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Basic buttercream icing

Use this simple buttercream icing recipe to decorate your birthday cakes, cupcakes and sandwich biscuits. Try adding a little food colouring gel for a...

Author: BBC Food

Chocolate hazelnut cake

We made this as a birthday cake for Italy, which celebrated the 150th anniversary of its unification in 2011. Gianduia is a speciality of the Piedmont...

Author: The Hairy Bikers

Perfect chocolate brownies

This is our most perfect chocolate brownie recipe. It's everything you want in a brownie - fudgy, dark and chocolatey. Serve these brownies warm with a...

Author: BBC Food

Easy Bakewell tart

For those that only like a little icing, Mary's drizzled version of the classic Bakewell tart will be a hit at tea time.

Author: Mary Berry

English muffins

Once you've made your own English muffins, you'll never want to buy them again. Factor in a couple of hours proving time to get Paul Hollywood's easy version...

Author: Paul Hollywood

Mary's chocolate cake

Chocolate cake meets Victoria sponge in Mary's easiest ever chocolate cake recipe filled with cream and jam.

Author: Mary Berry

Easy chocolate cake

Our really easy chocolate cake recipe is perfect for birthdays. It's so moist and fudgy and will keep well for 4-5 days. For buttercream quantities, instead...

Author: Rachel Manley

Mary Berry's easy Victoria sandwich

Mary Berry's easy Victoria sponge cake recipe is a baking classic and a tasty tea-time treat. Each serving provides 501 kcal, 5g protein, 50g carbohydrates...

Author: Mary Berry

Chocolate chip muffins

These double chocolate chip muffins are more cake-y than some versions, but that means they keep for longer. Ideal if you're making for hungry mouths who...

Author: Sarah Cook

Chocolate roulade

Mary Berry's gorgeous chocolate roulade is made without flour so it's light as a feather. Add berries to the whipped cream filling to make a decadent gluten-free...

Author: Mary Berry

Mary's cherry cake

A lovely cherry sponge cake with a little extra texture from the ground almonds. Dusting the cherries with flour helps stop them sinking to the bottom...

Author: Mary Berry

Mary Berry's coffee and walnut cake

Mary Berry makes it easy with this delicious coffee and walnut cake. It makes a great treat for Mother's Day. Equipment and preparation: You will need...

Author: Mary Berry

Chocolate sponge cake

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Author: Mary Berry

Shortbread

Try making these easy, buttery shortbread biscuits for an afternoon activity with the kids. This recipe also works with chocolate chips or orange zest...

Author: BBC Food

Sun dried tomato and olive bread

A savoury, salty Mediterranean sun-dried tomato loaf that makes a great sandwich with peppery rocket and ham.

Author: Paul Hollywood

Bara brith

Bara brith (literally "mottled bread") is sometimes made with yeast but Mary's family recipe omits it, giving a wonderfully sticky texture. It is best...

Author: Mary Hamilton

Easy brownies

Quick to make and devour, this easy brownie recipe made with cocoa powder will be your new go-to. Perfect warm as a dessert with cream or ice cream.

Author: Annie Rigg

Lebkuchen

Lebkuchen are traditional German Christmas cookies. Whether you make traditional circles or cut into stars and hearts, friends and family will love these...

Author: Sophie Whitbread

Easy key lime pie

Enjoy a classic key lime pie topped with zingy sugar-coated lime zest

Author: Emma Crowhurst

Pear upside down cake

This traditional upside-down pear cake is given a fiery twist with the addition of ginger and dark rum. Serve with ice cream as a dessert or by itself...

Author: Pippa Middlehurst

Easy cherry cake

An easy cherry loaf cake that's moist and tender with ground almonds that just needs a cup of tea. Remember to coat the cherries in a little flour so they...

Author: Annie Rigg

Mary Berry's banana bread

Mary Berry's banana bread recipe is small, but perfectly formed and loaded with chocolate chips. You can double this classic loaf cake recipe if you have...

Author: Mary Berry

Easy flapjacks

Classic, chewy and good for your soul, Lorraine Pascale's easy flapjacks are simple to make and hard to beat! Each serving provides 318 kcal, 3.5g protein,...

Author: Lorraine Pascale

Easy fairy cakes

This easy fairy cakes recipe is perfect for baking with children. Decorate with a little drizzly icing and plenty of sprinkles, or go for the full butterfly...

Author: BBC Food

Lemon drizzle traybake cake

Mary Berry's lemon drizzle traybake cake has been a hit since the 1960s, and this is the recipe she is most asked for when stopped in the street. Equipment...

Author: Mary Berry

Mincemeat cake

Author: Sue Lawrence

Gingerbread house

Create your own winter wonderland with Mary Berry's gingerbread recipe. It makes a wonderful centrepiece for parties, and children will love it. Equipment...

Author: Mary Berry

Chocolate cola cake

Adding cola to this chocolate cake makes it incredibly moist and impossible to stop at one slice!

Author: James Martin

Coffee and walnut cake

This classic coffee and walnut cake is topped with an easy espresso-infused buttercream icing.

Author: Simon Rimmer

Pear and almond tart

Try this pear and almond tart with a rich chocolate sauce and plenty of cream.

Author: Simon Rimmer

Apple sandwich cake

Mary Berry's ultimate apple cake - a Victoria sponge that stays really moist from grated apple. The lemon-flavoured cream keeps it fresh-tasting. You will...

Author: Mary Berry

Marble cake

This super easy chocolate marble cake recipe has a mocha twist, adding a rich flavour. A perfect teatime treat.

Author: Emily Angle

Key lime pie

This classic American dessert is sure to impress, perfect when you want something different for a dinner party!

Author: The Hairy Bikers

Madeleines

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Author: Michel Roux Jr.

Easy lemon drizzle cake

This wonderfully simple lemon drizzle cake recipe is super-quick to prepare and perfect for weekend baking with the kids. This recipe makes a lemon drizzle...

Author: Becca Spry

Hummingbird cake

Packed full of fruit, this impressive three-tiered cake would make an indulgent birthday cake.

Author: BBC Food

Linzertorte

The linzertorte is said to be the oldest cake in the world and dates back to at least 1653, but no one knows who invented it. There are lots of variations...

Author: The Hairy Bikers

Banana cookies

Soft in the centre, crunchy at the edges, these banana cookies are an easy-bake treat that can be whipped up in half an hour.

Author: Annie Rigg

Mary Berry's cheesy muffins

Mary Berry's quick savoury muffins are superb with soup, salads or for eating on the go. The cheese is lovely and oozy if you serve them warm. Eaten cold,...

Author: Mary Berry

Lemon meringue roulade with pistachio

This is a great chilled dessert to feed a crowd, and impress them too. Often egg yolks are left over after making meringue, but here they're used to make...

Author: Mary Berry

Tropical fruit cake with cream cheese icing

This tropical fruit cake brings you a taste of the Caribbean. Tropical fruit and coconut frosting keep it deliciously moist.

Author: Simon Rimmer

Easy rhubarb cake

This rhubarb cake uses an all-in-one method so is easy and quick to make. Wonderful served warm as a pudding with cream, custard or crème fraîche, or...

Author: Justine Pattison

Honey cake

Try James Martin's super easy honey cake recipe for a bee-autiful afternoon tea. The honey you use will have quite an impact on the flavour of the cake...

Author: James Martin

Lardy cake

This recipe has a generous amount of dried fruit in a rich dough that's lighter and less sweet than most shop-bought lardy cakes.

Author: Paul Hollywood

Ginger and treacle spiced traybake

Make this ginger cake traybake in advance and you can freeze it before adding the icing - in fact freezing improves the taste.

Author: Mary Berry

Focaccia with garlic and rosemary

Gennaro's focaccia is relatively quick to make, and fairly hands-off if you use a mixer fitted with a dough hook. If you cut the squares in half, you can...

Author: Gennaro Contaldo

Coffee cake with coffee buttercream, coffee glacé icing and candied walnuts

You can't get much more coffee into a coffee cake than this.

Author: James Martin

Welsh cakes

How to make the perfect Welsh cake recipe in four easy steps for a teatime treat. Don't save them for St David's Day, a batch of warm Welsh cakes never...

Author: Liz Scourfield

Easy white bread

Paul Hollywood's easy white bread recipe shows you step by step how to make bread that's crusty on the outside and soft on the inside. If you're new to...

Author: Paul Hollywood

Banana muffins

These moreish muffins make a healthy breakfast treat - perfect for weekend mornings. Each serving provides 314 kcal, 6g protein, 43g carbohydrates (of...

Author: Jill Dupleix