Shredded sesame chicken pancakes with spiced plum sauce

Cook your roast chicken with honey and five-spice glaze then serve with a Chinese-style fruit sauce and pancakes

Rich raspberry chocolate mousse cake

With a crunchy biscuit base and rich mousse topping, this make-ahead, no-cook celebration pudding is easy as pie

Chocolate & caramel ombre cake

For the ultimate indulgence look no further than Sarah Cook’s four-layered chocolate-caramel extravaganza

Braised oxtail with basil dumplings

Slow-cooked oxtail is soft, melting meat and teamed with this rich red wine sauce it’s perfect for parties

Battenberg cake

Sarah Cook’s traditional Battenberg cake is a delicious project for an afternoon in the kitchen

Cola ham with maple & mustard glaze

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only

Cook a juicy gammon joint in a cinnamon-spiced stock, then add a sticky syrup and clove sauce and serve in thick slices

Rosemary & garlic lamb burgers

Tuck these away ready for a barbecue as they cook beautifully from frozen

Crunchy Asian cabbage & prawn salad

This no-cook main course is packed full of good-for-you ingredients

Mexican steak with homemade refried beans

All the flavours of a good beef chilli con carne in a fraction of the time, cook it in a frying pan or on the bbq

Cherry mallow traybake

Sarah Cook’s cute cakes are easy, cheap and, most importantly, fun to make

Fruit & nut Christmas pudding loaf

The loaf shape makes this pud easy to slice and serve, and it takes less time to cook than a steamed one

Passion cake

Bake Sarah Cook’s scrumptious triple-layer cake for someone you love this Valentine’s Day