Healthy banana bread

Have your cake and eat it with this low-fat, healthy banana loaf – perfect for breakfast and beyond

Stollen wreath

BBC Good Food’s show-stealing December 08 cover recipe – perfect if you fancy a change from the usual Christmas cake

Chocolate orange brownies

You know these squidgy chocolate cake squares with orange zest are going to be good!

Dorset apple traybake

Simple-to-whip-up apple cake that can be cut into bars or squares for a tea time treat

Rhubarb, apple & ginger crunch trifle

Try making double the amount of fruit and oatmeal, and serving for breakfast with yogurt

Brazil & banana bread

Often overlooked, these nuts deserve their turn in the spotlight – bake into a squidgy, soft loaf cake with fruit and coconut

Quick plum crumble

Cheat your way towards a baked fruity warmer by using leftover madeira sponge cake as the topping to a juicy pud

Very berry trifle

Layers of mascarpone, custard, cherry conserve, mixed berries, Madeira cake and sherry – who doesn’t love a trifle?

Healthier Victoria sandwich

The classic tea time sponge cake is given a healthy makeover to slash the fat by half without losing any of the taste

Cherry & almond tarts

These mini Bakewell bites combine pastry and cake are designed for making in batches and cooking from frozen

Parkin

Parkin is a traditional sponge cake from Northern England flavoured with syrupy molasses, oatmeal and ginger. A lovely teatime treat!

Zesty carrot & ginger loaf

Lovers of ginger cake and carrot cake should enjoy this one. It mellows and improves over a couple of days