Chicken & almond pastillas
Morocco’s very own version of the pasty – spiced meat and apricots are wrapped in crisp filo pastry and finished with cinnamon sugar
Morocco’s very own version of the pasty – spiced meat and apricots are wrapped in crisp filo pastry and finished with cinnamon sugar
Take your time with this pretty in pink dessert and you’ll have a fruit pie worthy of any Parisian patisserie shop window
Very cherry chocolate sponges dotted with fruit and topped with creamy frosting – perfect for a cake sale
Get the kids into the kitchen to decorate these individual chocolate sponges with frosting and sweets
Turn one fruitcake into two with these festive ideas – this one is a decorative holly ring with fondant icing (find the second recipe in ‘goes well with’)
This crunchy, sugar-snow topping is an easy way to transform a humble fruitcake into a celebration centrepiece
These dinky biscuits, stacked with buttercream and topped with Smarties, are perfect for bake sales and cooking with kids
Baking homemade bread is a chance for children to get involved in the kitchen, and flowerpots just add to the fun
Make these round vanilla biscuits, ice in bright colours, thread on a ribbon and give out as edible prizes
An ancient spice mix used in Chinese cooking that combines sweet cinnamon and cloves, fennel seeds and star anise, and tongue-tingling Sichuan pepper