Mother's Day recipes

This raspberry loaf cake is a beautiful thing – easy to make, easier to eat and ready for whatever fruity additions you fancy.

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.

Level up your eggs benedict with delicious, silky mortadella and a luscious wild garlic hollandaise. A wonderfully indulgent brunch dish.

Get Valentine's Day or Mother's Day off to a flying start this year by serving these heart-shaped egg-in-a-hole toasts for breakfast in bed.

Blueberry queen of puddings is the perfect spring dessert. Baked custard is topped with blueberry jam and a cloud of brown-sugar meringue.

Tender and juicy picanha steak is cooked to perfection and served with creamy parmesan potatoes and a peppery radicchio and anchovy salad.

This verdant leek and spring greens soup from Rosie Mackean can be made in advance, making it perfect for spring entertaining.

The Exploding Bakery's 'bignob' is a homage to the beloved Hobnob. Cut the giant oaty biscuit into triangles and dunk into your cuppa.

Fancy a proper custard slice with layers of flaky pastry and silky custard? Oliver and Tom of The Exploding Bakery show you how to make it.

Swap caramel for rhubarb in this light, colourful take on millionaire's shortbread. Sprinkle the chocolate topping with green pistachios.

These tabani, savoury sourdough pancakes, from food writer Alissa Timoshkina are paired with earthy mushrooms and a creamy sauce.

Fluffy and light, these cottage cheese pancakes are packed with protein. Pile them high and top with crème fraîche and smoked trout.

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.

Marcus Wareing shares his recipe for the ultimate omelette Arnold Bennett, with smoked haddock, cheese and a rich hollandaise sauce.

Our best chicken kyiv sees amped-up garlic butter surrounded by tender chicken and encased in super-crunchy breadcrumbs.

This ‘green’ shakshuka recipe from Ruth Nieman is an adaption of the popular Middle Eastern breakfast, made with greens and fresh herbs.

Eggs florentine is the ultimate brunch – and a chance to master skills including making hollandaise, fresh muffins and perfect poached eggs.

Chunks of golden caramelised white chocolate shine through rich dark chocolate dough in these indulgently chewy cookies.

This showstopping cheesecake has a chocolatey biscuit base, a creamy caramelised white chocolate filling and golden ganache topping.

Fluffy madeleines are a treat warm from the oven, especially when these delicate French bakes get a dose of caramelised white chocolate.

Set aside some time at the weekend to make these gorgeous chocolate brioche loaves from master baker Richard Bertinet.

Upgrade the classic dippy egg by serving it with cheesy pancetta soldiers. This weekend breakfast is well worth a little extra prep time.

Presenting our best ever carrot cake recipe, packed with warming spice and crunchy nuts and topped with mascarpone brown butter frosting.

Who doesn’t love an iced bun? These raspberry buns temper the sometimes over-sweet flavour thanks to wholemeal flour and a little malt.