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Irish
Soda bread
Soda bread is quick to make as you don't need to wait for it to prove. Try serving with lashings of salted butter or a mixture of jams.
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Easy cakes
Raspberry and lemon sponge cake
Try this lemon version of a Victoria sponge, filled with raspberry jam and fresh cream – it's a scrumptious teatime or Mother's Day cake.
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Make-ahead desserts
Easy flourless chocolate cake
A crisp outside and fudgy centre make this flourless chocolate cake the best of gluten-free desserts. Make-ahead, then serve with ice cream.
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Bananas
Banoffee millionaire’s shortbread
When the worlds of banoffee pie and millionaire's shortbread collide, you get this shortbread topped with caramel, bananas and chocolate.
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