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Strawberry & white chocolate choux buns

Fill light choux pastry with a creamy vanilla custard and Greek yogurt filling then finish with fresh fruit for a lower-sugar afternoon tea treat

Author: Sara Buenfeld

Chocolate Rice Krispie cakes

Make a kids' classic with these chocolate Rice Krispie cakes and decorate with sweets, nuts or dried fruit for the ultimate hometime treat

Author: Lulu Grimes

Chocolate peanut butter shortbread sandwiches

If you love peanut butter, what could be better than peanut buttercream slathered between two chocolate shortbread biscuits? Sure to go down a treat

Author: Diana Henry

Neapolitan cupcakes

These easy chocolate chip, vanilla and pale pink buttercream cupcakes mimic Neapolitan ice cream and are perfect for a little treat at a picnic

Author: Emily Kerrigan

Cranberry ripple cheese cupcakes

These one-portion puds have a sharp ripple of cranberry to cut through the sweetness

Author: Barney Desmazery

Marzipan in the middle bundt cake

Half-cake, half-stollen, this last-minute Christmas bake doesn't need to mature, and is bursting with festive flavours, mixed spice, dried fruit and nuts

Author: Jane Hornby

Espresso, chocolate & chilli cake with coffee cream

The warmth of coffee and chilli combine beautifully with chocolate in this impressive dinner party dessert, finish with double cream

Author: Jennifer Joyce

Raspberry & white chocolate financier traybake

Think of financiers like posh bakewells made with brown butter. Tom Kerridge turns them into a traybake here, using raspberries and white chocolate

Author: Tom Kerridge

Ginger cookie sandwiches with lemon mascarpone

Sandwich ginger biscuits with a creamy, zesty filling to make these gluten-free teatime treats that are aromatic with wintry spices - cloves, nutmeg and cardamom

Author: Edd Kimber

Pistachio & coriander seed biscuits

Serve these crunchy pistachio biscuits with a creamy dessert like our strawberry labneh - they're a perfect match. Or simply enjoy with a cup of tea

Author: Rosie Birkett

Strawberry tarts

Get your kids in the kitchen to create these teatime treats, perfect for 8-14 year-olds to show off their cooking skills

Author: Good Food team

Vegan chocolate chip cookies

Try our best ever vegan chocolate chip cookies. Non-vegans will be hard pressed to notice the difference between these and their favourite choc chip biscuits

Author: Barney Desmazery

Carrot cake monkey bread

Put a twist on the classic American monkey bread with Easter flavours. It's made to be pulled apart and eaten with your hands - like a monkey would!

Author: Liberty Mendez

Rose baklava

Serve sweet, sticky squares of this cinnamon and almond-filled pastry as a light dessert to end a Greek dinner party or Sunday roast

Author: Tonia Buxton

Sticky ginger skillet parkin

Try this one-pan pud/cake hybrid as an easy dessert for Bonfire Night, Halloween or cooler nights. Served straight from the oven, it's perfect with custard

Author: Anna Glover

Ice cream scones

Bake super quick scones using ice cream as the base batter. Serve in the traditional way with jam and cream, plus a pot of tea, to wow any impromptu guests

Author: Emma Freud

Tropical upside down cake

Update the retro upside-down cake with the sunny flavours of coconut, lime and a splash of coconut rum - it gives the cake a glorious boozy edge

Author: Esther Clark

Raspberry jam doughnuts

Take your baking skills to new levels by making your own jam-filled doughnuts. Decorate with pink icing and freeze-dried raspberries for the wow factor

Author: Esther Clark

Jewelled fruit, nut & seed cake

If you're not keen on icing and marzipan, bake a crown of toasted nuts, seeds and juicy cherries onto your cake instead

Author: Good Food team

Carrot patch cake

Bake a simple and stunning carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for an afternoon tea or mid-morning treat. It tastes even better a day or two later

Author: Cassie Best

Strawberry & elderflower gateau

Make this stunning strawberry and elderflower gateau in just 30 minutes. As well as looking amazing, it tastes as good as anything from a top-end patisserie

Author: Cassie Best

Orange & apricot loaf cake

A classic fruit sponge cake with apricots and citrus shared by reader Ann Turner - it's perfect with a cup of tea

Author: Good Food team

Christmas crumble friands

A little like muffin, but with a light, almond middle and a chewy top - full of festive flavours like nuts, cinnamon and cardamom

Author: Jane Hornby

Gingerbread stained glass biscuits

Bake these pretty gingerbread biscuits with a stained glass centre as treats at Christmas time with the kids. They make great presents for friends and family

Author: Lulu Grimes

Gingerbread wreath

Turn delicately spiced, iced biscuits into an edible Christmas decoration - a gorgeous gift to give to someone special over the festive season

Author: Cassie Best

Mini bakewells

Spoon this bakewell tart filling into uncooked, mini tartlet cases for a great alternative to mince pies, or for an afternoon tea treat

Author: Good Food team

Caramel pear blondies

Bake these caramel pear blondies for an indulgent teatime treat. With a biscuity flavour that comes from browning the butter, they're moreish and chewy

Author: Esther Clark

Hot cross cinnamon buns

Combine a hot cross bun with a cinnamon swirl to make these moreish hot cross cinnamon buns. Perfect for Easter, they're topped with a cream cheese icing

Author: Good Food team

Baked banana cheesecake

Forget banana bread, use up over-ripe fruit in this low-sugar cheesecake with a chocolate and nut base and a ricotta and yogurt topping

Author: Sara Buenfeld

Lemon drizzle flapjacks

Treat yourself to a dessert mash-up in the form of our lemon drizzle flapjacks. This simple traybake is perfect for slicing and sharing with friends

Author: Elena Silcock

Amaretto meringue cake with strawberries & cherries

This Pavlova cake is inspired by the fruity filling of the Austrian dessert, Spanische Windtorte, with strawberries, cream, cherries and almonds

Author: Cassie Best

Rhubarb & custard sandwich biscuits

Combine two retro treats in one delicious bite. These rhubarb and custard biscuits have a jammy centre, to bring a touch of nostalgia to an afternoon tea or bake sale

Author: Anna Glover

Giant jam tart

This giant jam tart will go down a storm at a party. They're so easy to make, you can bake serveral at once, and get the kids to help you decorate them

Author: Lulu Grimes

Orange drizzle cake

We don't need a reason to whip up this zingy Victoria sponge, it's perfect for any and every occasion

Author: Barney Desmazery

The ultimate makeover: Lemon tart

Enjoy an incredible half-fat version of this classic dessert, which tastes every bit as good as the original

Author: Angela Nilsen

Spiced stollen plait

This pretty twist on a classic German Christmas bake is lightly spiced, filled with mixed dried fruit and marzipan, then dusted with icing sugar

Author: Cassie Best

Christmas white chocolate traybake

Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya shares a brand-new bake that takes all the best festive flavours such as dried fruit and spice and puts them in a delicious, easy-slice cake

Author: Nadiya Hussain

Pineapple & cherry sponge with coconut rum custard

Combine the classic flavours of coconut, pineapple and rum in this retro pudding that comes with a fabulous custard. A perfect winter dining centrepiece

Author: Cassie Best

Next level banoffee pie

Take this classic dessert to the next level with our marvellous makeover, featuring salted caramel, banana chips, crushed biscuits and peanut butter cream

Author: Barney Desmazery

Orange & coriander drizzle cake

This fruity bake has a whole orange whizzed up and added to the batter for a zesty teatime treat

Author: Nancy Birtwhistle

Stollen babka wreath

Combine marzipan, mixed fruit and nuts in our gorgeous Christmas centrepiece. Launch our handy step-by-step guide for the foolproof way to create this stunning stollen babka wreath

Author: Miriam Nice

Gin & tonic cake

Fan of gin & tonic? What could be better than your favourite tipple in cake form? A fabulous showstopper for afternoon tea or a summer celebration

Author: Elena Silcock

Lime semifreddo cheesecake

This attractive frozen dessert can be made ahead and frozen for up to 3 months - perfect to get ahead for a Christmas dinner party

Author: Justine Pattison

Summer berry fizz tartlets

A scrumptious picnic pudding that can be assembled when you arrive

Author: Barney Desmazery

White chocolate, mascarpone & pistachio cheesecake

Try this baked cheesecake with a difference. With a slightly sour tang, plus white chocolate and pistachio flavours, it's a heavenly dessert

Author: Tom Kerridge

Christmas rocky road

Adapt this festive rocky road however you like. It's great for using up leftover Christmas sweets and biscuits, and you can get kids involved in making them, too

Author: Lulu Grimes

Butternut bakewell bars

Try these bakewell slices made with a healthier twist. We've replaced white flour with light spelt, and butternut squash is used for natural sweetness

Author: Sophie Godwin - Cookery writer

Blood orange, blossom & pomegranate cake

This stunning fruity bake has a whole orange whizzed into the batter, and is drizzled with a zingy, sticky syrup

Author: Sarah Cook

Low sugar chocolate sandwich cake

Moist and squidgy, who would believe that this gorgeous chocolate cake is just 2g of sugar per slice? The creamy chocolate topping is also low in sugar but high in deliciousness

Author: Sara Buenfeld

Hazelnut crunch mince pies

Jazz up your homemade mince pies by adding grated apple and orange zest - try a pretty star shaped lid, finished with a crisp nutty topping

Author: Cassie Best