We have the yummiest dessert recipes for two. These are almost too good to share. Snuggle up with a loved one and a skillet of <a href="/recipes/milk-chocolate-chip-skillet-cookie-for-2">chocolate chip cookies</a>. 
 
Finish date night with gooey <a href="/recipes/melt-in-the-middle-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-puddings">melt in the middle puds</a> filled with salted caramel. Or keep it simple with homemade vanilla ice cream. Looking for a fresher dessert for two? <a href="/recipes/vanilla-coconut-and-cardamom-panna-cotta">Vanilla, coconut and cardamom Panna Cotta</a> is sure to cleanse the palette.

We have the yummiest dessert recipes for two. These are almost too good to share. Snuggle up with a loved one and a skillet of chocolate chip cookies. 

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Desserts for Two

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.

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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

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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.

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Browse dessert recipes for every occasion

Desserts

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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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

Birthday Recipes

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This classic chocolate mousse is the perfect after dinner indulgent dessert, served with cream it's absolutely gorgeous!

Classic French Chocolate Mousse

We’ve got the perfect indulgent recipe for a melt in the middle pudding. A soft chocolate sponge filled with indulgent warm, gooey salted caramel made with the finest Billington’s unrefined sugar. This bake has the real mmmmm factor when you take a bite. You can freeze your unbaked puds and simply bake straight from the freezer which is perfect if you’re after a quick-mid week dessert for the family.&nbsp;

Melt in the Middle Salted Caramel Pudding

The perfect homemade gift for any cookie lover! Simply layer the jar up as per the recipe, add a ribbon and finish off with these downloadable <a data-asset-id="7945de2a-a688-432b-94eb-8408d3d84dad" href="https://assets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com:443/559bb7d3-88a4-01c1-79a3-dd4d5b2d2bb0/433b6e84-78c6-41a2-80f4-45f65df6fb94/Cookies-In-A-Jar-PDF.pdf">PDF instructions</a> to give the gift of delicious fresh cookies. Perfect for Christmas or any other occasion throughout the year.

Cookies in a Jar

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

These possets are very refreshing and zesty, they're so easy to make and perfect for a dinner party&nbsp;as you can make it the day before. This recipe is provided by Shelina Permalloo.

Lime Posset

Much like our <a data-item-id="d8a4a40b-50cc-5ddb-b2ac-fa9ef5bc37d1" href="">Copycat Pizza Express Dough balls</a>, we bring you our super sweet alternative. Simple to make, and gone in a blink - you might want to double up your batch (don't say we didn't warn you). To dive mouth first into chocolate heaven, dip these balls into warm chocolate, or Nutella - no judgement here.

Chocolate Dough Balls

Looking for something special to make on Valentine's Day which is just the right size for the two of you? This white chocolate chip skillet cookie recipe has been specially adapted to be the right amount for dessert for two. The cookie recipe tastes just the same as our favourite Millie's Cookies straight from the shop! Treat the person you love in your life to this perfect dessert. If you don't have a skillet pan, you can bake it in a small tin instead!

White Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie for 2

These divine desserts are perfect for making when it's just for two of you. Ooozing with an opulent salted caramel sauce made using only the finest unrefined sugar from Billington's, these desserts are a rich indulgent treat. Perfect for Valentine's Day! If you want to save time, why not replace the melted dark chocolate with Askey's Treat Sauce instead?&nbsp;

Salted Caramel Chocolate Pots

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

These pear, vanilla and cinnamon puffs are deliciously light for a summers day or for afternoon tea. Serve with some fresh cream for a luxurious touch. Why not try making your own puff pastry to really wow your friends and family? Find our <a data-item-id="632517d9-d73b-5ebf-bce9-c45b37f420e8" href="">puff pastry recipe</a> here. &nbsp; &nbsp;

Pear, Vanilla & Cinnamon Puffs

This rich, delicious, chocolaty Skillet Brownie &nbsp;is the perfect quantity for two people. We've scaled this recipe down so you can make a smaller portion of our 5 star rated Ultimate Chocolate Brownies, perfect for Valentine's Day or even just a dessert! We've used a skillet to bake it in, if you don't have one, just go for a small sized baking tin.

Brownie Skillet

Looking for a quick cake fix for one? Make in a mug this recipe is so easy to make and it tastes great served with whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream. Our chocolaty Peanut Butter Mug Cake is made in the microwave and can be ready to eat in a few minutes. Be sure to let this cake cool in the mug after microwaving because it will be very hot. Not a fan of chocolate? simply leave out the chocolate squares at the beginning of the recipe.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Mug Cake

These super light, and sweet Mini Apple &amp; Cinnamon Crumbles are a perfect picnic pick-me-up, or a delicious way of having the humble crumble you love, but keeping it low in sugar.
This classic twist on a traditionally hearty recipe brings all the comforting nostalgia of a crumble with sweet, warm cinnamon. But best of all, because we've used Truvia for Baking Brown you'll still get the crunchy crumble bite to these yummy little puddings, but without the added sugar. Win win!&nbsp;

Mini Apple & Cinnamon Crumbles

The Aztec Chocolate Avocado Mousse is&nbsp;simple and quick vegetarian pudding to make but success depends on&nbsp;using very ripe, creamy, non-fibrous avocados. Good Hass avocados are probably best. You need a&nbsp;jar of stem ginger in syrup and you could use some of the syrup in the mousse instead of honey. This delicious recipe was created by the Hairy Bikers and features in The Hairy Dieters Go Veggie.

Aztec Chocolate Avocado Mousse

If you are fan of Chocolate Orange these are the puds for you. These beautifully light chocolate sponge puddings are encased around 2 segments of Terry's Chocolate Orange and when served straight from the oven, will create a gooey melt in the middle chocolate centre.

Terry's Chocolate Orange Melt In The Middle Pudding

We've created a wonderful skillet cookie recipe which is as close to our favourite Millie's Cookie store recipe as we can get. Baked in a cast iron skillet, this milk chocolate chip cookie is best served warm with a dollop of ice cream and Askey's Treat Sauce on top. This dessert is perfect for two people to share.

Milk Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie for 2

Shelina Permalloo has created this delightfully sophisticated baked ricotta cake. The tasty combination of cherry and star anise in the compote is truly delicious and is perfect for any dinner party.

Baked Ricotta Cake with Cherry & Star Anise Compote

These citrus pancakes are a yummy twist on the traditional pancake. For a really indulgent treat serve with a large scoop of creamy ice cream and drizzled with toffee sauce. Once you’re a fan, consider trying this pancake's close relative, the mighty <a data-item-id="db152ed3-a190-5a00-a521-00d67cea9f28" href="">waffle</a>.

Orange Pancakes & Ice Cream

Add a whole new meaning to wholemeal with this Ultimate Wholemeal Sticky Toffee Pudding. Rich in flavour, fluffy in texture and in a toffee league of it's own with a dollop of warm, sticky sauce thanks to Billington's Molasses sugar. What's more is that you can enjoy 75% more fibre than our standard recipe, as we've made a simple swap with Allinson's Wholemeal flour so you can indulge in this pudding knowing you're packing extra fibre into your bake.&nbsp;

Ultimate Wholemeal Sticky Toffee Pudding

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.

Desserts for Two

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