All hail the hot cross bun

Christbrot is very similar to a stollen, but lighter in texture, and is best eaten freshly baked without needing time to mature. It isn’t hard to make Christbrot, but the method involves a triple rise

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

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

These chewy cookies – a twist on the classic lebkuchen – are packed with fragrant cardamom and nutty brown butter. MAKES around 35-40 PREP 35 mins plus 1 hr chilling and 1 hr drying COOK 25 mins MORE

Why not take a cake to your next summer gathering?

■ Cuts into 8-10 slices ■ Prep 20 mins plus cooling ■ Cook 45-50 mins 1 x loaf cake base ingredients(see left)4 tbsp elderflower cordial4 tbsp granulated sugar (or usegolden granulated sugar) 1 Heat t