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CAKES (53 recipes)
Banana cake with buttercream frosting and flaked almonds
Banana and chocolate chip loaf cake
Blueberry and cream cheese pound cake
Butterfly cakes – small individual pink and yellow fairy cakes with wings
Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and walnuts
Carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
Cherry cake – vanilla sponge cake with glacé cherries
Chocolate and coconut Lamington cake
Chocolate and vanilla marble cupcakes
Chocolate and vanilla marble loaf cake
Chocolate chip cupcakes with yellow and blue buttercream icing and rocket cupcake stand
Chocolate finger cake. Sponge layer cake with a border of Cadbury’s chocolate fingers
Chocolate fudge cake with chocolate buttercream icing
Chocolate microwave mug cake – no scales, no oven, no problem!
Chocolate nest cupcakes with chocolate buttercream and chocolate eggs
Chocolate orange butterfly cakes
Chocolate, vanilla and caramel four layer cake with caramel buttercream frosting
Double chocolate Easter cake – perfect for the arrival of spring!
Easter Creme Egg chocolate cupcakes
Flower-shaped birthday cakes (two colour sponge cake)
Giant ring doughnut / donut sponge cake with pink glaze and multicoloured sugar strands
Halloween brownie cupcakes – a layer of chocolate brownie topped with orange or green sponge
Heavenly chocolate cake with chocolate fudge frosting decorated with white chocolate shavings and gold sugar stars
Ice cream cake (ice cream + flour = cake)
Ice cream cone cakes (cupcakes). Cake baked into flat-bottomed ice cream cones topped with a buttercream swirl
Kid’s digger / building site chocolate birthday cake
Lemon cake with feathered icing
Lemon cupcakes with lemon buttercream icing
Lemon layer cake with lemon curd and buttercream filling
Microwave mug cake (chocolate cake)
Mini baked doughnuts (donuts) with coloured icing and sugar sprinkles
Mini rosette cupcakes (with 2 colour icing)
Raspberry and coconut cupcakes
Raspberry cupcakes with orange sugar drizzle
Raspberry ripple cake with raspberry flavoured buttercream
Raspberry ripple cupcakes with raspberry buttercream filling
Raspberry and walnut loaf cake
Red velvet cake with white chocolate buttercream
Red velvet mini bundt cakes – a good festive baking idea
Salted caramel beach cupcakes
Shredded Wheat chocolate nests with golden syrup and mini eggs
Snickers (Marathon) no-bake cheesecake
Sooty cake (aka Guinness and chocolate cake) with chocolate buttercream and white chocolate shavings
Sponge cake with white icing and multi-coloured sprinkles
Stracciatella chocolate chip sponge cake
White chocolate layer cake with raspberry buttercream filling
MUFFINS, SCONES AND BREAD (10 recipes)
Banana and peanut butter muffins
Cherry scones – easy to make and perfect for afternoon tea
Chocolate fudge muffins with chocolate cobweb decoration (great for Halloween!)
Hazelnut muffins with crunchy topping and chocolate hazelnut cream centre
Mint chocolate muffins (featuring Mint Aero)
Snickers muffins (with buttercream swirl frosting)
Split tin loaf – bread made with white and wholemeal flour
BISCUITS / COOKIES (18 recipes)
Caramel smiley face biscuits / cookies
Chocolate biscuits – only 4 ingredients needed. Heart-shaped for Valentine’s Day!
Chocolate-dipped macaroons – coconut and chocolate treats
Chocolate hazelnut pastry twists
Chocolate toffee melts – chewy chocolate biscuits with sweetie centres
Christmas vanilla biscuits (trees, gingerbread men, hearts and stars all with iced decoration)
Festive reindeer biscuits and Christmas tree cookies
Jam and butter thumbprint biscuits
Melting moments custard powder and icing sugar cookies
Mini Nutella croissants – ideal for using up puff pastry
Nutella cookie cups – chewy biscuits with a chocolate hazelnut centre
Two tone heart-shaped and flower-shaped biscuits
Vanilla biscuits /cookies (hearts and stars)
TRAY BAKES AND BROWNIES (21 recipes)
Baileys, Nutella and cheesecake brownies
Chocolate, almond and white chocolate brownies
Chocolate brownie cupcakes with buttercream frosting
Cadbury’s Caramel chocolate brownies – heart-shaped for Valentine’s Day
Chocolate honeycomb squares (featuring Cadbury’s Crunchie)
Chocolate peanut butter squares (for fans of Reese’s Pieces!)
Diane’s delights (white chocolate tray bake)
Jaffa Cake chocolate orange brownies
Mars Bar and Rice Krispies cake bites
Mint chocolate brownies (featuring After Eight mints)
Mint millionaire’s shortbread with Halloween decorations
Oat and pecan squares with caramel and chocolate
Raspberry and white chocolate blondies (white chocolate brownies)
Rice Krispies stars – puffed rice cereal, marshmallow and white chocolate treats
Red velvet swirl brownies (with cheesecake layer)
CHOCOLATES AND DESSERTS (9 recipes)
Chocolate and hazelnut snaps – crunchy hazelnut brittle dipped in dark chocolate
Chocolate and mint layered fudge
Chocolate marshmallow penguins! Cute, sweet treats perfect for parties
Chocolate orange cups – handmade chocolate
Giant choux buns (profiteroles) filled with whipped cream and topped with melted Terry’s chocolate orange
Jane’s caramel Rolo fudge
Mint Oreo and white chocolate fudge
White chocolate and strawberry heart truffles
SWEET’S CAKES
(Recipes for the cakes which feature in my first novel, Art and Soul)
Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and walnuts
Chocolate fudge cake with chocolate buttercream icing
Raspberry ripple cake with raspberry flavoured buttercream
Red velvet cake with white chocolate buttercream
Sponge cake with white icing and multi-coloured sprinkles
White chocolate layer cake with raspberry buttercream filling
