Not only is this one of the easiest cakes to make, it happens - joyously - to be one of the most delicious. My household is totally… Read on
On days when I want the warmth of the hearth rather than the hurly burly of the city streets I stay in and read cookery books, and… Read on
This is incredibly easy to make; even if you're stressed out, it won't topple you over into nervous collapse. It's such an accommodating… Read on
It's astonishing how buttery this cake tastes, given that there is not a gram of butter in it. The flour is replaced with ground almonds… Read on
There is something about a flourless chocolate cake that makes it so damn easy to eat. This is one of my fallback favourites for pudding… Read on
This cake is a sort of Anglo-Italian amalgam. The flat, plain disc is reminiscent of the confections that sit geometrically arranged… Read on
There are few more popular ways to end a dinner party than with a fallen chocolate cake – the cakes are so called because they… Read on
This is the fruity blonde sister to that brunette temptress, my chocolate fruit cake from N Christmas. It delivers, as promised, a… Read on
This is a dinner-party stalwart from a couple of decades back, and I like it no less than I did when I first tasted it, made by my… Read on
This is another of my maternal grandmother's recipes. I've changed it a bit, not least substituting dark rum for her juice and zest… Read on