Festive angel pastries with just 2 ingredients – three if you decide to ice them! Includes step-by-step photos.

Pickle Pasties – a delicious yet simple combination of potato, onion and crunchy pickles wrapped in bread dough. Vegan/vegetarian.

Not the prettiest of cakes, but this tumble of raspberries over a light, rich sponge is delicious, simple and a perfect end of summer treat.

Viking Bread – Packed with grains and seeds, but surprisingly light in texture. My copycat recipe for the iconic French Banette loaf.

Incredibly light & stress-free cheesecake. Baked cream cheese layer topped with mascarpone mousse on a fat-free sponge base.

Made in pairs, these delightfully unusual tarts make an eye-catching change from the usual shapes. Simple to make, infinitely customizable.

A simple yet elegant vegetarian tart of a checkerboard of broccoli & cauliflower florets over a light,savoury custard. Perfect for picnics.

Miniature vanilla & raspberry Dutch macaroons, 19th century. Simple to mix and so much less stressful than the French style.

Super-cute tray bake for Bake Sales or lunchboxes: raspberry & vanilla sponge sandwiched with coloured rice treats or Fruity Pebbles.

Vegetarian quickbread that tastes like hummus. Soft, delicate crumb packed with flavour. Fantastic when toasted. Make/bake in an hour.

Lancashire Butter Pie – buttery potatoes and onions in a crisp, shortcrust pastry. A 19thC traditional British food.

No-Bake Christmas Cake. All the flavor of a traditional cake, none of the stress. Requires no more than 15 minutes of your time.

Beautiful, jewel-like mini desserts for your festive table. All the taste of Christmas Pudding, but fat and gluten free.

Delicately thin and crispy citrus-flavoured lace cookies. Use Seville oranges for an extra zing of flavour. Great as decorations.

Jesuits: Crisp, buttery French pastries filled with a moist, orange frangipane. Very quick with ready-made puff pastry.

A new approach to Rainbow Cake – all the colour on the outside, delicious vanilla sponge & filling on the inside.

Apple Tartlets – a swirl of apple slices on a set apple compote allows these tarts to become a make ahead dessert delight.

Fantastically quick and tasty soda cake from 1835. Made & baked in about an hour from store-cupboard ingredients.

Crunchy, chewy, honey granola. Made quickly in the microwave, its also gluten-free and dairy-free.