Preheat your oven to 180°C and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment. Cream the butter and sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy and pale in colour. Slowly add in the eggs, if the ...

Whether you’re cleaning your kitchen after a big meal or finishing a painting project, it can be tempting to pour just about anything liquid—or sometimes even solids—down the drain.

Mary’s light fruit cake is covered with marzipan and fondant icing to look like a tennis court, but you can easily adapt it to your sport of choice. A great birthday cake for sports fans!

Line a 20.5cm x 30.5cm cake ... all the fruit, candied peel and the ground and chopped almonds. Cream the butter until it’s really soft, then add in the caster sugar and beat until light and ...

This light fruit cake should be covered and stored in a cool place for at least 3 weeks before cutting. Ice with a white chocolate ganache to which icing sugar has been added. Or just dust with ...