Fruit

Packed with fruit, spices and marzipan, Simnel Cake is an Easter tradition. We’ve made ours with chunks of marzipan and decorated it with pretty flowers.

Traditionalists may scorn at the inclusion of chocolate in this best ever hot cross bun recipe, but we think there is a place for the humble choc-chip. Either way, enjoy them hot from the oven with lashings of butter.

Apricots make the finest jam. They're sweet and rich with just a whisper of piquant freshness that makes the best preserves.

Chocolate and strawberries are a match made in heaven and so are these luscious pavlovas. But be warned, it will be almost impossible to stop at one.

Sweet, smooth custard and delicate blueberries sandwiches between layers of tender puff pastry make an impressive, yet jaw-dropping simple dessert.

Put the kettle on and enjoy a thick slice of this deliciously dense fruit cake.

Nothing says Christmas like a dense, plump fruit cake loaded with nuts, fruits, spices and cheeky splash of sherry.