Keep it classic with <a href="/recipes/raspberry-and-elderflower-trifle">raspberry and elderflower trifles</a>. Elevate your muffins with a hint of lavender. Enjoy floral flavours at Afternoon Tea with our <a href="/recipes/chocolate-and-violet-fancies">Chocolate and Violet fancies</a>. 
 
From Juliet Sear’s stunning <a href="/recipes/botanical-chouxnuts">Botanical Chouxnuts</a> to <a href="/recipes/rose-water-meringue-kisses">Rose Water Meringue Kisses</a>, our botanical recipes bring the floral flavours from the garden to your plate.

Keep it classic with raspberry and elderflower trifles. Elevate your muffins with a hint of lavender. Enjoy floral flavours at Afternoon Tea with our Chocolate…

Floral Flavours

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/bread-dough/brown-and-wholemeal-bread/bacon-cheese-loaf">hand baked loaf</a>? Whatever type of baker you are, bread baking apprentice to artisan extraordinaire we have the best bread recipes.

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.

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="/recipe/white-chocolate-snowies">snowies</a> and <a href="/recipe/chocolate-nutella-mice">chocolate mice</a> to <a href="/recipe/turkish-delight">Turkish delight</a> and <a href="/recipe/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.

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="/recipe/copycat-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/cookies-biscuits/cookies">shortbread</a> or spice up your life with <a href="/recipe/gingerbread-dough">gingerbread</a>. There's even a <a href="/recipe/dog-biscuits">dog biscuit recipe</a> for your pampered pooches.

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="/recipe/mary-berry-chocolate-cupcake">Mary Berry chocolate cupcake recipe</a>.&nbsp;Keep kids busy with <a href="/recipe/chocolate-cake-pops">cake pops</a> and <a href="/recipes/cupcakes-muffins/fairy-cakes">fairy cakes</a>. We even have <a href="/recipe/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/cupcakes-muffins/muffins/gluten-free-chocolate-cherry-muffins">Gluten free muffins</a>, <a href="/recipes/cupcakes-muffins/muffins/vegan-blueberry-muffins">vegan muffins</a>, you will be spolit for choice.

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="/recipe/nielsen-massey-baked-vanilla-cheesecake">New York Vanilla</a> to <a href="/recipes/toblerone-cheesecake">Toblerone</a>, our selection is guaranteed to leave you weak at the knees.

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

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.

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.

Homemade Ice Cream & Ice Lolly Recipes | Easy Frozen Homemade Treats

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

Homemade Ice Cream & Ice 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, Marmalades & Chutney Recipes | Easy Homemade Preserves

Are spreads and preserves your jam?

Jams, Marmalade, Chutneys & Preserves

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;

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

Pancakes & Pancake Batters | Basic Batter Recipes

Pancakes are for life, not just for Pancake Day

Pancakes & Crepe Batters

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>.

Three scones on a plate filled with jam and cream with pot of jam and knife with cream

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.

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

Runny icing on top of wonky fairy cakes and <a href="/recipes/butterfly-cakes">butterfly cakes</a>. From ‘save me a big slice’ Rocky Road and ‘are they ready yet’ <a href="/recipes/copycat-chocolate-chip-millie-s-cookies">chocolate chip cookies</a>, it won’t be just the kids waiting by the oven. 
 
These easy baking recipes will be music to adults ears, they're quick and simple but certainly don’t scrimp on flavour. Our Mars Bar Slices will go faster than you can say, ‘who fancies a snack?’

Kids baking recipes are easy for kids to handle with mom or dad’s supervision. Have a look through our child-friendly baking recipes and get baking with the fam.

Kids Baking | Child-Friendly Baking Recipes | Baking Mad

Baking with kids is all about messy fingers and smiley faces

Kids' Baking Recipes

Recipes

Tips & Tricks

These beautifully light and crisp meringue kisses are delicately flavoured with rose water and sandwiched together with a creamy raspberry and white chocolate ganache. Perfect for afternoon tea or even after dinner.

Rose Water Meringue Kisses

These zesty little cupcakes are so light and fluffy, they will delight any visitor who pops round for a cup of tea.

Lemon and poppy seeds cupcakes

This delicate cupcake consists of a fragrant rose water syrup, that will awaken your taste buds and is perfect for special occasions.

Rose Water Cupcakes

These pretty little Strawberry &amp; Rose Water sponge cakes are delicately flavoured with rose water. They are easy to make and are perfect for afternoon tea with friends or to give as a gift.

Mini Strawberry & Rose Water Sponge Cakes

This flour-free orange and lavender cake recipe is taken from Eric Lanlard’s book Home Bake (page 39). The flavours marry together beautifully to make this delicious cake.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you prefer a cake with a slightly less dense texture, substitute 50% of the ground almonds for semolina.

Flour-free Orange & Lavender Cake

Our friend Juliet Sear has developed a really lovely gluten free version of the Royal Wedding elderflower and lemon cake that Prince Harry and Meghan are set to have on their big day.&nbsp;

Gluten Free Elderflower & Lemon Cake

This recipe incorporates poppy and sunflower seeds for a flavoursome bread roll, great served as an accompaniment at a dinner party or as a scrumptious lunch time bite.

Poppy and sunflower seeded rolls

These trendy lavender cupcakes offer a beautiful, delicate, floral flavour that works really well at an afternoon tea or summer picnic in the sun.

Lavender cupcakes

These delicate cupcakes&nbsp;contain orange blossom syrup&nbsp;made with Nielsen-Massey orange blossom water, perfect for special occasions. &nbsp;

Orange Blossom Water Cupcakes

These lovely tiramisu pots combine the flavours of strong coffee with delicate orange to really tickle your taste buds.

Orange Blossom Water Tiramisu Pots

These beautiful raspberry and rose water madeleines are lovely little light biscuits, perfect for afternoon tea. Serve with a rose water cream for an extra indulgence.

Raspberry Madeleines with Rose Water Cream

This festive twist on the traditional trifle is a perfect Christmas dinner dessert and tastes delicious using unrefined light muscovado sugar and unrefined golden icing sugar.&nbsp;For more information on unrefined brown sugars and how they can enhance your Christmas baking visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.billingtons.co.uk/">Billingtons</a>.

Cranberry, Orange & Rose Water Trifle

These beautiful lollies have a touch of class about them, with the addition of edible flowers. They make for a grown up treat after a barbecue or something different after a dinner party. Edible flowers are sometimes difficult to get hold of, please do check they are safe to eat before picking any flowers from your garden.

Floral Ice Lollies

These beautiful looking loaf cakes are just perfect for a summers day to take on a picnic.

Lemon and poppy seed cakes

This home-made Strawberry &amp; Rose Water Jam is straightforward to make and tastes delicious with a hint of rose. It makes a delicious change to the classic strawberry jam.

Strawberry & Rose Water Jam

These fruity lollies are absolutely delicious and so easy to make. The perfect treat for when the sun shines (hopefully) this Summer. If you wanted to try it with other fruits like lemon or raspberries, give it a go. We've not tried it but we'd love to hear how you get on with it! If you've got your own lolly moulds then this recipe is certainly cheaper than going to the shop.

Strawberry & Orange Lollies

The lemon and thyme flavours makes this cake a perfect summer time recipe that can be wheeled out on special occasions if decorating with the bunting or made for more casual cake consumption by leaving the cake unadorned. Either way, I can think of no better way to spend a warm summer’s day than in the presence of this cake and its beautiful, summery flavours.

Lemon, Courgette & Thyme Celebration Cake

Macaroons are often a tricky recipe for bakers to tackle. The key to making any Macaroon is to create really good soft peaks for your egg whites. We've included a video within the method which shows you how to get those all important peaks. Make sure you are being consistent with piping your Macaroons so that they do not merge into each other on the baking tray.

White Chocolate & Rose Water Macaroons

Lovely and light and perfect with a cup of tea, these orange and rose water shortbread fingers are the ideal mid afternoon snack. As this recipe uses Truvia, they are only 130 calories per finger.

Reduced Sugar Orange & Rose Water Shortbread

A beautiful light flavourful dessert, perfect eaten on Summer&nbsp;days in the garden. If you can't find pomegranates, you can use&nbsp;300ml of ready-made pomegranate juice instead. &nbsp;