Cake & Pastry Recipes

Spelt with sun-dried tomatoes

Fearing that a loaf made totally from Spelt Wholemeal flour might turn out to be rather dense I was hesitant to give it a try. However, allowing the mixer some extra minutes to work the dough plus adding some sourdough starter to the mix, seems to have made the difference. Using a loaf tin offers some support to the dough in its second proving and the end result is a loaf with excellent taste and texture. Creating a moist atmosphere in the oven before putting in the loaf seems to encourage a bit of ‘oven spring’. This recipe adds sun-dried tomatoes and some fennel seeds to enrich things. Another way of varying things is to reduce the Spelt to 400g and mix it with either 100g of Three Malts & Sunflower Brown Flour or 100g of Seeded White Organic Flour Using a sharp bread knife, it’s possible to cut thin slices which provide a tasty basis for lunchtime sandwiches. Now I just need to order some more Spelt Flour…

Added by: Peter Stevenson

Tags: Spelt, Savouries

Seirls with walnuts and raisins for bread machine

Delicious little buns to share with your little coffee,

Added by: Hana Hardwick

Tags: Buns, Breadmaker, Nuts, fruit

Swedish Ginger Biscuits (Pepparkakor)

Spicy, crunchy wafer thin, melt in the mouth ginger biscuits. Makes 80-100 Biscuits

Added by: Nordic Kitchen stories

Tags: Biscuits, Ginger

Lisa K's Beetroot Burgers

Made with quinoa and buckwheat flour, healthy and very tasty with a touch of spicy heat. Vegan friendly and gluten free. Best with organic ingredients. ❄❄❄❄ well after cooking.

Added by: Lisa Kafton

Tags: Savouries

Irish Porter Cake

This is a really lovely rich cake. If you soak the dried fruit in Guinness overnight it makes the fruit really plump and juicy . It is a good idea if you can wait to leave the cake once baked for at least a week before cutting, not easy but worth it as the flavours mellow and deepen.

Added by: Rhona Murphy

Tags: Cake

Amaretti

A crunchy, chewy biscuit with zingy lemon. Perfect with a cup of tea!

Added by: Ameena Nur

Tags: Nuts, Biscuits

Jamaican Ginger Cake

Sticky and sweet - improves having been kept in an airtight container for a few days. PlI cook in batches of 3 as this cake freezes well. Option to top with lemon icing

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Cake, Spices, Ginger

Lisa K's Pumpkin buns with chestnut filling.. tastes as good as it looks

Made with sourdough and organic ingredients .. very low fat. Freezes well

Added by: Lisa Kafton

Tags: Buns, Nuts

Sourdough biscuits with leftover starter

delicious either sweet or savoury and so easy to make

Added by: Anne Chapman

Tags: Sourdough, Biscuits

Ginger Spiced Carrot Cake

A warming ginger spiced, fruit and nut filled carrot cake!

Added by: Poppy Sayers

Tags: Cake, Spices, Ginger

Date and walnut loaf

To add a little crunch I topped with chopped caramelized hazelnuts dusted in cocoa

Added by: Julia hawthorn

Tags: Nuts, Cake, fruit

Vegan/Dairy Free/Egg Free Lemon Drizzle

A moist lemon drizzle with no dairy or eggs

Added by: Clare Seek

Tags: Cake, diary-free, Vegan, Lemon

Grenadian Spice cake

A simple to make and really tasty cake that has a nice bit of spice

Added by: Natalie Sheridan

Tags: Cake, Spices

All Butter Sultana & Raisin Cookies

Butter Sultana cookies, crisp and chewy on the outside, soft in the middle, with beautiful dried fruit throughout.

Added by: Peterb1511

Tags: Biscuits

Swedish Vanilla Dream Biscuits

These super light biscuits are so delicious you won't be able to resist eating them all!

Added by: Nordic Kitchen stories

Tags: Biscuits

Orangy Gingersnaps

Crisp on the outside and chewy in the centre - my perfect biscuit! Adding orange zest is the perfect twist to this gingery treat

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Biscuits, Ginger

Burger buns brioche

Burger and hot dog buns made brioch style with sourdough and kefir.

Added by: Gillian Pugh

Tags: Buns, Brioche

Lego Shortbread

Good shortbread using semolina, in the shape of Lego

Added by: Lon SML Barfield

Tags: Biscuits

A simple date and oats cake

Little drops of heaven

Added by: monikabiesek

Tags: Cake, Oats, fruit, Chocolate

Sourdough English Muffins (makes 8+)

Inspired by ever growing quantity of discarded sourdough. Muffins are an any time scrumptious treat. Try toasted with Lemon Curd.

Added by: Doughtastic - Graham

Tags: Muffins

Muffins

Scrumptious and moist banana oats muffins (for kids) with no added sugar. Pure organic and packed with nutrients and....very yummy too.

Added by: Annapurna Chandani

Sourdough banana muffins

Slightly sweet muffins - great with peanut butter!

Added by: Selene

Tags: Sourdough, Cake, Muffins, fruit

Rhubarb cake

Rhubarb cake with vegan meringue topping.

Added by: Selene

Tags: Cake, fruit

Home made Oat Milk

A healthy alternative to dairy, which has the advantage of saving you money over the shop-bought varieties.

Added by: Jennifer Hole

Tags: Savouries

Organic Spelt Orange Cake

Super soft and moist, dairy free, egg free vegan orange cake

Added by: bridgemc121910

Tags: Cake, fruit

Dried Cranberry & Fresh Orange Zest Loaf Cake

A fruit filled, year-round bake that comes alive in your mouth; a delightful fusion of cranberries, orange and vanilla!

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Cake, fruit

Three malts focaccia with fennel

The flavour of this variety of focaccia is enriched by using Organic Three Malts & Sunflower Brown Flour and adding some fennel seed to the mix. The quantity of fennel seed can be adjusted to suit your taste. Some white bread flour in the mix helps to keep a light texture.

Added by: Peter Stevenson

Tags: Italian, Malt, Focaccia, Savouries

Vegan Sponge Cake

Venturing into the world of vegan baking, this was a surprisingly lovely sponge

Added by: Clare Seek

Tags: Cake, Vegan

Fig and hazelnuts biscotti

This Italian biscuits called biscotti which means twice baked are my favorite festive bakes . Give it a go, your house will smell festive for hours, your cookie jar will be full ( not for long ) they are a real treat, perfect gift for friends and family.

Added by: Laura Bigsby

Tags: Nuts, Biscuits, fruit

Gluten-Free Christmas Pudding with a twist...

A recipe just in time for Stir-Up-Sunday - or pretty good any time from now until just before Christmas. (Give it a week to mature at least!).

Added by: gfshiptonmill

Tags: Cake, Gluten Free

Vegan Gluten Free Cupcakes

Vegan gluten free vanilla cupcake recipe

Added by: waljitkaur

Tags: Cake, Gluten Free, Vegan

Cinnamon sourdough apple cake

A delicious way to use up extra sourdough starter

Added by: Julia Collins

Tags: Sourdough, Cake, fruit

Banana cake with nuts and chocolate

With the current autumn and the colder months, we notice greater desire for carbohydrates, especially those not healthy .. I try meet you half way and share with you more healthy alternatives, eg. cake

Added by: monikabiesek

Tags: Nuts, Cake, fruit

Sourdough Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake

An easy recipe for moist apple cake using leftover sourdough starter

Added by: WendyK

Gluten-Free Profiteroles

Lovely tasty profiteroles, a very scrummy treat from our friends at Seasoned cookery School!

Added by: ShiptonMill

Tags: Pastries, WheatFree, Chocolate, Gluten Free

Spelt Choc Chip Shortbread

Crisp and creamy shortbread recipe that takes seconds to make!

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Spelt, Biscuits

Gluten Free Burger Buns / Rolls. Version 2 with Almond flour

Excellent easy to make rolls for burgers or anything else!

Added by: J LEVY

Tags: Buns, Gluten Free

Gluten Free Oat and Blueberry Cookies

With friends and family with coeliacs disease or a gluten intolerance I wanted to devise a recipe that everyone could eat. These cookies are so moorish, like a little rocky cake, they are crunchy and chewy with a fruit pop! They can also be dairy free if you substitute the butter for coconut oil, happy days.

Added by: Nordic Kitchen stories

Tags: Biscuits, Gluten Free

All-in-one Chocolate Cake

Super-speedy chocolate sponge that's light and moreish.

Added by: Christine L

Tags: Cake, Chocolate

Jalapeño and Cheddar Sourdough

Jalapeño and Cheddar Sourdough, cheesy with a little heat

Added by: Nelson Mansfield

Tags: Sourdough, Savouries

Frosty Top Lemon Loaf

A loaf cake with an exceptionally good lemon flavour and perfect texture, and the crisp topping is a real bonus

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Cake, Lemon

Yogurt Cake

Easy yogurt cake

Added by: Ioana Mihut

Tags: Cake

lazy beetroot bread

A vibrant purple bread bursting with good flavours and good nutrition.

Added by: kal

Tags: Savouries

Vegan paté

Sweet potato and lentils paté

Added by: Jan Czerbak

Tags: Savouries

Pumpkin and walnut sourdough

Perfect bread for the autumn, although it can be prepared all year round as long as you find pumpkin. Really great along a good blue cheese.

Added by: Antonio Cerezo Iglesias

Tags: Sourdough, Nuts, Savouries

Simple and delicious chocolate cake

Who wants chocolate cake put your hands up

Added by: monikabiesek

Tags: Cake, Chocolate

Pear & Hazelnut Muffins

These easy muffins are made in minutes, and perfect for lunchboxes or coffee-time treats.

Added by: Christine L

Tags: Spelt, Muffins

Wholemeal Vegan Sweet Potato Paratha

Crispy, sweet and savoury Vegan paratha

Added by: Selina Pal

Tags: Savouries, Vegan

Spiced apple loaf cake

Gorgeous, soft loaf cake with a warming hint of spice and the tang of apples - made in a panibois

Added by: Lynn Clark

Tags: Cake, fruit

St Piran's parsnip and pulse Pasties

A seasonal recipe, it may be pie week, but the week started on Sunday with St Piran's day, the patron Saint of Cornwall. To celebrate, here's a veggie variation on the traditional Pasty theme.

Added by: Sophie Hurr

Tags: Savouries

Chocolate and chestnut brownies (Gluten-free)

Deliciously gooey chocolate brownies, made with chestnut flour, so that they can be enjoyed by those restricted to gluten-free foods as well as those who are not.

Added by: Juliet Collis

Tags: Cake, Chocolate, Gluten Free

Sourdough raspberry and blueberry buns

A delicious way to use up extra starter.

Added by: Julia Collins

Tags: Sourdough, Muffins

Ceri Jones's Gluten-Free Chestnut, Ginger & Pear Cake

I love using chestnut flour in cakes for its naturally sweet flavour, meaning very little sugar is added to the cake.

Added by: gfshiptonmill

Tags: Chestnut, Cake, Gluten Free

Onion and Thyme Bread

This is a bread that I have been making for a few years now and have arrived at this recipe by experimentation. The quantities of onion and thyme seem to work OK but can be varied to suit personal taste. For some reason unknown to me, I find this bread does actually keep fresh for a day or two longer than a basic bread, although the aroma of the onions and thyme make it so appetising to me that it rarely has chance to go stale.

Added by: Peter Foster

Tags: Savouries

Blueberry and hazelnut muffins with lemon and poppy seeds

These gluten free muffins are a favourite with children. The addition of lemon zest and poppy seeds makes them really special.

Added by: joanransley

Tags: Nuts, Muffins, fruit, Gluten Free

Buckwheat and spinach pancakes

With mixed vegetables and tahini and dressing. Some of the best pancakes in the world are made from buckwheat flour. They are really crisp and easy to make. This colourful dish is great for a vegetarian meal.

Added by: joanransley

Tags: Pancakes, Savouries, Gluten Free

Little Lemon Cakes

Individual lemon drizzle cakes with plenty of zest and a pleasing crunch

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Cake, Lemon

Rhubarb cake with green macha

This simple, versatile cake looks stunning if made with young, pink new rhubarb that comes into the shops in January. The rhubarb can be substituted with blueberries , raspberries, plums or strawberries if you would like to vary things a bit.

Added by: joanransley

Tags: Cake, fruit, Gluten Free

Gluten-Free Raspberry and Apple Muffins

Makes 6 large muffins: you can make these at any time of year using frozen raspberries, but using fruit in season make deliciously fruity muffins with a lovely citrus burst in the mouth, and the ground almonds add richness and moistness without making the result too heavy. These went down very well in the office at Shipton Mill!

Added by: gfshiptonmill

Tags: Muffins, fruit, Gluten Free

Gluten-Free Apple Tart

This apple tart takes a tad longer to prepare due to cooking and pureeing the fruit prior to baking, but it produces a lovely smooth tart with a good flavour, and looks really good if you leave red skins on the sliced apples for decoration - only if you're using organic fruit though. The gluten-free pastry can be made in advance and kept cool in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Added by: gfshiptonmill

Tags: Pastries, fruit, Gluten Free

Gluten-free Blueberry Pancakes

These are delicious in summer served outdoors with fresh fruit and yoghurt, or crushed summer berries and maple syrup. Make them in winter leaving out the blueberries, and turn them into something more substantial for Sunday mornings - serve them with grilled bacon and maple syrup, garnished with a slice of orange, Martha's Vineyard style. Makes around 5/6 American style pancakes

Added by: gfshiptonmill

Tags: Cake, Pancakes, Gluten Free

Gluten-free Victoria Sponge

Gluten-Free version of a classic, great to share! Gluten-free flour can have a 'dry' mouth feel, but using the tried and tested Victoria Sponge recipe with our blend produces a good result. Load it up with berries and edible flowers for a really pretty tea party.

Added by: gfshiptonmill

Tags: Cake, Sponge, Gluten Free

Butterfly Cupcakes

Most successful cupcake recipe I've used to date! Makes 12

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Cake

Coffee and Walnut Victoria Sandwich

This is one of the best loved of all my cakes in our family!

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Cake

Raspberry and lime yogurt cake

This is a delightful, soft beautifully flavoured cake which is gluten free and easy to make. It doubles up nicely as a pudding served with fruit and ice-cream.

Added by: joanransley

Tags: Cake, fruit, Gluten Free

Galettes Nantaises

Nantes shortbread recipes - a French classic biscuit

Added by: Lynn Clark

Tags: Biscuits

Greek Yogurt & Orange Blossom Cake

This is one of my most popular cake especially during the summer months. It's light, moist and bursts with citrus and floral tones... I top it with crushed pistachios and rose petals for a middle eastern twist.

Added by: Valerie Janicki

Tags: Cake

Samosas

Vegetable samosas, you won't be able to eat only one!

Added by: ElainePatricia

Tags: Savouries

coconut oats cookies with sourdough starter

Healthy oats cookies with desiccated coconut , chia seeds, flaxseeds, dried cranberries and figs..... I make these cookies all the time , my kids love them.

Added by: Yuk Tai-Leung

Tags: Sourdough, Biscuits, Oats

Rhubarb and Ginger Muffins

This recipe really packs a fruity Rhubarb and hot ginger punch. Really good. Great as a breakfast muffin or as a treat. Don't worry about the sugar in the rhubarb, you won't use all the syrup (though what's leftover makes for a lovely ice-cream syrup or cordial with soda water).

Added by: Sam F

Tags: Muffins, fruit, Spices

Oatmeal Biscuits - Healthy! Vegan! Yummy!

Quick and easy. Crunchy biscuits with Oatmeal, low Wheat, no Sugar

Added by: Selene

Tags: Biscuits, Oats, Vegan

Soft Oat biscuits

Soft and delicious!

Added by: Ania

Tags: Biscuits, Oats

Chunky oatmeal cookies

I love these because they're a treat, but pretty hearty as well, thanks to the oats.

Added by: Marlon Jones

Tags: Biscuits, Oats

Quick Lemon Drizzle

A simple but tasty cake for when you fancy a cake but haven't got all day - bish bash bosh!

Added by: Behla

Tags: Cake, Lemon

Gnocchi - the Italian dumpling made with flour and ricotta

A 30 minute light lunch - rich in complete protein, low in fat and very easy to make.

Added by: michele

Tags: Pasta, Savouries

Lemon madeleines (24)

Traditional french madeleines, the best with a cup of tea.

Added by: Coralie Adnet

Tags: Cake

Gluten-free Simnel Cake

We developed a Simnel cake using 50/50 gluten-free sorghum and millet flour instead of wheat flour. It came out very well, the middle layer of marzipan sank quite a lot but the cake was lovely and moist and chewy, and it couldn't be told apart from an Easter cake made with wheat flour - everyone can enjoy a slice! Decorate it with a few primroses, tiny chocolate eggs and some little chicks.

Added by: gfshiptonmill

Tags: Cake, Gluten Free

Organic Easter fruit and spice muffins.

A quick and easy individual cake recipe, with a seasonal spring twist! They make a good speedy alternative to the hot cross bun, with a similar spiced feel.

Added by: Sophie Hurr

Tags: Muffins, Spices

Sticky Toffee Pudding with vanilla ice cream & butterscotch sauce

This sticky toffee pudding is packed with sticky dates, dark brown sugar, strong white flour and is surprisingly light for the amount of butter involved!

Added by: simon dawson

Tags: Cake, fruit

Ellie's sweet potato fruit cake

A guten-free cake naturally sweetened by sweet potato and dried fruit, with buckwheat flour and chestnut flour.

Added by: E11ie

Tags: Chestnut, Cake, fruit, Buckwheat, Gluten Free

Dairy and wheat free Breton Galettes, made with buckwheat flour

Very simple to make. A delicious Breton variety of the traditional French crepe made with buckwheat flour, usually for savoury fillings. With a grand daughter with dairy intolerance, it's always a challenge to come up with "something different". These disappeared rapidly with a ham/goat's cheese filing, topped off with a fried egg.

Added by: David Adsett

Tags: Cake, Gluten Free, diary-free

Pumpkin, carrot and walnut cake with cashew orange frosting

This is similar to a carrot cake, but so much better! With its spices and distinctive deep flavours of the teff flour, Palmyra nectar and the nutty cold pressed rapeseed oil, it’s a delightfully warming cake. The pumpkin purée keeps it scrumptiously soft while studded with lightly toasted crunchy walnuts and juicy sultanas (seedless golden raisins).

Added by: henscleancakes

Tags: Cake, Gluten Free

Ginger & Pumpkin Slices

One of those great cakes that tastes better a few days after making, if you can keep it away from the kids that long

Added by: Clare Seek

Tags: Cake, Ginger

Gingerbread Physiotherapists

A recipe to support your NHS physios!

Added by: Baron Ilan

Tags: Biscuits, Ginger

Chocolate Chunk Shortbread

Makes a good size batch great for sharing with my daughter's school friends

Added by: DENISE HOLLAND

Tags: Biscuits, Chocolate

Jersey Wonders

Buttery, crumbly and melt in the mouth. The nearest English equivalent to the Jersey Wonder would be the doughnut, although Wonders are never coated in sugar, nor filled with jam. This recipe makes around 40 wonders

Added by: Caenwood

Tags: Cake

Khorasan Breakfast Buns

Delicious Buns made with Khorasan Flour, milk and honey.

Added by: Noelle Mace

Tags: Buns, Khorasan

Cheese and Onion Spelt Scones

Moist and very flavoursome - these scones are the perfect accompaniment to soup, stews and casseroles. Keep well in an airtight container

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Scones, Savouries

Dairy-Free Brioche- for those with specific allergies

A brioche using soya products instead of the traditional milk and butter. My first "experimental" loaf disappeared down my dairy-intolerant grand-daughter in a day and with no subsequent adverse reaction. Does anyone need a greater recommendation? It is now in great demand for school packed lunches.

Added by: David Adsett

Tags: SweetBread, Brioche, Brioche, diary-free

Coffee & Walnut Cake

This coffee & walnut cake is absolutely divine when you use Shipton soft cake & pastry flour.

Added by: Christine Zuazua

Tags: Nuts, Cake

Victoria Sandwich Cake

Added by: lmcfood

Tags: Cake

Spelt or Rye Banana Loaf

Moist, delicious banana bread recipe - that looks beautiful too!

Added by: flourmaidcakes

Tags: Rye, Spelt, Cake, fruit

Wholemeal Spelt Sticky Date Buns

Made in muffin tins to puff up and make a "snail shell", these lovely spelt buns ooze with buttery toffee and sticky date pieces. Best served warm from the oven with a steaming cup of tea or coffee to chase away the winter shills. Leftovers (if there are any!) will reheat well and can be frozen and zapped in the microwave for emergencies. There is a picture but it doesn't always seem to view in Firefox!

Added by: Helen Donoghue

Tags: Buns, Spelt, fruit

Vegan Leek Cake

incredible... just a simple leek cake, but just too yummy, crispy, irresistible...

Added by: Selene

Tags: Cake, Savouries, Vegan

Refrigerated Double Chocolate Chip Spelt Cookies

Melt-in-the-mouth cookies. Keep dough in the fridge for up to a week and bake off at your convenience. Makes 20 cookies

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Spelt, Biscuits, Chocolate

Lemon limoncello cake

This is one of the best lemon cakes I have ever baked. The cake is very fragrant (thanks to a candy-like liqueur limoncello), moist and finished with smooth lemon glaze. The best with tea or milky cappuccino. Enjoy! :)

Added by: Agnieszka Beda

Tags: Cake, fruit

Cinnamon tea loaf

The perfect tea loaf! Very low in fat, but juicy and delicious! keeps well, if you can manage not to eat it all fresh... Brilliant for packed lunches and picnics.

Added by: Sophie Hurr

Tags: Cake, Spices

Blueberry Lemon Muffins

These irresistible sweet muffins are packed with fruit and couldn't be simpler to make.

Added by: Christine L

Tags: Spelt, Cake

Lavender and Lemon Loaf

This loaf cake is soft and fluffy, and very moist on account of the lemon drizzle, stained a deep pink from the lavender.

Added by: redbookrecipes

Tags: Cake, fruit

Banana, Date and Walnut Spelt Loaf

A deliciously nutty and treacly spelt loaf for all times of the day.

Added by: James Brook-Fox

Tags: Spelt, Nuts, Cake, fruit

Ellie's grain-free and dairy-free walnut and currant spice cake

This recipe makes a wonderful moist cake but due to the type of ingredients it does require a food processor! I regularly include this healthy cake in my chidren's lunch boxes. It keeps for a week in the fridge and any dried out crumbs may be served with icecream or part of a custard style desert, so there's no waste!

Added by: E11ie

Tags: Nuts, Cake, fruit, Gluten Free

Spelt and Almond Cookies with Cherry Yogurt Icing

These crisp cookies can be made with any fruit flavoured yogurt (I use varieties produced by Yeo Valley). Enjoy experimenting with the recipe! Makes 20 biscuits

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Spelt, Nuts, Biscuits

Easy Burger Buns

Burger buns perfect for summer bbqs and partys!

Added by: Tamara Williams

Tags: Buns

Frosted Spelt Chocolate Cake

A luxuriously moist chocolate cake - the last mouthful will taste as good as the first!

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Spelt, Cake, Chocolate

Lemon Curd Brioche

If you like lemon, these are beautifull

Added by: Sabrina

Pretzel

Crisp on the outside, soft inside. Great for eating with beer, with friends, or cut open and used as the base for cheese on toast.

Added by: Doughtastic - Graham

Tags: Pastries

Coffee and Pecan Roulade

A fantastic dessert or an afternoon cake!

Added by: ayesha

Tags: Nuts, Cake

Chelsea Buns

An old classic which is great for afternoon tea or brunch

Added by: Jilly7

Tags: Buns, SweetBread

Ellie's grain-free celeriac, buckwheat and chestnut flour savouries

Savoury cakes perfect for packed lunches with the gold seal of approval from my 7 year old.

Added by: E11ie

Tags: Chestnut, Savouries, Buckwheat, Non-Wheat

Homemade flour tortillas

Easy homemade tortillas, for Mexican meals and school lunches.

Added by: Marlon Jones

Tags: Unusual, Unusual, Tortillas, Savouries

White Choc & Cranberry Brioche

This slightly sweet, yet oh so rich bread is stunning with the addition of white chocolate and cranberries. This is also an overnight recipe!

Added by: Matthew Shimwell

Tags: SweetBread, Chocolate, Brioche

Cheese and onion muffins

Brunch, picnic, special breakfast? Or backlogged with cheese or onion? This simple but very tasty recipe is the answer. With endless variations of the basic ingredients the result can be posh or basic satisfying the pickiest eaters and the most sophisticated ones too.

Added by: zsuzsanna pragai

Tags: Muffins, Cheese

Linzer Torte (Oma's Rezept)

This is my mother's recipe for Linzer Torte. Not specifically a Christmas cake, but no Christmas was complete without this cake. (And it's the most delicious dough to be eaten raw ...)

Added by: Juergen Krauss

Tags: Pastries

Cécile's gougères

Simple "pâte à chou" for savoury or sweet puffs -- never fails!

Added by: starz1010101

Tags: Pastries, Cheese, chou

Light lemon buns

By using olive oil rather than butter, cutting down the sugar and introducing lemon into the recipe, these buns are lighter and fresher on the palette than an indulgent Danish pastry. That's not to knock Danish pastries at all - a time and a place for those, of course! From time to time, I have added grated dark chocolate with a little orange zest to the filling below, and that's quite a popular recipe with some of my family.

Added by: Marc Puttock

Tags: Buns

Sticky ginger cake

Perfect for hungry tummies after school - and with a mug of tea!

Added by: Alice Crowe

Tags: Cake, Ginger

Bairin Breac

A delicious, soft bread similar to a brioche - great for an afternoon tea in the dark and cold season (not just on Halloween).

Added by: michele

Tags: fruit, SweetBread

Walnut and Blueberry Banana Loaf

The Queen of Banana Bread. This quick and easy recipe is a delicious all purpose treat, which can be made and served within the hour. The hardest part of the process is clearing up afterwards so I have given the quantities for making two loaves. Any excess can be sliced and frozen.

Added by: serindipity2uk

Tags: Cake, Cake, fruit

Sweet Orange Rye Biscuits

For now or later, these refrigerator biscuits are just the thing to enjoy with a cup of coffee. Easy to make, and easy to bake, gently spicy and aromatic, the recipe could be altered with your favourite spices, or add a few nuts, or dried fruit. Makes about 30.

Added by: Noelle Mace

Tags: Rye, Biscuits

Our Best Shortbread Recipe

this is the only shortbread recipe I ever use now,the organic semolina gives this shortbread the most amazing crunch and texture,in the pictures I have decorated them with snowflakes as no Christmas is complete without it and with its long life span it is ideal for Christmas gifts and hampers

Added by: Annaliese Jacques

Tags: Biscuits

Gingerbread Biscuits

No Christmas is complete without a good helping of gingerbread and it makes a perfect seasonal gift too,perfect for those who make hampers or want a homespun Christmas, if well wrapped it will last 3 months but if you freeze them you have something you can store for emergency gifts!

Added by: Annaliese Jacques

Tags: Biscuits, Ginger

Rosemary and Black SeaSalt Crackers

So this is the recipe that all of my customers at Landgirls Cookery school in Hartshill have been asking for,just one of these little salty crackers isn't enough, they are ridiculously moreish and perfect for party buffets, we cooked these on our 12 bakes of Christmas class last week and they have been one of the most popular recipes yet!

Added by: Annaliese Jacques

Tags: Biscuits, Herb

Cheese Sables

Fast and yummy crackers , perfect for Christmas and New year buffets

Added by: Annaliese Jacques

Tags: Biscuits, Cheese, Cheese

Raspberry and Chocolate Sundae Cake

A raspberry flavoured cake with raspberry buttercream, chocolate ganache glaze, topped with vanilla buttercream and raspberries. Yum!

Added by: Jo Baker

Tags: Cake, fruit, Chocolate

Blackberry and Raspberry Muffins

Luscious mix of fresh fruit muffins with a crusty almond topping, ideal with a cup of coffee for elevenses.

Added by: Katydid

Tags: Muffins

Sweet Brioche

Sweet Brioche - You can make this a traditional plain brioche or as a chocolate chip plait.

Added by: Rob Haynes

Tags: SweetBread, Brioche

Peanut Butter Cookies

These never last long when there are peanut butter lovers around!

Added by: SheilaSeek

Tags: Biscuits

Chocolate Vegan Cake

Sponge cake that tingles your taste buds!

Added by: waljitkaur

Tags: Cake, Chocolate

Amaretto Chocolate Mousse Cake

Everybody loves Chocolate, when you combine Chocolate cake, Chocolate Mousse and Amaretto there really isn't many things in life that are more decadent and delicious! This recipe has an option to use either Plain Flour or White Spelt flour depending on your preference and trust me the results are delicious whichever flour you choose!

Added by: Lauren Davis

Tags: Cake, Cake

Cheese & Marmite Spelt Muffins

Bake for elevenses or lunchtime. These muffins are light, moist and delicious to eat. Keep well in an air-tight container for several days.

Added by: Alex Ross

Tags: Cake, Muffins, photo1406

Buchteln

Sweet dumplings with jam filling and custard on top... delicious and so easy to make!

Added by: PhD

Tags: Cake, photo1406

Cookies, but better

I'm only adding this as I want a discount voucher, but being perfectionist, I would not offer anything less than.. well, perfect. The recipie has a strange amount of ingredients as it's not from the recipie book, please, don't be put off by that (and of course, you don't have to measure exactly). These are incredibly tasty, chewy and full of 'healthy energy' cookies. Best eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner, with milk or in the park. Also, I would like to mention, that it's not worth baking it if you are going to substitute or skip ingredients such as dried coconut, semolina, oat groats, cacao bean nibs and prunes, as without it, it will just be like any other cookies you've made before... p.s. sorry about the photo, only two cookies were left by the time i've got to my camera...

Added by: shiptonmill

Tags: Biscuits, photowinner1406

Hot Cross Buns or any kind of bun you might like

Shiny brown hot cross buns full of fruit and spices. Grandchildren love them even when it's not Easter!!

Added by: Sally Melling

Croissant

using the French type 55 flour these are so easy

Added by: Captain Gem

Tags: Pastries, Croissant, photo1406

Chestnut Cake

Tuscan Cake

Added by: Julie Cunningham

Tags: Chestnut, Cake

Spelt digestive biscuits

River Cottage recipe with Heston method

Added by: Fozzie

Tags: Spelt, Biscuits

Bridget's Brownies

Lovely served warm with creme fraiche or vanilla ice cream and fresh raspberries.

Added by: Fiona Rynn

Tags: Cake

Choc Orange Crumbles

Quick, simple and delicious gluten-free crumbly biscuits

Added by: cnbowles

Tags: Biscuits

Ellie's Chestnut Mini Pancakes

A really easy and tasty pancake recipe using just chestnut flour - perfect for the wheat intolerant

Added by: E11ie

Tags: Chestnut, Chestnut, Muffins, Ginger

Banana Muffins

Great for using up spotty bananas, works with both plain and wholemeal flour, kids love em!

Added by: Sophie Hurr

Tags: Muffins, fruit

Aargauer Rüeblitorte - Aargau Carrot Cake

The traditional Swiss moist and light carrot cake

Added by: michele

Tags: Cake

Spelt and carrot muffins

makes about 40 medium muffins

Added by: Monika Juergens

Tags: Spelt, Muffins

Chickpea Bread

Adapted from Andrew Wisley's recipe - Bread Matters-

Added by: Anne Chapman

Tags: Unusual

Coffee Eclairs - Maisy Neale

Great Coffee Eclairs - or any choux pastry - with light rye flour

Added by: sally neale

Tags: Pastries, LightRye

Musalie

Cold or hot

Added by: judy flack

Fruitcake Hater's Fruitcake

A Christmas fruitcake with no candied fruit; just dried fruit and nuts

Added by: Gary Rubin

Ginger & Sweet Potato Muffins

Healthy, Low GI, Delicious Muffins

Added by: Matt Haselden

Gingerbread House

Added by: Marah Wilson

Tags: Biscuits, Spices, Ginger

Spelt & Oatmeal Biscuits

Added by: Matt Haselden

Tags: Spelt, Biscuits, Oats

Beetroot Cake

Fruit sponge with beetroot

Added by: Katydid

Tags: Cake, fruit

Double Ginger Spelt Biscuits

White spelt flour makes delicious biscuits like these lovely gingery ones

Added by: FlourGeneration

Tags: Spelt, Biscuits, Ginger

Chestnut & Rice buns

1st Attempt! Wanted to find a way of using chestnut flour and rice flour other than in bread. Just made these this morning and I am quite pleased with the taste. The amount of sugar could be altered as i dont like things too sweet. I woulsd sugestmore if you have a sweet tooth !! I felt they had a lovely taste but were a bit dry. Next time I shall try adding some fruit and also plan to try coco powder as well, watch this space.

Added by: Pentewan

Tags: Chestnut, Buns, Cake, Rice

Nordic malt cookies

Crispy cookies with a beautiful dark colour and a great malty, almost coffee or chocolate-like flavour. For Christmas you could add flavorings such as 1 tsp mixed spices and ½ tsp grated orange zest – not Nordic, but very tasty!

Added by: Anna Colquhoun

Tags: Biscuits