Raisin

You don’t have to use fruit bread, ­you could use white bread, croissants or panettone. Croissants are particularly delicious with the strawberry jam. Note

You could stir some finely chopped and seeded cucumber into the remaining yoghurt. Note

Fruit mince is a mixture of dried fruits such as raisins, sultanas and candied peel, nuts, spices, apple, brandy or rum. It is used as a filling for cakes, puddings and fruit mince pies. Note

Keeping time: 3 days. Note

It is fine to use just the one 300ml carton of cream for the mocha sauce. Note

Use a serrated knife to cut the cakes. These cakes will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for four weeks; the toffee will soften after a few days, depending on the weather. Note

This moist cake can be eaten warm or cold. Note

A Moroccan-style chicken stew packed full of almonds, raisins, ginger, cinnamon and white wine.