Homemade Mother's Day gifts
Make Mum a homemade Mother’s Day gift this year with our easy recipes, from delicious fudge to biscuits, truffles and jams. She’ll love these thoughtful ideas.
- Baking inspiration: These pretty lavender shortbread biscuits are topped with edible flowers, while these gingercake bites keep well – perfect for packaging up as a present.
- Special homemade gifts: Think outside the box with unusual recipes for homemade peanut butter or crispy chilli oil.
- Presents to make with children: Kids can get involved drizzling chocolate over this giant ‘Hobnob’ biscuit, making these cute thumbprint cookies or scatter treats over DIY chocolate bark.
- Last-minute ideas: Short on time? Stir together these caramels, make quick fudge or knock together some cheese straws in under 30 minutes.
Discover more baking inspiration for Mother’s Day, including showstopping cakes and simple biscuits and loaf cakes.
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Giant recipes
Exploding Bakery’s giant ‘Hobnob’ bignob biscuit
The Exploding Bakery's 'bignob' is a homage to the beloved Hobnob. Cut the giant oaty biscuit into triangles and dunk into your cuppa.
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Christmas cupcakes and small bakes
Gingercake bites
Sticky gingercake gets better with age, so it’s perfect for giving as a Christmas gift. We’ve coated each cube of cake with a lemony icing.
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Christmas chocolate
Passion fruit snowball truffles
You only need four ingredients to make these pretty snowball truffles, with tangy passion fruit and creamy white chocolate.
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Peanut butter
Peanut butter and jam thumbprint cookies
If you need a sweet snack fast, these moreish peanut butter and jam cookies offer a creamy texture with added crunch from the chunks of nut. A dollop of glistening jam is the perfect finish and cuts through the rich cookie base.
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Biscuits
Lavender shortbread biscuits
These beautiful lavender shortbread biscuits are made with lavender extract, which lends a delicate flavour.
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Marmalades
Lime marmalade
During citrus season, as well as seville orange marmalade, why not try something a little more peppy such as this zingy lime marmalade recipe?
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Make-ahead Easter
Milk chocolate bark with pretzels, candied bacon and jelly beans
This seriously-extra milk chocolate bark is full of sweet-meets-salty flavours: crunchy pretzels, chewy jelly beans and candied bacon.
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Homemade dressings and sauces
Homemade crispy chilli oil
Make your own full-flavoured, in-your-face chilli oil. This crispy chilli oil has plenty of fire, spice and floral notes from Sichuan pepper.
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Peanut butter
Cinnamon spiced peanut butter
Peanut butter is a fabulous medium for all sorts of flavourings and ingredients. This warming version makes breakfast worth getting up for.
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Caramel
Sea salt caramels with grapefruit and black pepper
You don’t need expert know-how to make sweets at home. These tangy sea salt caramels are easy to prepare – and dangerously moreish.
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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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Christmas gifts
Tiffin truffles
Give the gift of chocolate with these moreish tiffin truffles, made with shortbread biscuits and raisins. They make a excellent gift.
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Fudge
Easy Christmas fudge
This easy Christmas fudge recipe is fun for kids to make during the holidays. Wrap some up and give as an edible Christmas gift for friends and family.
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