Best Fan Recipes
This rhubarb and ginger jam is a bright, tangy preserve with soft pieces of fruit and a gentle, warming heat from stem ginger. It sets to a glossy, spoonable texture that is perfect on toast, scones, and stirred into yogurt. It’s an easy, beginner-friendly jam as long as you take your time dissolving the sugar …
This Mary Berry jam and coconut sponge is a classic British traybake: a light vanilla sponge topped with a glossy layer of jam and a snowy blanket of desiccated coconut. The crumb is soft and buttery, the jam adds fruity sweetness, and the coconut gives a gentle chew and nutty finish. It is an easy, …
This is a classic, Mary Berry-style cherry jam with a deep ruby colour, a glossy finish, and a generous fruitiness that tastes like summer in a jar. The texture is softly set and spoonable, with tender pieces of cherry and a bright lift from lemon. It is an easy preserve to make if you follow …
This Mary Berry apricot jam recipe is a bright, golden preserve with a soft set and a gentle tang that lets the apricots shine. The texture is glossy and spoonable, with little pieces of fruit throughout, perfect for toast, scones, and Victoria sponge. It’s an easy, confidence-building jam that suits beginners as long as you …
This Mary Berry-inspired spaghetti bolognese is a cosy, family-style pasta dinner with a rich tomato sauce, tender minced beef, and a gentle savoury sweetness from slow-cooked vegetables. The texture is exactly what you want: silky sauce that clings to the spaghetti, with plenty of depth from tomato purée, herbs, and a long simmer. It’s an …
This Mary Berry blackberry and apple jam is a classic British preserve with a deep berry flavour, a gentle apple sweetness, and a bright lift from lemon. The texture is glossy and spoonable with a soft set that spreads beautifully on toast, scones, and crumpets. It is an easy recipe, but like all jams it …
These strawberry muffins are soft, light, and gently sweet, with juicy pockets of fruit and a golden, domed top. They taste bright and buttery with a lovely vanilla note, and they are easy enough for a relaxed weekend bake or a quick weekday treat. You will have them mixed, baked, and on the cooling rack …
This Mary Berry-style jam sponge pudding is the kind of warm, nostalgic dessert that never fails to please. A spoonable, buttery sponge bakes up soft and light, with a glossy layer of jam that turns into a fruity sauce when you invert it. It’s a true beginner-friendly pudding with an easy all-in-one sponge, and the …
If you love the idea of a homemade jam that tastes like pure summer, this blueberry jam is a lovely one to keep in your back pocket. It sets into a soft, spreadable gel with a glossy finish, bursting with sweet blueberries and a gentle lift from lemon. It’s an easy, beginner-friendly preserve with no …
This Mary Berry jam and coconut tray bake is a classic British sponge cake baked in a single tin, then finished with a glossy layer of jam and a snowy sprinkle of coconut. It’s soft and buttery with a tender crumb, sweet-fruity on top, and gently chewy where the coconut catches the warm jam. Difficulty …