Weekend baking recipes
The weekend is the perfect time for a project, from iced buns to layer cakes, milk bread to babka, the possibilities are endless when hours of proving and baking time lay ahead of you.
Maybe you’re a newbie to brioche, or you are a seasoned bread baker looking for some new ideas? Either way you’re in the right place, and novices and experts alike will find something to enjoy in our weekend baking collection.
Whether you’re in the mood for easy biscuits and muffins, Anna Higham’s savoury pissaladière scrolls, or Manon Lagrève’s kouign amann, get your apron on, and go grab the flour – what will you bake this weekend?
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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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Easy cakes
Kim-Joy’s bubble-tea frog cake
Calling all bubble tea fans! Kim Joy's easy cake is infused with black tea, layered with tea buttercream and topped with brown-sugar boba.
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Meringue
Kim-Joy’s stem ginger and salted-caramel meringue creature cake
Kim-Joy's stem ginger cake is packed full of ginger flavour, plus thick layers of cream cheese frosting and thick salted caramel. What a joy!
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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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Chocolate orange
Chocolate orange blackout cake
Edd Kimber's blackout cake has tiers of chocolate sponge and an orange mascarpone filling. A perfect festive bake for chocolate orange fans.
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Brioche
Nicola Lamb’s olive oil brioche with brie, roasted grapes, honey and thyme
These glorious brioche buns have a savoury hit from melted brie, balanced with a sweet-sharpness from vinegar-roasted red grapes and honey.
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Savoury bread
Carniola bread
Carniola is a traditional flatbread from Slovenia, Try Ben Tish's recipe for this simple bread flavoured with caraway, honey and olive oil.
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Buns
Nicola Lamb’s French toast cinnamon buns
Behold the squidigiest, most delicious cinnamon buns ever. These French toast buns are bathed in rum custard and drizzled with caramel icing.
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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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Baking recipes
Nicola Lamb’s crullers
Learn how to make crullers with baker Nicola Lamb. These elegant pastries' grooves are ideal for holding a flavourful glaze or topping.
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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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Savoury bread
Simple wholemeal loaf
Learn how to make a rustic loaf with our simple recipe. This free-form bread uses a mix of wholemeal and white flour for best results.
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Baking recipes
Chocolate custard brioche
Set aside some time at the weekend to make these gorgeous chocolate brioche loaves from master baker Richard Bertinet.
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Sweet bread
Khaliat nahal (Omani honeycomb bread)
Dina Macki shares her recipe for a magical sweet-savoury bread from Oman. This Omani honeycomb bread is traditionally eaten during Ramadan.
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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.
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