Course: Baking

Basic Cupcakes

This recipe comes from my Aunt Erica, and is adapted from her fairy cake recipe. If you are making these for the kids to decorate and you want to limit the time it takes put everything together, it may be easier to make the cupcakes in advance and then get the kids to decorate them later on.

Makes: 20

Hot Chocolate Cupcakes

Recipe by Dr Oetker

As delicious as they sound!

Makes: 10

Mocha Choca Cupcakes

Recipe by Dr Oetker

Chocolate and coffee, the perfect partnership, brought to you by Dr Oetker

Makes: 12

Raspberry rose cupcakes

Recipe by Dr Oetker

A lovely little sweet treat from Dr Oetker, perfect for a children's party!

Red velvet cupcakes - A simple and effective recipe from Odlums

Serves: 12

Total Time: 30

Red velvet cupcakes

Recipe by Odlums

A simple and effective recipe from Odlums

Makes: 30

Lemon Slices

Recipe by Donal Skehan

From: Kitchen Hero: Great Food for Less

The perfect accompaniment to a nice cup of tea, these lemon drizzle slices are light and zesty, and a good alternative for those who don’t particularly love heavy cake. If you aren’t too keen on baking, this all-in-one recipe makes things very simple and gives impressive results.

Super Chocolate Brownies

Recipe by Donal Skehan

From: Kitchen Hero: Great Food for Less

This recipe makes beautiful, dense and fudgy brownies - just the way I like them. It's a very simple recipe that you can make in minutes. Just make sure you make enough to share around!

Serves: 4

Dark chocolate raspberry brownies

Recipe by Rozanne Stevens

This recipe makes the most gooey, decadent chocolate brownies imaginable. A word to the lads: if you have annoyed your missus, a tray of these will go a long way to patching things up. With chocolate as the mortar. The frozen raspberries work brilliantly as they stay whole during the baking process, adding bursts of pink tartness in the slab of chocolatey goodness.

Flour-less hazelnut chocolate brownie - This cake is delicious. It keeps very well for a few days. The recipe can be doubled to make two cakes then sandwiched together with fresh cream and berries to make a celebration cake or just cut in squares and enjoyed as brownies.

Makes: 8

Total Time: 45

Flour-less hazelnut chocolate brownie

This cake is delicious. It keeps very well for a few days. The recipe can be doubled to make two cakes then sandwiched together with fresh cream and berries to make a celebration cake or just cut in squares and enjoyed as brownies.

Dermie's Chocolate Brownies with White Chocolate Chunks... - These brownies are made from three different chocolate varieties with a mixture of dark, milk and white chocolate. The chocolate I used was O' Conaill's Cork chocolate but Valrhona or Lindt are more readily available in your local supermarket or chocolate shop.

Serves: 15

Total Time: 80

Dermie's Chocolate Brownies with White Chocolate Chunks...

These brownies are made from three different chocolate varieties with a mixture of dark, milk and white chocolate. The chocolate I used was O' Conaill's Cork chocolate but Valrhona or Lindt are more readily available in your local supermarket or chocolate shop.