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pastry & cake recipes

Making pastry is easier than you think and well worth the effort. Check out Jamie's recipe for old fashioned sweet shortcrust pastry and try out some of his delicious cake recipes.

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sticky double ginger cake

dessert recipes | serves 8-10
It’s easy to make this cake in a food processor but if you’re doing it by hand you’ll need to chop your ginger very finely and make sure you cream your sugars and butter really well. If you like, you ...

sticky toffee cupcakes with chocolate topping

dessert recipes | serves makes about 12
Whatever happened to cupcakes? I used to love them as a kid and, while mucking about with a sticky toffee pudding recipe, I tried to reinvent the good old cupcake – always puts a smile on my face.

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sweet tamales ‘n’ chocolate

dessert recipes | serves 16 tamales
32 dried cornhusks or 16 x A5 sized pieces of greaseproof or wax paper (try www.coolchile.co.uk or www.mexgrocer.co.uk)

At a fantastic out-of-the-way Mexican restaurant called El Metate in Gallup, ...

tasty tuscan tart

dessert recipes | serves 6
Preheat your oven to 190°C/375°F/gas 5. Roll out the shortcrust pastry to form a rectangular shape just under 1cm thick, using flour to dust. Place on a clean, flat baking tray and pinch the pastry ar...

toffee apple tart

dessert recipes | serves 6-8
This is a fantastic dessert that I love to make for friends as they can’t get enough of it. The combination of toffee and apples is a fairground classic but feel free to try it with pears, bananas, ev...