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Treacle tart is a British classic, and Mary Berry shows you how to make it to perfection. This version has a fancy lattice woven top to show off to all your guests. But Mary makes it very easy. 

Mary Berry’s treacle tart

flour

golden syrup

150 grams/5½oz fine fresh white breadcrumbs

lemons, zest and juice

egg, egg

My STP is altogether deeper and darker than the original version: it is still sweet, but the muscovado sugar and black treacle give it an almost savage intensity. It seems redolent of ginger, cloves, allspice – and yet none of these spices are used. It’s a miracle. I don’t understand it – but then, miracles are not to be questioned.

Equipment: You will need a 23x23cm/9x9in square baking dish. 

Nigella's sticky toffee pudding

200 milliliters/7fl oz water

tsp bicarbonate of soda

grams/2½oz unsalted butter, softened,

tbsp black treacle

grams/1¾oz dark muscovado sugar

free-range eggs,

150 grams/5½oz plain flour

tsp baking powder

grams/5½oz unsalted butter, softened

300 grams/10½oz dark muscovado sugar

200 milliliters/7fl oz double cream,

Nigella embraces the cosiness of tradition with a Christmas Classic, Sticky Toffee Pudding. The muscovado sugar and black treacle give her version an almost savage intensity

Nigella's Sticky Toffee Pudding

This delicious afternoon cake is best served with a hunk of cheese and a hot cup of tea.

Dundee cake

175 grams/6 ounces softened butter, plus extra for greasing

brown sugar

orange marmalade

eggs,

grams/1 almonds

heaped tsp ground mixed spice

fruit

75 grams/3 ounces glacé cherries, halved

tbsp whisky or milk

grams/1½oz almonds

granulated

A true British classic pudding, Bakewell tart is best served slightly warm with a dollop of lightly whipped cream.

Bakewell tart

280 grams/10 ounces plain flour,

free-range egg, beaten

unsalted butter

65 grams/2½oz caster sugar

salt

300 grams/10½oz ground almonds

130 grams/4¾oz caster sugar

almond essence

raspberry jam

almonds

This delicious, traditional cake is so moreish – when testing this recipe, we couldn’t eat it fast enough! It’s sticky but light in texture, not too dense.

Granny’s gingerbread

ginger

tsp ground mixed spice

grams/3½oz butter, diced

grams/3½oz black treacle

100 grams/3½oz light muscovado sugar

egg,

275 milliliters/9½fl oz full-fat milk

Try piping whipped cream into Mary Berry’s easy brandy snaps for a deliciously retro dessert. Or make these easy brandy snaps into baskets for ice cream.

Brandy snaps

butter

demerara sugar

grams/1¾oz plain flour

½ level tsp ground ginger

lemon juice

This simple lemon drizzle cake recipe is super-quick to bake and perfect with an afternoon cup of tea. It's made in a food processor, so in 10 minutes you'll have it in the oven! 

This recipe makes a lemon drizzle loaf, but if you want to make a cake in a different shape, try our <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/sponge_cake_calculator">cake calculator</a>.
Each serving provides 401 kcal, 5.3g protein, 47.5g carbohydrate (of which 31.3g sugars), 20.9g fat (of which 12.4g saturates), 0.9g fibre and 0.29g salt.


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