The great british bake off

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A step up from the free-and-easy Double Marble Cake, the Battenberg uses colouring in a more precise way to make a pretty cake that looks impressive.

I grew up on these – my dad used to make these in his bakery. They’re just delicious to eat – soft in the mouth, slightly chewy, and with a beautiful sweetness from the strawberries.

Wagon Wheels consist of two plain biscuits that are sandwiched with marshmallow and coated in chocolate. This version of the classic biscuit snack contains a layer of jam, too.

This is no ordinary lemon sponge. Combining lemon juice with thyme gives the bundt a heady, botanical quality. Don’t hold back on the thyme – the recipe calls for a lot, and (because of it) the results are out of this world.

A collection of british bakes and recipes to inspire your inner Mary Berry. Cakes, pies, tarts, cookies and pastries with fresh and interesting takes.

Sorry, Americans. You have to be from the UK to compete.

These desserts are really creative.

These pillowy balls of dough are filled with homemade raspberry jam. One of the trickiest things about making doughnuts is the frying time – the sugar in the enriched dough means that they brown very quickly, in turn making it tempting to remove them from the oil before they are cooked in the middle. With that in mind, make sure you fry the doughnuts for at least 2 minutes on each side.