Stirring the pot

There is a story that in the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell banned Eccles cakes on the grounds that they were too indulgent: all of that melting pastry and expensive dried fruit, sugar and spice deemed

Put the British into baking with these nostalgic classics, 2 0 2 5 guaranteed to bring everyone to the table

Halloween trick-or-treating is seemingly an excuse for kids to consume far too many sweets. But this modern tradition has a more virtuous – and tastier! – origin: soul cakes. The word ‘Halloween’ is a

Ingredients (Makes 12) 200 g plain chocolate50 g unsalted butter225 g light or Genoa-style fruitcake, crumbled2 tsp mixed spice12 plastic lolly sticks50 g white chocolate chips25 g green coloured read

With cosy season just around the corner, try one of these tempting treats that taste as good as they look

Crumble might seem like the easiest pudding in the world, but plenty can go wrong – too much juice, and you end up with fruit soup; too little, and it’s unpleasantly dry. A bad topping can be undercoo