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Jam doughnuts

A naughty treat that's unbeatable when eaten warm and covered in sugar.

Author: Paul Hollywood

Raspberry millefeuille

Thin, crisp pastry is the key to these pretty French pastries and Paul Hollywood is the man to show you how. For this recipe you will need: a sugar thermometer,...

Author: Paul Hollywood

Spiced ginger pudding with toffee sauce

Mary's decadent ginger pudding makes a delicious alternative to Christmas pudding. Equipment: You will need a 1lb/450g loaf tin.

Author: Mary Berry

Christmas pudding cake

A Christmas cake and pudding in one simple cut out! Frances Quinn's ingenious Christmas cake combines two classics in one with this simple technique.

Author: Frances Quinn

The Hairy Bikers' Victoria sponge

Let the Hairy Bikers, or the Hairy Bakers, show you how to make a classic British Victoria sponge cake with buttercream. A few raspberries and a pinch...

Author: The Hairy Bikers

Spiced Christmas cake

This is a good last-minute Christmas cake as it doesn't need time to mature. Fragrant, spiced and with a light golden crumb. The natural decoration looks...

Author: The Hairy Bikers

How to make crumpets

Author: The Hairy Bikers

Cookies and cream fudge brownies

When I was eight, chocolate brownies were my life. I scoured the local shops on my bike, looking for gainful employment to support my chocolate brownie...

Author: Lorraine Pascale

Clementine cake

Mary Berry's impressive four-layered clementine cake is bursting with flavour: clementines are used in the cake, the icing and as a decoration. Equipment:...

Author: Mary Berry

Yorkshire tea cake

Dried fruits are soaked in tea to plump them up and add moisture to this simple, tasty cake.

Author: Silvena Rowe

Ring doughnuts

There's little else as tempting as a fresh batch of homemade doughnuts, especially topped with a zingy thick lemon icing. Equipment and preparation: you...

Author: Paul Hollywood

Christmas cake

This traditional Christmas cake pulls out all the stops - if you have the time, feed it with brandy in the run up to Christmas.

Author: BBC Food

Hairy Bikers' Black Forest gâteau

Rich with fruit, chocolate and cream, this 70s classic still has a place on our tables. This recipe uses dried sour cherries, but you can substitute good...

Author: The Hairy Bikers

Christmas Bakewell tart with cranberry frangipane

Give Bakewell tart a festive twist! Delicious with a dollop of thick, boozy cream. For this recipe you will need a 23cm/9in tart tin.

Author: Andi Oliver

Classic sourdough bread

Once you've made your own sourdough 'starter' and produced a few loaves using it, there'll be no going back to supermarket bread.

Author: Paul Hollywood

Lazybones buns (Luilakbollen)

Luilak is a Dutch festival held on the day before Whit Sunday. Young people start to crowd the streets at four in the morning, whistling, banging on doors...

Author: The Hairy Bikers

Gluten free almond biscuits

Matt Tebbutt's amaretti are small and perfectly formed. These are great with coffee or as an after dinner treat. A low-FODMAP portion is 1 biscuit.

Author: Matt Tebbutt

Cheat's strawberry gâteau

Using a shop-bought flan case saves heaps of time so you can concentrate on making the presentation really stunning.

Author: James Martin

Orange rice cake

Nutritious and filling, this rice cake is perfect as a teatime snack, or even for breakfast!

Author: Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo

Pistachio and rose Madeira cake

This Madeira cake takes inspiration from the flavours of the Middle East with rosewater and pistachios.

Author: Tamal Ray

Jumble biscuits

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Author: Paul Hollywood

Sugar plum fairy cakes

A Christmas treat fit for a prima ballerina, these chocolate covered fairy cakes are infused with spice and orange liqueur. Equipment and preparation:...

Author: Frances Quinn

Yorkshire parkin

Parkin the a classic Yorkshire ginger cake, and James Martin's recipe is as Yorkshire as he is! Make this a few days in advance to mature if you can bear...

Author: James Martin

Triple chocolate buckwheat cookies

The star here is the buckwheat, not only because it makes these cookies gluten-free, but mainly because I feel it brings its own nutty flavour and unique...

Author: Nigella Lawson

Pain au lait

This sweet, buttery bun is really quite simple and looks gorgeous dotted with nibbed sugar.

Author: Richard Burr

Hot cross buns

Traditional spiced, sticky glazed fruit buns with pastry crosses. Served as a classic Easter treat, the buns can also be enjoyed at any time of year. Each...

Author: BBC Food

Gluten free pitta bread

Speckled with oniony nigella seeds, this gluten-free flatbread is great with dips such as hummus and taramasalata or to wrap falafel or kebab. A handy...

Author: Paul Hollywood

Mary berry fairy cakes with lemon curd recipes Cakes and baking

Orange butterfly cakes, Mary Berry's iced fairy cakes recipe, Lemon fairy cakes recipe, Mary Berry's lemon drizzle cake recipe

Author: Lindy Goodman

Mincemeat palmiers

Make your life easier this Christmas and try this quick and delicious recipe - a great alternative to mince pies.

Author: BBC Food

Norwegian custard buns (skolebrød)

These buns are a traditional children's treat. This version adds a splodge of homemade raspberry jam to the classic custard-stuffed cardamom buns, topped...

Author: Christine Wallace

Custard tart

An English classic, the custard tart is perfect for a little smackerel of something at elevenses.

Author: Alan Bennett

Raspberry genoise mousse cake

A delicious dessert which would work just as well with other seasonal soft fruits.

Author: Joanne Wheatley

Chocolate fruit cake

Nigella's easy chocolate fruit cake is dark, moist and delicious. Perfect as a chocolate Christmas cake or for anytime of year.

Author: Nigella Lawson

Celebration chocolate cake

A moist chocolate cake that really can't go wrong and keeps well for birthday parties. It has a wonderful white chocolate icing so the contrast looks stunning...

Author: Mary Berry

Bunting cake

This charming colourful sponge cake is decorated with beautiful bunting, easily made with straws and scraps of cute fabric. Equipment and preparation:...

Author: Mari Williams

Turkey, stuffing and cranberry Chelsea buns

Like a self-contained Boxing Day sandwich, this sweet and savoury bun combines classic Christmas flavours in a soft white dough.

Author: Paul Hollywood

Baked sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce

Baking rather than steaming the sticky toffee pudding saves time, and still produces a moist sponge to dish up with the lip-smacking toffee sauce. Serve...

Author: James Martin

Spotted dick bread

Spotted dick can take a while to make what with the steaming, but by adding the delicious flavours to soda bread you save time in the kitchen. With all...

Author: Nadiya Hussain