Adding some vegetables to these muffins is a handy way to have a relatively healthy snack to hand. I find them particularly useful when traveling with children. 

"Three contrasting layers are brought together to create the enduring favourite, one soft, one crisp, and one crumbly."

"Originally intended to accompany ice cream, that is still a great use for them today. These cookies make two wonderful sides of an ice cream sandwich as the chewiness allows you to bite into the sandwich without squishing the ice cream."

"We had versions with chocolate peanut butter cups, cherries in syrup, colourful candy sweets, but my favourite was always the simple vanilla. It was baked to perfection each time with a dark golden top and a creamy, yet crumbly interior rich in flavour."

"This cake has a lovely rich, buttery, citrus flavour. Pouring the syrup over the warm cake at the end is key to keeping the cake full of moisture."

"They make a great picnic snack, or with the addition of a touch of ground ginger they transform into a warming rainy-day treat."

"They are a good choice when you want to feed a crowd, and there is also flexibility with ingredients and flavours."

"If you can get your hands on unwaxed lemons, they are preferable. If not, I would advise dropping the lemons into quite hot water and rubbing the skin with a tea towel before zesting. This should take off the wax coating."

"A good pavlova has a crisp shell that is a very pale golden colour and has a centre that is light, soft and fluffy."

Roulade desserts are usually a simple meringue, sometimes with added chocolate, like this one. Think of it as a lighter cousin to a Swiss roll