From <a href="/recipes/halloween-spider-web-cake">spider web chocolate cake</a> to devilish <a href="/recipes/red-velvet-halloween-cupcakes">red velvet cupcakes</a>, these Halloween recipes are more about sharing and less about scaring. 
 
We have frightfully simple recipes, ideal for little monsters; from Halloween Cookies and Frankenstein Marshmallows to <a href="/recipes/pumpkin-halloween-vanilla-cake-pops">Pumpkin Patch Cake Pops</a>. The eeriest thing you will hear will be a ghostly ‘oooo’ when everybody tucks in to these Halloween bakes.

Bake something truly spooky this Halloween with one of our many recipes. Forget about the trick and bake some tasty treats with Baking Mad

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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

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.

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

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Tips & Tricks

Just imagine the delight on your guests face when you take your first slice into this delicious chocolate cake, bursting with smarties - or whatever you fancy stuffing inside! Reece's pieces? M&amp;M's? Skittles? You can make this Chocolate Surprise Cake exactly how you like it!

Chocolate Surprise Cake

Our Chocolate Apples recipe makes a great alternative to Toffee Apples and are probably kinder on little teeth. We've used nice sharp Granny Smith apples for our recipe as the sourness balances nicely with the sweet chocolate.
We've also used round lolly sticks rather than the traditional flat ones as they push into the apples easier without snapping. The decoration possibilities are endless, sprinkles, chocolate chips, honeycomb or even mini marshmallows, anything goes!
If you enjoyed making our chocolate apples, give our <a data-item-id="dafee72d-9df6-5c5c-8322-e494ac2d9771" href="">toffee apples</a> a try!

Chocolate Dipped Apples

In a galaxy far, far&nbsp;away... (OK, in our Baking Mad kitchen!) we created this amazing galactic cupcake recipe.&nbsp;This cupcake recipe is a great fun one to make with the kids or to feed guests at a space themed party.
You just won't believe how easy it is to create this galaxy buttercream effect and what's more the flavour of these simple vanilla cupcakes is&nbsp;just out of this world! 
 
If you loved this recipe, give our <a data-item-id="f773543d-cb04-5ece-baac-eafbe7faf8f9" href="">ghost cake pops</a> a go!

Galaxy Cupcakes

Trick or treat? These spooky Ghost&nbsp;Cake Pops are definitely a delicious treat and are really fun and simple to make for your Halloween get together. They are also a great way to refresh stale cake crumbs into something yummy, saving on waste.&nbsp;

Ghost Cake Pops

Fun to make and share.&nbsp;Why not get creative and decorate with chocolate sprinkles or decorations to personalise your toffee apples. 
 
What are toffee apples made of? 
 
Toffee apples are the perfect treat for Guy Fawkes night, or for Halloween. Juicy apples are dipped into the sugar syrup and allowed to set. You can even add chocolate sprinkles at this stage too before your delicious toffee apple has set. 
 
If you enjoyed our toffee apples recipe, try out our <a data-item-id="7e56d5d7-9b07-5b9d-9b38-916f4bb9f7ce" href="">witches hat cupcakes</a>.

Toffee Apples

Make these homemade Halloween Cookies in the shapes of witches hats, pumpkins, cats and ghosts. Why not colour them black and orange for extra effect to make a great treat this Halloween. Our favourites are the little pumpkins and cats but you could just as easily cut out your own Halloween bat biscuits or spiders.
For a vegan friendly version of these biscuits try our <a data-item-id="9248c5bf-367c-4a73-94ec-59380b8c3db2" href="">Vegan Biscuit Dough recipe</a>.

Halloween Cookies

These fun cookies with a surprise inside are the perfect treat to make with kids this Halloween.

Halloween Piñata Cookies

Millionaire's Shortbread is one of the top recipes on Baking Mad so we have given this classic favourite recipe a twist with the addition of a yummy Chocolate Orange topping. 
 
It's the perfect way to use up any leftover Chocolate Orange at Christmas (if you have any left that is!)

Chocolate Orange Millionaire Shortbread

What's Halloween without a carved pumpkin? We have made a whole pumpkin patch of fun vanilla&nbsp;cake pops&nbsp;which we are sure&nbsp;your little ghosts and ghouls will love making (and eating)&nbsp;this Halloween. Cake pops are a great way to use up stale cake to avoid wastage and are a great alternative to sweets for Trick or Treaters or Halloween centrepiece at a party.&nbsp;

Pumpkin Halloween Vanilla Cake Pops

These spider cupcakes are great to bake with the kids for a Halloween party or as a trick or treat gift. We've used Oreos as the base for our spider bodies, who would have thought Oreo's could be so versatile?&nbsp;
Disclosure: No spiders were harmed in the baking of these cupcakes!&nbsp;
If you enjoyed this recipe, try out <a data-item-id="796d9824-fab3-5374-a3a3-f8be2b4db7b9" href="">red velvet halloween cupcakes</a>!

Spider Cupcakes

These pumpkin &amp; molasses cookies are a perfect treat for Halloween and the Autumn season. The combination of pumpkin with the toffee and treacly flavours from the light brown muscovado and molasses sugars with a hint of warmth from the spices make these a great treat.

Pumpkin & Molasses Cookies

These adorable mini pumpkin pies are a great way to take advantage of the delicious seasonal fruits available in Autumn. They also make wonderful after-dinner treats if you are celebrating Thanksgiving, bonfire night or even just a Sunday roast dinner with the family. 
 
If you fancy making just one big pie, try our <a data-item-id="1770e602-0318-5313-8aa1-b964f4e46c38" href="">pumpkin pie</a> recipe.

Mini Pumpkin Pies

Our friend Juliet Sear made this recipe especially for us. This recipe takes a traditional American campfire treat to a whole new level. Marshmallows sandwiched between COOKIES! Warmed up to the point where the marshmallows melt with the nutella filling, these 'smores are sure to leave you wanting more.&nbsp;

Smores Sandwich Cookies

An upside-down cake is pretty much a staple of British home comfort. John Whaite shares with us his version flavoured with clementine and cardamom. The refreshing sour clementine flavour is lovely against the bittersweet caramel. The cardamom is there in the background of every mouthful making this cake a really mouth-watering recipe. This recipe features in Comfort by John Whaite, published by Kyle Books. Photography by Nassima Rothacker.

Clementine & Cardamom Upside Down Cake

This sweet potato and pecan traybake is a certain crowd pleaser. It's just the right balance of sweet and savoury to tempt most people. Billington's sugar brings the depth of flavour to the bake. Perfect with a cup of tea!

Sweet Potato & Pecan Traybake

These adorable vanilla ghost biscuits are more Casper the friendly ghost than one that will give you nightmares, but they are so quick and easy to make for any Halloween festivities and the kids will love them. 
 
If you enjoyed making these ghost cookies, give our <a data-item-id="7e56d5d7-9b07-5b9d-9b38-916f4bb9f7ce" href="">witches hat cupcakes</a> a try!

Halloween Ghost Biscuits

We've put together this really simple cupcake recipe for Spider Web Cupcakes in time for Halloween. The cupcake mixture is made from a chocolate flavoured vanilla sponge with added chocolate chips. The topping is made from simple chocolate flavoured glace icing and white chocolate for the cobweb design.

Spider Web Cupcakes

These little cake pops are adorable and sure to become a festive family favourite. Don't worry though, no real Brussel Sprouts were harmed in the making of these, they are actually made of the most incredible tasting chocolate and peanut butter truffle, using our favourite local Proper Nutty Peanut Butter. Coat with green candy melts and decorate with little faces to really bring them to life.
We made our own Madiera cake for this recipe - and used about 1/3. But any plain chocolate cake will do as long as it isn't too moist. The crumbs need to be fairly dry. The undecorated balls will keep for one week in the fridge. Once decorated, the truffles should be eaten within 5 days.

Brussels Sprout Cake Pops

If you are looking for a fun activity to keep your little monsters busy this Halloween then these quick and easy Frankenstein Marshmallow Pops will do the trick. Soft fluffy marshmallows dipped in yummy chocolate and decorated with crazy faces - a spooky treat for all of the family. 
 
We used vibrant green candy melts to achieve Frankenstein’s skin tone, along with writing icing to create Frankie’s facial features. 
 
If you loved this recipe, give our <a data-item-id="7e56d5d7-9b07-5b9d-9b38-916f4bb9f7ce" href="">witches hat cupcakes</a> a try!

Frankenstein Marshmallow Pops

The handsome Cranberry and Pumpkin Seed Cobb bakes with a beautiful golden crust and is bursting with great flavours and textures.

Halloween

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