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10 low-fuss sweet bakes to brighten your weekend

Sophie Richards’ salted caramel swirl brownies recipe
Sophie Richards' salted caramel swirl brownies

With the forecast predicting rain for the next few days, there's no better time to treat yourself to some home baking.

From classic biscuits and throw-it-together cakes, to elegant nibbles and indulgent traybakes, here are some low-effort baking recipes to try this weekend.

Donal Skehan's chocolate biscuit cake

Sophie Richards' salted caramel swirl brownies

Sophie Richards' salted caramel swirl brownies recipe

Giuseppe Dell'Anno's almond biscuits

Big Zuu's Swedish cinnamon buns

Alex Petit's vanilla Swiss roll with lemon curd

Swiss roll

Shane Smith's pistachio & rosewater cake

cake

Sami Tamimi's lemon and pistachio cookies

a tray of cookies

Kevin Dundon's classic shortbread biscuit

shortbread

Donal Skehan's limoncello polenta cake

Colm O'Gorman's blueberry and lemon muffins

A lemon and blueberry muffin topped with blueberry sauce