Baking

Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for masala chai teacakes | The sweet spot

Teacakes mean different things to different people, depending on where they’re based. These aren’t the chocolate-covered marshmallow kind, but rather the spiced bread variety. I’ve gone heavier with the...

Ravneet Gill’s recipe for tinned cherry bakewell pudding | The sweet spot

There’s something comforting about a bakewell-style pudding. After I had my son Donnie, I’d pop one in the...

Bonfire Night treats: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for hand pies

For anyone who’ll be standing outside on Tuesday, looking up at fireworks in the night sky, might I...

Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for smoked salt chocolate creme brulee | The sweet spot

There are few things I love more than baked custard, and I’m reminded of just how easy it...

Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for pumpkin and chocolate crumble loaf cake | The new vegan

It’s very rare, but occasionally a recipe hits the bullseye the first time around, and to that hall...

Ravneet Gill’s recipe for portokalopita | The sweet spot

This cake is a true revelation; it uses dried filo sheets to create a moreish texture. I first tasted it on holiday in Cyprus,...

Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for pecan and coffee bundt cake

When I want an impressive-looking cake with minimal effort, I always reach for my bundt tin; it does all the work for you and...

How to make battenberg cake – recipe | Felicity Cloake

Mark Kermode once claimed that this gaudy, chequerboard cake exists solely in Alan Bennett dramas. And though it has since popped up on Bake...

How to make plum cobbler – recipe | Felicity Cloake

Before crumble, which is a surprisingly recent addition to the pudding canon, there was cobbler, a similarly homely dish of baked fruit with a...

How to make the perfect flan (or French custard tart) – recipe | Felicity Cloake

Flan: not the cheese-and-tomato traybake served up for British school dinners or the Latin American creme caramel, but the magnificent custard tart that stands...

Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for blackberry and peanut butter tart | The sweet spot

I’ve got a similar recipe to this tart in my most recent cookbook. That version includes a rich peanut frangipane and is studded with...