Easy vanilla marzipan

It’s worth having a go at making your own marzipan to cover your Christmas cake – and you can experiment with adding different flavours

Blackberry & apple loaf

This moist and fruity cake is a great way to get kids to eat fruit, you may have trouble stopping them!

Pumpkin & ginger teabread

A moist cake bread to serve thickly sliced and buttered- it’s good for lunchboxes and with a cup of tea

Melting middle truffles

Get these made and in the freezer up to a month ahead, then simply pull them out when you’re ready

Healthy banana bread

Have your cake and eat it with this low-fat, healthy banana loaf – perfect for breakfast and beyond

Stollen wreath

BBC Good Food’s show-stealing December 08 cover recipe – perfect if you fancy a change from the usual Christmas cake

Dorset apple traybake

Simple-to-whip-up apple cake that can be cut into bars or squares for a tea time treat

Broken biscotti ice cream with hot mocha

Give your ice cream an Italian twist with this simple recipe from Lesley Waters

Choc & ginger dippers

Have some leftover gingerbread dough? Bake it into biscuit fingers for dunking into hot drinks after a meal

Choc-cherry muffins

If you’ve got a spare half-an-hour, whip up these easy muffins and freeze them for when you need them

Fudgy coconut brownies

Dense and gooey, these storecupboard treats are made with cocoa rather than bars of chocolate

Rhubarb, apple & ginger crunch trifle

Try making double the amount of fruit and oatmeal, and serving for breakfast with yogurt