Mother's Day recipes
From stunning cakes and bakes to treating Mum to breakfast-in-bed or an indulgent lunch or dinner, let our Mother’s Day recipes to show the superwoman in your life how much you care.
- Memorable lunch ideas: Some of our favourites include stuffed lamb leg with Greek beans, an elegant cavolo nero linguine or Raymond Blanc’s whole roast salmon.
- Classic chicken recipes: Does Mum love chicken? Try our roast chicken with comté mushroom sauce (a team favourite) or parmigiana-stuffed chicken supremes.
- Breakfast-in-bed dishes: Go sweet with coconut waffles or savoury with traditional eggs florentine.
- Afternoon tea inspiration: If you’re planning to get together for a cup of tea and a slice of cake, may we recommend our spectacular rhubarb and custard layer cake? This best-ever carrot cake is popular, too.
Start off her morning right with all our Mother’s Day brunch recipes.
All Mother's Day recipes
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Raspberries
Raspberry loaf cake
This raspberry loaf cake is a beautiful thing – easy to make, easier to eat and ready for whatever fruity additions you fancy.
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.
Brunch
Eggs benedict with wild garlic hollandaise and mortadella
Level up your eggs benedict with delicious, silky mortadella and a luscious wild garlic hollandaise. A wonderfully indulgent brunch dish.
Valentine's Day
Heart egg-in-a-hole with bacon and avocado
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.
British puddings
Blueberry queen of puddings with brown sugar meringue
Blueberry queen of puddings is the perfect spring dessert. Baked custard is topped with blueberry jam and a cloud of brown-sugar meringue.
Impressive recipes for a special occasion
Picanha steak with parmesan fonduta, radicchio, anchovies and...
Tender and juicy picanha steak is cooked to perfection and served with creamy parmesan potatoes and a peppery radicchio and anchovy salad.
Leeks
Leek and spring greens soup with soft eggs...
This verdant leek and spring greens soup from Rosie Mackean can be made in advance, making it perfect for spring entertaining.
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.
Custard
Custard jam slice
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.
Rhubarb
Rhubarb and pistachio millionaires’ shortbread
Swap caramel for rhubarb in this light, colourful take on millionaire's shortbread. Sprinkle the chocolate topping with green pistachios.
Savoury pancakes
Tabani (Udmurt sourdough pancakes with mushrooms)
These tabani, savoury sourdough pancakes, from food writer Alissa Timoshkina are paired with earthy mushrooms and a creamy sauce.
Savoury pancakes
Cottage cheese and chive pancakes with hot-smoked trout
Fluffy and light, these cottage cheese pancakes are packed with protein. Pile them high and top with crème fraîche and smoked trout.
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.
Omelettes
Sharing omelette Arnold Bennett
Marcus Wareing shares his recipe for the ultimate omelette Arnold Bennett, with smoked haddock, cheese and a rich hollandaise sauce.
Chicken breast
Best-of-the-best chicken kyiv
Our best chicken kyiv sees amped-up garlic butter surrounded by tender chicken and encased in super-crunchy breadcrumbs.
Baked eggs
Green shakshuka with feta and herbs
This ‘green’ shakshuka recipe from Ruth Nieman is an adaption of the popular Middle Eastern breakfast, made with greens and fresh herbs.
Brunch
Eggs florentine
Eggs florentine is the ultimate brunch – and a chance to master skills including making hollandaise, fresh muffins and perfect poached eggs.
Cookies
Black and gold cookies
Chunks of golden caramelised white chocolate shine through rich dark chocolate dough in these indulgently chewy cookies.
Cheesecakes
Caramelised white chocolate cheesecake
This showstopping cheesecake has a chocolatey biscuit base, a creamy caramelised white chocolate filling and golden ganache topping.
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.
Baking recipes
Chocolate custard brioche
Set aside some time at the weekend to make these gorgeous chocolate brioche loaves from master baker Richard Bertinet.
Recipes for one person
Dippy egg with cheesy pancetta soldiers
Upgrade the classic dippy egg by serving it with cheesy pancetta soldiers. This weekend breakfast is well worth a little extra prep time.
Carrot cakes
Best of the best carrot cake
Presenting our best ever carrot cake recipe, packed with warming spice and crunchy nuts and topped with mascarpone brown butter frosting.
Baking recipes
Malt iced buns with raspberry icing
Who doesn’t love an iced bun? These raspberry buns temper the sometimes over-sweet flavour thanks to wholemeal flour and a little malt.