Choc-orange hot chocolate

Enjoy the heavenly combination of citrus and chocolate in sumptuous drink form by whipping up this double cream-based dream

Giant cookie cake

Studded with white and milk chocolate chips, Lisa Lipman’s moreish cake is delicious served either warm with a dollop of ice cream or cold, with its chewy cookie texture

Toffee apple cake

This showstopping bake is a celebration of classic apple desserts with spiced sponge, vanilla icing and a sticky caramel apple filling

Allotment cake

Carrot meets courgette cake in this ultimate vegetable bake from Good Food reader Katie Ready – smother in cream cheese icing and finish with chopped nuts

Plum crumble cake

This sumptuous seasonal bake is topped with halved plums or apricots and a buttery crumble topping – serve as a pudding or cake

Double chocolate shortbread fingers

Dip sweet and crumbly Viennese biscuits in milk and white chocolate for an irresistible tea time treat

Spiced fig, coffee & hazelnut cake

This sophisticated cake is gently spiced and full of treacly flavours from dried figs and muscovado sugar, finished with a cream cheese icing

Coconut & chocolate bars

Get the kids in the kitchen to help bake these tasty sweet treats with coconut cream, desiccated coconut and milk or dark chocolate

Pistachio, courgette & lemon cake

Big on flavour but light on texture, this easy bake is just as good packed into a tin for a picnic or served with Greek yogurt for dessert

White chocolate blondies

These decadent, American-style dessert bars are the fairer cousin of the brownie, with the same dense and fudgy texture

Chocolate & cherry Eton mess

These boozy, indulgent dinner party puddings have layers of meringue, mousse, vanilla cream and lashings of chocolate sauce

Chocolate fudge icing

Use this easy chocolate buttercream recipe for rich and smooth icing every time – ideal for finishing birthday, celebration or party cakes