Warm pearl barley & roasted carrot salad with dill vinaigrette

This salad combines sweet carrots with the liquorice bite of a slightly acidic dressing and creamy blue cheese – a simple lunch or side dish

Weaning recipe: Slow-cooked lamb & veg with sweet potato & carrot mash

A beautifully balanced, slow-cooked toddler meal – by combining iron-rich lamb with vitamin-C-rich veg, you’ll be optimising your child's ability to absorb iron

Easter chocolate truffle cake

More child-friendly than a simnel cake, this Easter extravagance is made with chocolate and truffles instead of marzipan

Weaning recipe: Celeriac, carrot & apple purée

Mixing root vegetables with fruit is a wonderful way of letting your baby explore different flavours, and this purée is also packed full of nutrients. Plus there is minimal preperation involved too… 

Easter chocolate mousse cake

A true chocolate showstopper for any Easter table. This gorgeous centrepiece has a flourless chocolate sponge base topped with rich chocolate mousse and a spun sugar nest

Low sugar chocolate sandwich cake

Moist and squidgy, who would believe that this gorgeous chocolate cake is just 2g of sugar per slice? The creamy chocolate topping is also low in sugar but high in deliciousness

Blood orange & olive oil bundt cake

Using a bundt tin, gives a stunning effect to this zesty cake with light olive oil sponge and decadent white chocolate and blood orange glaze 

Blood orange crêpe cake

Blood oranges come into season during the winter months, treat yourself to citrussy orange pancakes, layered with orange custard and topped with the caramelised fruit

Banana & custard drip cake

With its retro flavour combination, bold drippy icing and piles of bright confectionery, this showstopping layered cake ticks all the trend boxes

Marzipan-in-the-middle bundt cake

Half-cake, half-stollen, this last-minute Christmas bake doesn't need to mature, and is bursting with festive flavours, mixed spice, dried fruit and nuts

Chocolate, orange & hazelnut cake

You'd never guess that this spectacular dessert is dairy-free, decorated with a zesty ganache using orange juice instead of cream

Gingerbread cake with caramel biscuit icing

This sumptuous Christmas bake is covered in a decadent icing, finished with gingerbread biscuits and dusted with desiccated coconut ‘snow’