Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5. Grease and base-line a 20cm (8in) spring-form cake tin. Beat the butter and 125g (4½oz) of the sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs a little at a time, ...

Couldn't be easier. Whipped cream flavoured with elderflower cordial or with a sweet muscat wine is lovely on the side. Beat the butter and 125g (4½oz) of the sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs ...

Though it’s fallen out of favour compared to its red cousins, the unlovely old-fashioned gooseberry can give a fresh, sharply summery flavour to cakes, crumbles and a tangy and light white wine sorbet ...

Spring is in the air at last! The changing seasons always gets me excited about the new vegetables appearing in my garden and at my local farmers’ market. I have also been enthused by watching on TV ...

Kick the blues and kickstart the season with a mango-seasoned squid dish, and a gooseberry, elderflower and ginger cake It’s the time of year when we normally perk up, enjoying the prospect of ...

More and more people are discovering they have gluten and wheat allergies, but panic not, companies such as Dove Farm are producing gluten-free flours to side-step these allergies and allow those ...

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4. Butter and line 2 x 20cm round cake tins with baking paper. Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy, then gradually mix in the eggs with a little of the ...

Try luscious lamb shanks and these tempting tarts in our second extract from a new book of one-pan recipes. Serves 8 To serve Preheat the oven to 160°C/fan 140°C/gas 3. Lightly butter a loosebottomed ...

The sour taste of gooseberries puts some people off eating this prickly little green fruit, which has meant that they have seen a decline in culinary uses over the past few decades. Did you know with ...

Ruby's sweet wine and gooseberry sorbet (right), a crunchy gooseberry coconut crumble with coconut custard (bottom) and a moist gooseberry and strawberry hazelnut cake. Photograph: Jill Mead for the ...