Isaac & Scout’s Christmas cake

This delightfully indulgent-looking Christmas cake is so simple that even the children can lend a hand

Blitz-&-bake sticky toffee Christmas pud

This deliciously moist alternative to the traditional pudding was conjured up by combining sticky toffee pudding and carrot cake

Crab & ginger tart with a chilli dressing

Lesley Waters gives us her modern, British take on quiche

Miniature omelettes with ricotta

These little omelettes – called frittatine in Italian – make a wonderful appetizer

Kahlúa chocolate cheesecake

Decadent, tempting chocolate cheesecake with the taste of coffee liqueur

Gingerbread cookie cottage

Here’s a gingerbread recipe sure to delight youngsters and enchant adults alike; a genuine house of gingerbread

Dark chocolate & cranberry roulade

This is a fantastic cake to serve as a dessert or at teatime over the festive season and can be made up to a day in advance

Festive fruit & nut cake

This fabulously moist and nutty Christmas cake is baked with a syrup and nut topping – a bit like a Florentine biscuit

Isaac’s chocolate coconut squares

Go loco over coconut with these melt-in-the-mouth chocolate treats

Ultimate kedgeree

There are a million versions of kedgeree, but we reckon this is the best and easiest of the lot

Villa Valentina’s potato gnocchi

Authentic, light-as-a-feather gnocchi from Italy

Cauliflower cheese & bacon quiche

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
A lovely combination of cauliflower cheese and quiche Lorraine – make sure you pick the freshest cauli around