How to make Bake Off star Hermine Dossou’s mug cake and fruity chocolate muffins 

The Benin-born cook is all about frugal food

Hermine Dossou’s coconut, raspberry and chocolate muffins and speculoos mug cake

As a trained accountant and a long-time baking enthusiast, Hermine Dossou knows a thing or two about saving money in the kitchen.

“My first breadmaker was from Panasonic — I bought it from Gumtree,” the former Great British Bake Off contestant says.