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Happiness is a perfect pudding made with simple ingredients and a winning recipe, say the founders of Edinburgh bakery Twelve Triangles. Here, they share some of their favourite sweet treats

Get the mixing bowls out for traditional cakes and bakes that will fill your home with warming aromas as they cook

Expect lots of admiring comments when you round off your celebratory meal with an impressive prep-ahead dessert

Ingredients (Serves 12) ◆ 140g dairy or plant butter ◆ 45g golden caster sugar ◆ 185g plain flour ◆ 50g golden syrup ◆ 45g each flaked almonds, sultanas and glacé cherries ◆ 25g chopped mixed peel ◆ 2

They all started out on different paths – from sales offices to science labs – but each of these professional bakers found purpose and joy in baking. Here, they tell Jill Foster why it has become a passion that continues to nourish their souls

■ PREPARATION TIME 10 minutes, plus cooling ■ COOKING TIME 10 minutes ■ SERVES 1 YOU WILL NEED ✔ 100ml (3½fl oz) double cream ✔ 1-2 shots (30-60ml/1-2fl oz) freshly brewed espresso coffee ✔ 300ml (10½