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Get your winter bake on with these fabulous creations

Ingredients (Serves 10) ◆ 170g lightly salted dairy or plant butter, softened ◆ 65g caster sugar ◆ 1tsp natural lemon extract ◆ 185g plain flour ◆ 65g cornflour ◆ ½tsp ground nutmeg ◆ Green and chocol

SERVES 8-10 PREP 10 mins plus cooling and setting COOK 2 hrs 45 mins EASY V 1kg mixed dried fruit 1 lemon, zested and juiced 150ml sherry, plus 3 tbsp 250g butter 200g light muscovado sugar 150g plain

Put a Middle Eastern spin on the classic baked cheesecake by drawing on the Dubai chocolate trend. With a buttery biscuit and kataifi pastry base, creamy pistachio-infused filling and luscious dark ch