Recipes

Recipe - My ULTIMATE Crunchy On The Outside, Gooey In The Centre Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Recipe - My ULTIMATE Crunchy On The Outside, Gooey In The Centre Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies are just the BESTEST. Chunky, with a gooey centre and crunchy outside. I have baked this cookie recipe more times than any other (except for my brownies, of course) and they haven't let me down yet.

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Baking Tips - 6 Top Tips For The PERFECT Baked Cheesecake

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Baking Tips - 6 Top Tips For The PERFECT Baked Cheesecake

Top tips for baking the PERFECT, no-cracks, velvety smooth cheesecake. As far as I’m concerned, any baker should know how to make a decent cheesecake - they aren’t tricky to bake, but need a completely different treatment from sponge cakes or cookies. Here are my top tips, learnt over decades of trial and error.

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The BESTEST Hot Cross Bun Recipe

The BESTEST Hot Cross Bun Recipe

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Baking Tips - 5 Top Tips For Red Velvet Cake

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Baking Tips - 5 Top Tips For Red Velvet Cake

Red velvet is a crowd-pleasing, impressive cake, but it can also be a little daunting, with lots of 'watch-outs'. The red food colouring makes the cake batter prone to splitting, and turns everything it touches red for the foreseeable future; a couple of grams over on the cocoa powder and the cake goes brown instead of a rich red; the cream cheese frosting has a tendency to turn to gloop at the very last minute for no apparent reason; and the list goes on.

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Mini Lemon Meringue Tarts Recipe

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Mini Lemon Meringue Tarts Recipe

I find these ‘mini’ lemon meringue pies easier to handle and serve than the traditional large version - the crumbly pastry can break easily when slicing - and they make for a very sophisticated, beautiful dessert.

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