Desserts

Cheesecakes really have everything, a crunchy biscuit base and velvety smooth creamy topping. Keep it simple with a no bake cheesecake recipe, wow with a baked version or make them mini, cheesecakes are the perfect pud. 
 
We’ve put the ooooo in our <a href="/recipes/no-bake-oreo-cheesecake">Oreo</a> offering and we defy you not to go bonkers for our <a href="/recipes/vegan-biscoff-cheesecake">Biscoff cheesecake</a>. For that added zing our <a href="/recipes/lemon-cheesecake">Lemon Cheesecake</a> is definitely the winner. Whatever your flavour, we're sure you'll find the recipe for you.

Millionaire's Cheesecake slice with a box of Billington's Light Muscovado Sugar in the background

If you’re a cheesecake fan, do we have the perfect recipes for you Try one of our cheesecake recipes and let us know how it goes

Cheesecake Recipes | Dessert Recipes

From breadsticks to brioche, sourdough to pizza dough - we have a medley of bread and dough recipes to see you through from breakfast to dinner.&nbsp; 
 
Love a 'pop in the breadmaker' bake? Or perhaps more of a 'get stuck in and sticky' <a href="/recipes/bacon-and-cheese-loaf">hand baked loaf</a>? Whatever type of baker you are, bread baking apprentice to artisan extraordinaire we have the best bread recipes.

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Making your own bread from scratch is incredibly satisfying. We also have pizza dough recipes, doughnuts and so much more. Try them out today.

Bread Recipes | Easy & Delicious Bread & Dough Recipes

Fill your house with the aroma of freshly baked bread

Bread & Dough

There are lots of ways to make a cake; dress it up with decorations or celebrate its full naked glory. A ‘drop of vanilla’ birthday cake, "one more slice" banana bread or decadent chocolate cake recipes. Rolled. Stacked. Filled. You bake the rules. 
 
For beginners, the classic <a href="/recipes/lemon-drizzle-cake">Lemon Drizzle cake</a> is the perfect crowd-pleaser. Or for more experimental bakers, stack the tiers high and fill the cakes with hidden surprises. When cake is life, not just for birthdays, we say let’s get baking.

Cookie, Oreo & Brownie Layered Cake with a slice cut out of it. 

Baking a cake is a fine art, but one that can be mastered by many. Browse through our cake recipes and find the perfect one for you.

Cake Recipes | Easy Cake Ideas

Old Favourites & Classic Cakes

Cakes

Chocolately truffles, creamy fudge, the fluffiest marshmallows, we defy not to become giddy like a child in a sweet shop with these sweet recipes.&nbsp; 
 
From nostalgic sweets, <a href="/recipes/white-chocolate-snowies">snowies</a> and <a href="/recipes/chocolate-nutella-mice">chocolate mice</a> to <a href="/recipes/turkish-delight">Turkish delight</a> and <a href="/recipes/peppermint-creams">Peppermint Creams</a>, the hardest decision will be which one to try first. Pick n Mix to your hearts delight or share the love creating the greatest Willy Wonkeriffic edible gifts for friends and family.

Top view of Rainbow Meringues in a bowl, with Rainbow Meringues scattered around next to a bag of silver spoon caster sugar

The most exciting confectionery and sweets recipes including Turkish delight & chocolate fondant are on Baking Mad. Pick your favourites and make them today

Confectionery Recipes | How to Make Homemade Candy Sweets & Chocolates

Try your hand at making homemade confectionery recipes

Confectionery

Crunch, snap or dunk. However you like to eat your biscuits, we have something for everyone. Our irresistible 5* Millies <a href="/recipes/copycat-chocolate-chip-millie-s-cookies">chocolate chip cookie recipe</a> is a must for all cookie lovers. You call it eating the whole batch, we call it taste testing.&nbsp; 
 
When it comes to biscuit recipes, go simple with <a href="/recipes/shortbread-fingers">shortbread</a> or spice up your life with <a href="/recipes/gingerbread-dough">gingerbread</a>. There's even a <a href="/recipes/dog-biscuits">dog biscuit recipe</a> for your pampered pooches.

Side on view of a stack of vegan and gluten free chocolate chip cookies

Cookies and biscuits can often be confused, but either way, they are delicious and easy to make. We have loads of recipes for you to try out. Happy baking

Cookies And Biscuit Recipes | How to Make Easy Biscuit & Cookies at Home

Fill up your biscuit tin!

Cookies & Biscuits

Mini or mighty, one in a jar, for the best cupcake recipe you needn't look that far.&nbsp;Vanilla, Oreo, Biscoff? Chocoholics, all hail the 5* <a href="/recipes/mary-berry-chocolate-cupcakes">Mary Berry chocolate cupcake recipe</a>.&nbsp;Keep kids busy with <a href="/recipes/chocolate-cake-pops">cake pops</a> and <a href="/recipes/simple-fairy-cakes">fairy cakes</a>. We even have <a href="/recipes/feta-cheese-and-herb-cupcakes">savoury cupcakes</a> to jazz up lunchtime. 
 
Mad about muffins? From blueberry to banana muffin recipes; the tastiest way to sneak in your 5 a day. <a href="/recipes/gluten-free-chocolate-and-cherry-muffins">Gluten free muffins</a>, <a href="/recipes/vegan-blueberry-muffins">vegan muffins</a>, you will be spoilt for choice.

Nutella Cupcakes with glass bottle of milk in the background

Cupcakes and muffins both have a place in our hearts and they’re similar in looks and how they’re baked. Here are our favourite cupcake and muffin recipes.

Cupcakes & Muffin Recipes | Easy Recipes & Best Bakes

Bake a batch & share with friends!

Cupcakes & Muffins

All about the heavenly desserts? Whatever the season or occasion we have dessert ideas from summery meringues, pavlovas to panna cottas. In winter snuggle down with warming and comforting puds, whether it be&nbsp;a humble crumble or creamy rice pudding. 
 
If cheesecake is your kryptonite we suggest you look away now - from <a href="/recipes/new-york-baked-cheesecake">New York Vanilla</a> to <a href="/recipes/toblerone-cheesecake">Toblerone</a>, our selection is guaranteed to leave you weak at the knees.

2 glass jars of eton mess, raspberries, edible flowers and vanilla extract

Desserts come in many shapes and sizes. Baking Mad has a full collection of dessert recipes that you simply have to try. Get them here.

Dessert Recipes | Easy Desserts for Every Occasion

Browse dessert recipes for every occasion

Ice cream recipes have never been simpler, no ice cream maker needed! Maple fudge, strawberry ripple, mint choc chip and rum – no need to be so vanilla (although this is also yummy). Serve in an <a href="/recipes/arctic-roll">arctic roll</a>, <a href="/recipes/fruity-knickerbocker-glory">knickerbocker glory</a>, <a href="/recipes/ice-cream-cookie-sandwich">cookie sandwich</a> or an indulgent ice cream cake, guaranteed smiles all round.
It’s not just ice cream recipes; granitas, sorbets, frozen yoghurts and ice lolly recipes. Lots of icy delights, so free up your freezer.

Bowl of ice cream, apple and slices, brown sugar packet

Discover the perfect homemade ice cream & ice lolly recipes with the latest tips, and learn how to make anything from vanilla ice cream to an ice lolly.

Ice Cream & Lollies | Easy Frozen Homemade Treats

There's nothing better than homemade ice cream...

Ice Cream & Lollies

Fluffy <a href="/recipes/buttercream-icing">basic buttercream </a>(or frosting) really is the icing on any cake. Simple to whip up, satisfying to gobble up. Master a buttercream recipe and experiment with flavours, or add cocoa for the best <a href="/recipes/salted-chocolate-buttercream">chocolate buttercream</a>. 
 
From rainbow buttercream, roses or ruffles, we have the piping tips and techniques to grow your decorating skills. More of an icing traditionalist?

Try one of our many icing & buttercream recipes and make something delicious today Learn how to make the perfect icing or buttercream filling for your cake.

Icing & Buttercream Recipes | Simple & Easy Sweet Toppings

From royal icing to fondant icing and flooding, we have it all

Icing & Buttercream

You can’t beat homemade, bursting with fruit and veg. <a href="/recipes/lemon-curd">Lemon curd</a>, <a href="/recipes/orange-and-whisky-marmalade">Orange and Whiskey marmalade</a>, <a href="/recipes/glitter-strawberry-jam-with-champagne">glitter Strawberry jam</a> - your toast has never tasted so good. 
 
Revolutionise your tarts and pies with chutneys, curds, jams and jellies that will have your friends begging for the recipe. It couldn't be simpler with our friendly tutorials, you'll know how to make jam in no time.

Discover jams, marmalade, chutneys & other preserve recipes on Baking Mad. Jams & preserves are a key part of many traditional cuisines all over the world.

Jams & Spreads | Easy Homemade Preserves

Are spreads and preserves your jam?

Jams & Spreads

Traditionally <a href="/recipes/basic-pancakes">thin crepes</a> or thick and fluffy <a href="/recipes/american-pancakes">American Pancakes</a>? Stack with berries, maple and bacon, or fill with spinach and ricotta. 
 
Keto, Vegan or Gluten Free, the humble pancake is flipping fabulous whatever the occasion. For the ultimate batter indulgence, a mountain of waffles drizzled with syrup or a plate of cinnamon Churros dipped in chocolate. Heavenly.&nbsp;

Stack of american pancakes covered in maple syrup and topped with fresh berries

Pancakes aren't just for Shrove Tuesday. From crepe to American style, discover the variety of exciting pancake and pancake batter recipes on Baking Mad.

Pancakes, Crepes & Waffles

Pancakes are for life, not just for Pancake Day

Whether you need a simple shortcrust pastry recipe, fabulous filo or puff perfection, we have something for everyone. Even Vegan potato pastry. 
 
Learn <a href="/baking-tips/how-to-blind-bake-pastry">how to blind bake pastry</a> and once you have mastered the basics, tart it up to your hearts delight. Travel the world from Danish pastries to French Pastries, Austrian Strudels to Greek Spanakopita. Sweet or savoury. Steak pie or apple pie. We have more swirls, rolls and turnovers than a gymnast.

Looking for a easy, tasty pastry recipe? You've come to the right place From Yorkshire puddings to apple pies, discover the many recipes on Baking Mad.

Pastries, Pies & Tart Recipes | Easy Ideas for Best Savoury Bakes

Grab your rolling pins and let’s get baking.

Pastries, Pies & Tarts

How to make scones has never been easier with our foolproof tips and tricks on how to rub together butter and flour. Whether you’re “jam then cream” or vice versa there's something for everyone. 
 
Sweet or savoury. Cheese scones galore. Marmite lovers will go crazy for our <a href="/recipes/cheese-and-marmite-scones">Cheese and Marmite scones</a> - the ultimate taste sensation. Bring your ‘A’ game to afternoon tea with these easy scone recipes. The yummiest fruit scones, calorie conscious, buttermilk and <a href="/recipes/gluten-free-afternoon-scones">gluten free scones</a>.

scone with strawberries and cream on a plate 

Discover our easy scone & shortcake recipes from Baking Mad & find your favourite scone recipe. Learn the secrets of this traditional English treat

Scones & Shortcake Recipes | Baking Mad

Once they’re scone, they’re scone

Scones & Shortcakes

We have the perfect accompaniment to any pud - velvety <a href="/recipes/vanilla-custard">vanilla custard</a>. Or for a touch of nostalgia, a spoonful of feel-good <a href="/recipes/pink-custard">pink custard</a>. 
 
For ultimate indulgence, our <a href="/recipes/salted-caramel-sauce-three-ways">salted caramel sauce</a> is pure heaven. Drizzle on ice cream, or hide inside melt-in-the-middle puds; it’s also tasty eaten secretly by the spoonful. Gift these sweet sauces to your loved ones and you will be guaranteed friends for life.

Find the most delicious sweet sauces recipes on Baking Mad. Whether you're looking to make bread, caramel or cranberry sauce, you can try one here today

Sauces & Condiments | Simple Homemade Sauce Recipes

Feeling Saucy?

Sweet Sauces

Can we tempt you with a traybake? Breath-taking brownies, blissful blondies, fabulous flapjacks. Maybe our millionaires shortbread recipe? Crunchy biscuit base, velvety caramel and sweet chocolate to finish. 
 
Is your mouth watering yet? Traybakes are a cinch with kids - like our ‘anything goes’ <a href="/recipes/biscoff-rocky-road">Rocky Road recipes</a>, simple to make and scrumptious to snuffle. You're in the right place for the yummiest traybake recipes.

Salted Caramel Cookie Traybake pieces stacked on top of each other with a hand reaching for the top piece. A bottle of milk in the background and jar of caramel sauce in the foreground

Traybakes are a delicious collection of baked cakes, slices and squares that are baked in a tray and then sliced up into portions. Find your traybake match here.

Traybake Recipes | Easy Flapjacks & Best Brownies

Deliciously simple traybake recipes

Traybakes

Fruit cake, sponge cake or a single cupcake, we have the birthday cake recipes to make the day special. Kids will love our fun cakes from unicorns, castles and barbies to rainbow showstoppers. 
 
Heavenly <a href="/recipes/best-chocolate-cake">chocolate cake</a> and <a href="/recipes/boozy-margarita-cake">boozy bakes</a> for the adults. Even <a href="/recipes/number-cake">number cakes</a> for those who don’t mind their age. Make the birthday with nibbles galore. Scotch egg or sausage roll anyone?

Looking to bake the perfect birthday cake for family or friends? Explore Baking Mad's wide selection of birthday cake recipes to get inspiration

Birthday Cakes & Bakes | Baking Mad

Whether you're 1 or 100 we all deserve a birthday cake on our big day

Birthday Recipes

Recipes

Tips & Tricks

This vegan biscoff cheesecake recipe is simple&nbsp;to make.&nbsp;Making a vegan version of a biscoff&nbsp;cheesecake is easy if you use the coconut based cream cheeses.&nbsp;I use Violife, it’s perfect and sets well with the biscoff so NO other ingredients except a little sugar are needed to give you a perfect cheesecake!

Vegan Biscoff Cheesecake

This no bake oreo cheesecake is so delicious and quick to whip up - the test will be whether you can wait till it's set to dig in! Prep the cheesecake in just 20 minutes and set it in the fridge for 4 hours or overnight.

No Bake Oreo Cheesecake

Despite being baked, this easy cheesecake recipe takes less than 1 hour and never fails to impress at a dinner party. Why not serve with some berries or fruit of the season for added bite!

Baked cheesecake

This Toblerone Cheesecake is really delicious. If you like chocolate, you'll abolsultely love this recipe. With a Toblerone base and the cheesecake, you get a double chocolate hit. Perfect for that special occasion where you want to wow your guests.

Toblerone Cheesecake

This delicious recipe featured in the 2012 edition of The Little Book of Treats as&nbsp;Helen from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thecrazykitchen.co.uk/">thecrazykitchen</a>'s&nbsp;favourite. The Little Book of Treats is produced by Macmillan Cancer Support and 100% of the proceeds go towards helping people affected by cancer. Make sure you grab one in your nearest M&amp;S cafe this summer.

Millionaire's cheesecake

Who can resist the combination of white chocolate , cheesecake and strawberries! This gorgeous dessert can be made a day in advance for a stunning summer party.

White Chocolate & Strawberry Cheesecake

This zesty lemon cheesecake is deliciously refreshing and would be a great dessert choice for any occasion. The base is packed with the flavours of gingernut biscuits and Billington's molasses sugar and topped with a smooth, creamy layer of lemon infused cream cheese&nbsp;making this no ordinary cheesecake. One slice of this and we guarantee you will be coming back for more.

Lemon Cheesecake

This no bake Honey &amp; Berry Cheesecake is a quick and easy dessert that for minimal effort delivers maximum taste. No bake means minimal equipment and fuss (hurrah)! This no bake cheesecake has a&nbsp;crisp biscuit base layered with a smooth low fat cream cheese and sweetened with <a href="https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/SearchResults/truvia">Truvia for Baking - Icing</a>,&nbsp;adding&nbsp;a sweetness without the need for refined sugar.

Low Sugar No Bake Honey & Berry Cheesecakes

It's no secret that we all love a cheesecake, but a vanilla cheesecake baked? Wow, that's a whole different ball game.&nbsp;
This vanilla cheesecake recipe is a complete game changer that is sure to send ripples through your next dinner party or gathering. Lovingly created by Eric Lanlard, this baked vanilla cheesecake uses Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Bean Paste to create the dreamiest vanilla flavour and beautiful flecks of vanilla seeds throughout, meaning there is no need to fiddle about with a vanilla pod.
If you want to make it even more special, Eric’s top tips to 'jazz it up' are: Serve with a chunky fresh blueberry compote with crème de cassis, or sprinkle chopped chunks of toffee fudge and drizzle on a salted caramel sauce.

Baked Vanilla Cheesecake Recipe

We've taken one of the best the traditional British biscuits and taken it to the next level. Introducing the Custard Cream Cheesecake! Not too sweet, this cheesecake offers a palette cleansing masterpiece which will leave your guests or family deliciously satisfied. &nbsp; If you love this recipe, you might want to try our <a data-item-id="8f30b099-df71-54a9-8a6c-04e092045e9f" href="">Toblerone cheesecake</a> next time!&nbsp;

Custard Cream Cheesecake

Looking for the perfect quick and simple dessert to wow your friends and family? Look no further than this mini maple cheesecakes with caramelised pecans. No baking is required for this dessert saving you time to plan the rest of your meal (or pop your feet up with a cup of tea)

No Bake Mini Maple Cheesecakes

This White Chocolate Cheesecake is made as any traditional cheesecake would be with the addition of white chocolate and a raspberry coulis. It also contains that all important buttery biscuit base. It is the dreamiest of combinations – white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake, deliciously indulgent.

White Chocolate and Raspberry Cheesecake

This no-bake&nbsp;blueberry cheesecake makes a&nbsp;simple yet&nbsp;exciting&nbsp;dessert for any dinner party. Crisp digestive biscuit base, topped with a velvety vanilla bean cream cheese topping rippled with blueberry jam. For an extra burst of blueberries, spread a layer of jam between the biscuit base and cream cheese topping.

Blueberry cheesecake

A strawberry no-bake cheesecake is such a great go-to classic recipe. The fruity flavour makes this recipe a real crowd pleaser. With a creamy strawberry topping coupled with a melt in the mouth digestive biscuit base, this recipe will have you salivating. If you haven't made a cheesecake before, this is a really good entry level recipe to try. Our top tip is to cut the cheesecake into wedges while it's still slightly frozen in the middle to help hold it's shape.

Strawberry Cheesecake

This zesty&nbsp;key lime pie was featured in the second series of Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard on Channel 4.

Key lime pie

This baked blueberry cheesecake recipe is taken from Eric Lanlard’s book Home Bake (page 166).&nbsp;&nbsp;We hope this offers you baking inspiration. 
 
If cheesecake is your thing, try out our delicious <a data-item-id="760ca6a5-9c88-539d-a10d-26254e04d759" href="">baked vanilla cheesecake</a>.

Baked blueberry cheesecake

Mini fruit topped cheesecakes ideal if you are hosting a dinner party, or perfect as a little treat to serve with afternoon tea. &nbsp;

Mini fruit topped cheesecakes

This is a creative twist on the popular red velvet cake, combining the best of both worlds, cake and cheesecake. This red velvet cheesecake is a wonderful showstopper to serve to your friends and family. 
 
This recipe was developed by Eric Lanlard and features in his Afternoon Tea recipe book.

Red velvet cheesecake

Yoghurt and cheesecake doesn't sound like a combination that should work but trust us it is&nbsp;really tasty. We used strawberry flavoured Skyr yoghurt as it has a great thick and creamy consistency that lends itself to a cheesecake recipe really well. Go on give it a try!

Strawberry Skyr Cheesecake

Toffee flavoured cream cheese filling with fudge chunks, topped with cream, bananas and chocolate, makes this&nbsp; an utterly irresistible dessert. Make sure you use unrefined golden icing sugar in this recipe as it will give a delicious caramel flavour that you won’t get with white icing sugar.&nbsp; The cheesecake can be made a day in advance if liked.

Cheesecakes

Whatever your flavour, we're sure you'll find the cheesecake recipe for you

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