Chocolate fudge slice They don’t come much easier or more delicious than this! It’s my take on a charming old-school classic, with the gloriousness of sweetened condensed milk enveloping crushed-up bikkies, it’s a very moreish treat indeed. The Craisins add a delight

Hot Cross Buns It’s taken me a while to perfect a hot cross bun recipe – and boy, it was worth the wait! They’re not at all hard to make but like all good bread recipes, they take a little time. To get the buns super light and soft, you make a yeast ‘super booster’ at the start

Hotcakes with butterscotch sauce Makes 10–15 hotcakes Prep time: 10 minutes plus resting time Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice 2 cups milk 2 ¼ cups plain flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda pinch salt 3 free-range eggs To serve – ice cream, b

Salted caramel & cashew slice This caramel slice is not for the faint-hearted – it’s for those of us who appreciate the sweet, luscious, hedonistic things in life! There’s a gorgeously thick layer of gooey caramel in the middle, to which the flakes of sea salt are the perfect foil

White chocolate & cranberry slice This slice (featured in my new book, Scrumptious) tastes even better than it looks – and in my humble opinion, it looks freakin’ amazing! Don’t be fooled into thinking this is one of those Christmassy larks full of glace cherries and candied peel