Cakes

This is the kind of cake you make when you want to bake once and eat forever. The first time I tried it, I skipped …

The first time I made this, I was mid-December, low on time, and utterly over anything that required overnight soaking or boozy feeding rituals. I …

The first time I made this, I didn’t expect much. I had a tin of condensed milk nearing its best-before and a cupboard full of …

The first time I made these, I was trying to impress my northern mother-in-law, who grew up on proper bakery Eccles cakes from Lancashire. “Don’t …

The first time I made these, I was babysitting my niece during half-term. I needed something quick, mess-friendly, and forgiving—ideally without a sugar meltdown halfway …

The first time I made this cake, I had no business attempting anything so glossy. I’d just watched one too many baking shows and thought, …