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Dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, sesame-free, soya-free, can be gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan Serves 8

Dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, soya-free, sesame-free, vegetarian and vegan

Makes 6 Dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, soya-free, sesame-free, vegetarian and vegan

Dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, sesame-free, soya-free, vegetarian and vegan

Dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, sesame-free, soya-free, vegetarian and vegan) Makes 2 18cm cakes

Dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, peanut-free, sesame-free, soya-free, vegetarian and vegan

Sometimes something old fashioned is just what you want; something comforting and evocative of times past.

Dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soya-free, sesame-free, vegetarian and veganNot a coffee flavoured cake but the American classic wonderfully spiced cinnamon streusel cake to be served with coffee

This is one of our family favourites, one of those puddings that often gets wheeled out when we have guests over, but for some reason I’ve never posted the full recipe.

Have you tried my magic four ingredient chocolate mousse cake.

Our family is divided over the issue of Christmas cake; I make one every year and some of the family devour it like there’s no tomorrow, and others would simply rather have anything else.

I’ve just downloaded masses of photos from my phone and come across a few birthday cake photos.

She’s home! Big S came home from her activity camp today and the family is again as it should be.

I had an hour before the girls got home from school and the snack options were looking pretty non-existent – I seem to have stopped buying a lot of snacks with all the baking I’ve been …