Desserts

There couldn’t be anything simpler than meringues, two store cupboard ingredients and a little elbow power to whisk. Whether you love dinky meringue kisses or super size pavlovas, we have a medley of meringue recipes. 
 
Pipe it, stripe it, pile it high with fresh fruit or dunk it in <a href="/recipes/mini-meringue-with-chocolate-fondue">chocolatey fondue</a>. One of our favourite ways to enjoy meringue is a <a href="/recipes/baked-alaska">Baked Alaska</a>, fluffy meringue encasing the creamiest ice cream. <a href="/recipes/lemon-meringue-pie">Lemon meringue pie</a> is a close contender too.

Whip up the perfect peaks with our equally-as-perfect meringue recipes. Explore the variety of recipes available at Baking Mad and try one today

Meringue 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>.

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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

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Is there anything that says British summer garden party more than a pavlova topped with lashings of fresh summer berries and dollops of sweet whipped cream? This quick and easy pavlova is a simple showstopper which is easy to share with friends and family, making it the perfect Jubilee dessert.
Using Silver Spoon Caster Sugar, this meringue makes super stiff peaks with a glossy shine meaning you're meringue will bake to perfection each and every time making more time for the most important part - dolloping with generous spoonful's of whipped cream and handfuls of seasonal strawberries and raspberries.

Strawberry Pavlova

This is truly a&nbsp;glamorous dessert to impress dinner guest with,&nbsp;&nbsp;the different unrefined sugars used&nbsp;bring beautiful flavour and colour to the baked meringue.

Mini meringue with chocolate fondue

These stripy cream filled meringues are great for a get-together with friends and they are&nbsp;easy to keep fresh so you can make them days beforehand and avoid any&nbsp;last minute kitchen disasters on the day of your coffee morning. This recipe was created for the 2013 edition of The Little Book of Treats.&nbsp;The Little Book of Treats is produced by Macmillan Cancer Support and 100% of the proceeds go towards helping people affected by cancer.

Stripy Cream Filled Meringues

Light, fluffy and chewy meringue topped with thick whipped cream and finished with spoonful's of deliciously glossy, rich cherry sauce sweetened by kirsch and cinnamon. This Black forest pavlova is a perfect dinner party centrepiece, just watch the delight on everyone's face when they cut into this.

Black Forest Pavlova

This mini baked Alaska recipe &nbsp;is a real show-stopper! It's a classic dessert and really isn't as complicated as you may think. The combination of a soft sponge base, creamy homemade vanilla ice cream and fruity jam, encased in a fluffy meringue makes a truly delicious pudding for any occasion. You need to allow for part of this dessert to freeze overnight so you should prepare to make this the day before you wish to serve it.

Mini Baked Alaska

These&nbsp;simple swiss&nbsp;meringues are delicious sandwiched together with whipped cream. To give an added twist try adding a drop of flavoured extract or food colouring, to brighten up your meringues or alternatively, fold in hazlenut praline into the meringue just before baking with a shot of espresso to create a tasty coffee hazlenut caramel meringue. Chocolate swiss meringues are also yummy, simply melt 100g (3½oz) dark chocolate and swirl with a wooden spoon through the finished meringue mixture just before baking for a marbled effect.

Swiss meringue

Our Summer Pavlova makes the most of exotic fruits such as mangoes, passion fruit and pomegranate. This recipe makes a great alternative to a classic strawberry or summer berry pavlova. The addition of a white chocolate topping is an extra luxury you don't usually get with pavlova.

Summer Pavlova

These pretty Calorie Conscious Meringues are a lovely light dessert and can be served with fresh yoghurt and refreshing summer berries or fruit of your choice. You could even add a handful of blitzed pistachios to your meringue mix to create a delicious nutty taste and texture. Not sure how to get stiff peaks? Have a look at the video above.&nbsp;

Calorie Conscious Swirled Meringues

These beautiful mini meringues have a soft crumbly meringue texture with a delicate rose flavour. We've tickled these pink with a gorgeous swirl rippled through the meringue halves. Perfect for a crowd, you can make them up to a week in advance and store in an airtight container. Fill these little treats with a simple raspberry coulis and sandwich together. Treat your guests to these little gorgeous, dainty wonders.&nbsp;

Pink Swirled Meringues

Vanilla meringues are a stable to any summer dessert, dress them up with fresh fruit, super size them to make a pavlova slathered in vanilla cream or simply crunch into a delightful <a data-item-id="b3d5b03d-5793-5332-a3d0-7ca27b132e30" href="">Eton Mess</a>. The possibilities are endless.&nbsp;
Our favourite tip is to make the meringues in advance to save time, they will keep in an airtight container for several days when kept in a cool, dark place. We've included one of our useful videos below showing you how to separate eggs for the meringues.

Vanilla Meringues

Soft and chewy meringues flavoured with your favourite minty, bubbly chocolate bar. Our mini Mint Meringues are bound to be a family favourite, we've even coloured them green to give you that minty fresh look! Check out the video to see how to get your stiff peaks right.&nbsp;

Mint Meringues

This recipe does take a while, but the results are more than worth it. Our Coffee Meringue is the perfect dessert for a dinner party with guests. We've taken the classic meringue recipe and flavoured it with a coffee extract and a hazelnut praline, which adds some serious crunch and an elegant decoration. We've also decorated ours with grated dark chocolate for an extra level of luxury. The key to this recipe is to get your stiff peaks right for the meringues, have a look at our video above for some tips.&nbsp;

Coffee Meringue

This decadent dessert never fails to impress and is very easy to make. I even use tinned pears for convenience but you can, of course, poach fresh ones. I sometimes also use tinned peaches, for added colour. 'Essential Gluten Free by Phil Vickery', published by Kyle Books. Photography by Kate Whitaker.

Gluten Free Honey, Pear & Pecan Meringue Cake with Salted Caramel Sauce

These delicate mini strawberry&nbsp;and pimms meringues are a perfect summer dessert, especially good for alfresco dining in the sun.

Mini Pimms Pavlovas

All the meringue, all plant based. Add some zest to your meringue pie with fresh juicy pineapple, layered on top of a buttery, crumbly pie base. Sound tempting? Better go get your blind baking beans!&nbsp;
If the golden flecks of the burnt meringue topping don't get your guest's mouth watering, then slice into your show-stopping pie to reveal a fluorescent yellow pineapple filling, naturally coloured with turmeric.&nbsp;

Vegan Pineapple Meringue Pie

One indulgent bite of this Mango Pavlova will transport you to a dreamy tropical island…ok well, you will need to use your imagination for that bit, but seriously this pavlova is fresh, sweet and juicy and a definite 'must bake'. This meringue is as relaxed as the tropical island daydream would suggest, simple to magic up and takes it low and slow when baking in the oven. New to meringue making? We have the ultimate guide to soft peaks video to arm you with all the tips you could need.

Mango Pavlova

This dish celebrates three of our absolute favourite things; strawberries, meringues and kisses. &nbsp;These heavenly light, bitesize swirls of meringue, kissed with a hint of Nielsen-Massey vanilla extract are crisp and completely moreish, and that is before you add the dreamy filling. Sweetened fresh strawberries folded into rich, thickened double cream are sandwiched by the meringue kisses giving you a simple and satisfying bake. Be sure to leave yourself plenty of time to prep this pud as the meringues are bit diva-ish and need to hang out in the oven for a while to crisp up to perfection.

Strawberry Meringue Kisses

We've called this an Apple Meringue Tart but really it’s an Apple Meringue Pie with butterscotch. The difference is that we've not included a pastry case for this recipe and you can just use an ovenproof dish to serve the apples and the meringue in.

Butterscotch Apple Meringue Tart

A yummy pavlova topped with winter berries for a timeless classic look. Wow your family at the dinner table with this feast for the eyes. Once you've made a meringue, you'll make it time and time again, it's easier than it looks and it it cracks- don't worry, just cover it with cream.&nbsp;

Meringue

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