Cherry and almond cake

A golden, fluffy and beautifully light almond sponge, packed with glacé cherries. Tea time perfection. Ingredients: 120g plant butter; 120g caster sugar; 50g ground almonds; 175ml soy milk (or other non-dairy milk); 60g coconut yoghurt; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp almond extract; 250g self-raising flour; 1/4 tsp salt; 100g glacé cherries; handful of almonds;…

Dreamy chocolate cake

A fluffy chocolate sponge, layered with cherry jam, and topped with rich chocolate ganache, this is pure heaven!! Our Easter weekend just got a lot more delicious! We made our own oat milk for this recipe, by blitzing together 30g oats with 300ml water. Ingredients: 250g dark chocolate; 175g plant butter; 1/2 tsp salt; 300g…

Date and orange scones

These can be on the table in less than 30 mins, and are made from store-cupboard ingredients, so you can whip up a warm batch as a quick easy snack – ideal for home working! Makes 18 small scones (but go for some big beauties if you fancy!) Ingredients: 250g dried (pitted) dates; 300ml water;…

Cinnamon Scrolls

Hot out of the oven, these cinnamon beauties taste so much like funfair doughnuts, and we eat them for breakfast fairly often… they’re easy but so good! Ingredients: Dough – 225g self-raising flour; pinch salt; 90g plant butter; 160ml oat milk. Cinnamon filling – 120g plant butter; 5 tbsp soft brown sugar; 2 tsp cinnamon….

Banana and Chocolate loaf

This is the easiest recipe imaginable, and it requires just a few ingredients, but it’s truly delicious. A classic, with heaps of chocolate, you can’t really go wrong! Try it toasted with some orange marmalade for a real moment of yum. Ingredients: 3 ripe bananas; 75g vegetable oil; 80g soft brown sugar; 1 tsp vanilla…

Spiced apple flapjacks

Golden toasted oats with a gooey spiced apple centre, these are the cake equivalent of a big warm hug! Ingredients: 350g rolled oats; 175g plant butter; 150g dark brown sugar; 100g golden syrup; 2 apples (Bramleys are best); 1 tsp mixed spice; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 1/2 tsp salt. Optional: handful of dried fruit. Peel,…

Molten chocolate cookies

Pack cookie dough around a chunk of dark chocolate to create a luxuriously decadent molten middle. Makes about 20 cookies. Ingredients: 250g plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 150g soft brown sugar; 100g nut butter (peanut/cashew); 140g coconut oil or spread; 2 tsp powdered flax seed; 2 tbsp golden syrup; bar of dark chocolate. Optional:…

Fiery ginger biscuits

Certain to warm you when it’s cold outside, these biscuits are crisp on the outside and soft in the middle. Great for dunking! Ingredients: 110g plant butter (or coconut oil); 110g soft brown sugar; 110g golden syrup; 225g self-raising flour; 2 tsp ground ginger; icing sugar to dust. Melt the sugar, plant butter and golden…

Chocolate rum pots

Smooth, silky, rich, decadent, this is the perfect choccy pud. The original recipe is by Jamie Oliver with maple syrup and lime zest, and it’s magic. We didn’t have maple syrup or limes to hand, so we used some of my sister’s homemade marmalade to make a chocolate orange version, and it’s incredible. We’ve topped…

Tangy lemon cake

This recipe by BBC Good Food is so good. We’ve made it many times, either as a loaf cake or as cupcakes. It’s the easiest cake recipe and uses only a handful of ingredients that are normally kicking around in your cupboard anyway. For some extra jazz, try replacing the water with a gin and…