<p>Try our Best of Bake Off recipes, including Mary Berry's signiture Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe - you'll be star baker in no time!</p>

Best of Bake Off

Try our Best of Bake Off recipes, including Mary Berry's signiture Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe - you'll be star baker in no time!

Best of Bake Off Recipes

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Bread & Dough

Cookie, Oreo & Brownie Layered Cake with a slice cut out of it. 

Cake Recipes

Top view of Rainbow Meringues in a bowl, with Rainbow Meringues scattered around next to a bag of silver spoon caster sugar

Confectionery

Side on view of a stack of vegan and gluten free chocolate chip cookies

Cookies & Biscuits

Nutella Cupcakes with glass bottle of milk in the background

Cupcakes & Muffins

2 glass jars of eton mess, raspberries, edible flowers and vanilla extract

Desserts

Bowl of ice cream, apple and slices, brown sugar packet

Ice Cream & Lollies

Icing & Buttercream

Jams & Spreads

Stack of American pancakes drizzled with maple syrup and topped with fresh berries

Pancakes, Crepes & Waffles

Pastries, Pies & Tarts

scone with strawberries and cream on a plate 

Scone and Shortcake Recipes

Sweet Sauces

Salted Caramel Cookie Traybake pieces stacked on top of each other with a hand reaching for the top piece. A bottle of milk in the background and jar of caramel sauce in the foreground

Traybakes

Pop tarts decorated with biscoff, chocolate and pink icing with sprinkles. 

Air Fryer Pop Tarts

Individual Eton Mess

Mini chocolate cupcake with a bite taken out of it and the cupcake case peeled back

Tiramisu Mini Treats

Recipes

Tips & Tricks

Allinson's

A top down view of chocolate brownies next to a packet of Billington's Dark Muscovado Sugar

Billington’s

Nielsen Massey Vanilla Extract being added to Vanilla Extract Cupcakes mixture

Nielsen-Massey

Silver Spoon

Our Brands

<p>This easy chocolate cupcake recipe was created by Mary Berry, and creates&nbsp;rich, indulgent cupcakes that are easy to achieve in your own kitchen.</p>
<p>Whether you're looking for simple chocolate fairy cakes for a party or an easy chocolate cupcake recipe for everyday baking, this Mary Berry chocolate cupcake recipe is soon to be your go-to recipe for 5-star rich, gorgeously-moreish cupcakes every time.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In just half an hour, this quick and easy cupcake recipe will make a delicious batch of 12 delicious chocolate cupcakes, ready to pipe with your favourite topping. We love whipping up an easy <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/salted-chocolate-buttercream">Chocolate Buttercream </a>flavoured with rich cocoa powder for a satisfying chocolatey hit! So go ahead, treat yourself to a little slice of chocolate heaven – you deserve it.</p>
<p>If you love quick and simple cupcakes, then why not give some of our other cupcake recipes a go? Try our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/chocolate-chip-cupcakes">Chocolate Chip Cupcakes</a> for an easy twist on traditional <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/triple-vanilla-cupcakes">Vanilla Cupcakes</a>. If you’re a&nbsp;Nutella fan, our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/nutella-cupcakes">Nutella Cupcakes</a> are always a winner for family and friends.</p>
<h3>How to make Halloween cupcakes:</h3>
<p>Turn your Mary Berry chocolate cupcakes into spooky Halloween treats with just a few easy steps! Use <em>Silver Spoon’s chocolate fudge icing sugar</em> and follow the instructions on the pack to whip up the smoothest, most delicious chocolate buttercream. For a fun bat design, top each cupcake with an Oreo for the body, and pipe black and white icing to create little bat eyes. It’s cute, creepy, and absolutely delicious!</p>
<h3>How to make Christmas cupcakes:</h3>
<p>Transform our versatile Mary Berry chocolate cupcakes recipe into adorable Christmas cupcakes. Simply add some edible eyes, a small ball of red fondant icing (or red smartie) and some broken pretzels for antlers and you have the cutest Christmas reindeer cupcakes. Alternatively, crushed up some candy canes and sprinkle on top for a simple, yet indulgent looking Christmas treat.&nbsp;</p>
<h3>How to decorate chocolate cupcakes:</h3>
<p>These rich chocolate cupcakes are perfect to decorate for any occasion, all year round. Simply top with chocolate buttercream, then add Mini Eggs. Alternatively, add a quarter of a teaspoon of Hundreds And Thousands to the top of each cupcake's buttercream topping.</p>
<h3>How to make your&nbsp;cupcakes moist and fluffy:</h3>
<p>If you want your cupcakes to stay moist for longer, brush your cooled sponges with a simple sugar syrup made from two parts granulated sugar to one part boiling water. After you’ve added the sugar syrup, top the cupcakes with your buttercream icing and enjoy.</p>
<h3><strong>Why Bake Mary Berry’s Chocolate Cupcakes?</strong></h3>
<p>⭐Ready in under an hour</p>
<p>⭐Ideal for last-minute gatherings and parties</p>
<p>⭐Brilliant for getting the kids involved</p>
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Mary Berry Chocolate Cupcakes

<p>The herbs compliment this lovely loaf perfectly. Spend a little time making this bread to impress your famil</p>

Plaited cheese and herb bread

<p>Our simple Chocolate and Raspberry Cake recipe should be a staple for most experienced bakers. This one is ready to eat within an hour and is full of fresh raspberries.</p>

Chocolate & Raspberry Cake

<p>Our friend John Whaite was inspired by a trip to Stockholm when he created this cinnamon bun recipe. John shares with us that it’s important to include the cardamom as well as the cinnamon to get the authentic flavour. This recipe is very much like a warming cuddle in every mouthful. If you're after something carby and scrumptious, then put the kettle on, this is the perfect yummy recipe, just for you.</p>

Cinnamon Buns

<p>The very talented Martha Collison has made these delicious ginger brown sugar cookies using Billington’s Dark Muscovado and Golden Caster Sugar. These are best eaten freshly made and warm, but will keep for up to 4 days in a tin – but we doubt they’ll last that long!</p>

Ginger Brown Sugar Cookies

<p>Some of you might be wondering 'what is a blondie dessert?' Well all you really need to know is&nbsp;that Blondies are similar to a brownie and always a great traybake recipe to pull out on a baking day. This browned butter blondie recipe from GBBO Martha Collison is definitely top of our bake list. A delicious combination of Billington's unrefined sugar and white chocolate will have you waiting by the oven bake off style until the timer goes off!&nbsp;</p>

Brown Butter Blondies

<p>Great British Bake Off 2014 finalist, Richard Burr says that he'd never had a macaron as a child, as he doesn't think they were popular in this country back then. But now he makes them, there’s no looking back for him. Bravery and patience are key ingredients, but once you've got the knack, they're easy. A little practice makes perfect and let's not forget- any misshapes along the way are still fantabulously tasty.&nbsp;</p>

Blackcurrant Macarons

<p>Great British Bake Off 2014 Finalist, Luis Troyano shares this recipe with us from his recipe book; 'Bake it Great', published by Pavilion. Luis says that carrot was used as a sweetener in Britain back in medieval times when sugar was hard to come by. Luis' two-layered version includes raisins and a mixture of different spices in the sponge mix. It is completely covered in a cream cheese frosting, and topped with yummy walnuts and pecans.</p>

Carrot & Cardamom Cake

<p>Looking for a cherry-on-top kind of bake? This Cherry and Pistachio cupcake recipe will tick all of your boxes.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>John Gregory Smith has shared his most loved bake, his sweet and nutty Cherry and Pistachio cupcakes. Simple to bake and easy to polish off a whole tray of these whilst nattering with a cup of tea and good friends.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>John's most loved bake stems from a childhood of limited sweet treats, so he combined all the flavours he loves to make this easy cupcake recipe. You'll be nuts not to give this a go.&nbsp;</p>

Cherry and Pistachio Cupcakes

<p>We love this toffee apple crumble recipe made by Great British Bake Off contestant Liam Charles.</p>

Toffee Apple Crumble Layer Cake

<p>Calling all rhubarb and custard fans, this is the recipe for you. Extracted from Cheeky Treats by Liam Charles, this rhubarb and custard cake is absolutely delicious.</p>

Rhubarb & Custard Cake

<p>This is John Whaite's version of a classic cherry and almond cake. John says he always uses dark cherries soaked in kirsch because their flavour is intense and boozy. When he drains the cherries he keeps back the syrup to add a sweet kick to his coffees. The crumble topping adds another almond dimension in the form of crunchy amaretti and flaked nuts. Serve this with a dollop of tangy crème fraîche.<br>Taken from Comfort by John Whaite, published by Kyle Books. Photography by Nassima Rothacker.</p>

Cherry & Amaretti Crumble Cake

<p>Crazy about coffee? Bonkers about bourbons? Whether you a daring dunker or a neat nibbler you are going to want to try these biscuits. Great British Bake Off's Frances Quinn has put an creative twist on a classic bourbon recipe switching caster sugar for moreish Billington’s Unrefined Brown sugar and a rich velvety milk chocolate coffee ganache that will add a little extra magic to your coffee breaks. As with lots of the yummy recipes from Frances’ ‘Quinntessential Baking’ book, this biscuit design is simple but effective. No fancy cutters needed just an oval one and a cocktail stick to indent and create the adorable coffee bean effect.</p>

Coffee Bean Biscuits

<p>This quick and easy homemade biscuit dough is a baking staple to have in your recipe collection for perfect, buttery biscuits every time.</p>
<p>Using <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/nielsen-massey">Nielsen-Massey</a> vanilla essence, this basic biscuit recipe creates the perfect dough for homemade biscuits.</p>
<h3>How to freeze biscuit dough</h3>
<p>Once you've combined the ingredients for your simple biscuit dough, you can pop it into an air-tight container and freeze it - it’s easy to prepare your biscuit dough well in advance. Just defrost and bake on the day!&nbsp;</p>
<h3>What's the secret to a great homemade biscuit?</h3>
<p>To create buttery, crumbly biscuits with crunch, we recommend chilling the biscuit dough for at least one hour before rolling it out and cutting out your biscuits.</p>
<p>Also, when you're beating together the butter and sugar, be careful not to over-mix them - this can lead to the butter separating, which will affect your biscuits' finished taste and texture.</p>
<h3>How to make Christmas biscuits?</h3>
<p>Transform your basic biscuit dough into festive <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/stained-glass-biscuits">stained glass biscuits</a> that sparkle with Christmas cheer.</p>
<p>Roll out the dough to an even thickness, then use a star-shaped cutter to stamp out each biscuit. To make our jam star effect, cut a smaller star shape in the center of half the biscuits and fill it with a dollop of your favorite jam before baking. Alternatively, bake the biscuits as full stars and decorate with intricate icing patterns once they’ve cooled—think delicate snowflakes, swirls, or a dusting of edible glitter. Perfect for gifting or serving at your holiday gatherings.</p>
<h2>Top Tips</h2>
<p>When it comes to icing, the possibilities are endless, and the right choice can elevate your baked goods to the next level.&nbsp;If you’re aiming for a glossy finish try our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/fondant-icing">fondant icing</a> or <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/glace-icing">glace icing</a> which ideal especially for decorating cookies with intricate designs. See <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/baking-tips/how-to-flood-ice">how to use the flood icing</a> technique with Juliet Sear.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Substitutions and Variations</h2>
<h3>Substitutions</h3>
<p>Are you on the hunt for a <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/vegan-biscuits">vegan biscuit recipe</a> that's just as good as our regular biscuits? Look no further! Our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/vegan-biscuits">vegan biscuit</a> recipe yields 20 delicious buttery biscuits.</p>
<h3>Variations</h3>
<p>Why not explore our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/categories/cookies-and-biscuits/biscuits">full biscuit collection</a>? We have seasonal biscuit ideas from <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/halloween-ghost-biscuits">Halloween ghost biscuits</a>, to <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/iced-easter-biscuits">iced Easter biscuits</a> and <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/love-heart-biscuits">love hart biscuits</a>, the hardest thing will be to pick which biscuit recipe to bake first.</p>
<h3><strong>Why Bake Our Biscuit Recipe</strong></h3>
<p>⭐The ideal foundation for homemade biscuits</p>
<p>⭐Perfect for novice bakers</p>
<p>⭐Great for getting the kids involved in baking</p>

Easy Biscuit Recipe

<p>Mary Berry's iced lime tray bake recipe as featured in Mary Berry's Pudding&nbsp;and Desserts book published by DK Books. Beautifully light, this is a perfect recipe for the Summer time.</p>

Iced Lime Tray Bake

<p>Forget the Christmas cake, we have a brownie recipe that is guaranteed to knock your Christmas stockings off. John Whaite has created a Gingerbread Cheesecake Brownie recipe that captures all the delicious flavours of Christmas, elevated by the use of both Billington's Golden Caster and Light Muscovado sugar. These give the brownie a beautiful rich flavour that is worth indulging for.&nbsp;</p>

Gingerbread Cheesecake Brownies

<p>We all know of Almond Brittle as a popular tooth crunching sweet, but not many of would think up the genius combination of a brittle topped cake. GBBO’s Benjamina Ebuehi dreamt up this incredible fusion as part of her ‘The new way to cake’ book.<br>The audible and satisfying crack when you slice the cake and the “soft cushion like sponge laying beneath an armour of flaked almonds bound together with a buttery caramel” is your mouth watering yet? Reprinted with permission from ‘The New Way to Cale’ Benjamina Ebuehi. Page Street Publishing Co. 2019. Photo credit: Holly Wulff Petersen</p>

Almond Brittle Cake

<p>This delicious recipe is taken from Great British Bake Off 2014 Finalist, Luis Troyano's recipe book; 'Bake it Great', published by Pavilion. "I first made this tart for a family Sunday dinner and it was an immediate hit. Hidden in the mascarpone and white chocolate filling are fresh raspberries for a hint of tartness. The tart is topped with chopped pistachios and fresh pomegranate seeds, but feel free to add fresh raspberries and some grated white chocolate too." Recipe photography by Clare Winfield</p>

Raspberry, Pistachio & White Chocolate Tart

<p>This is a light, plain cake, with a hint of apple flavour. Cider cakes are teatime favourites in cider-producing areas and many recipes use bicarbonate of soda as the raising agent. To activate it, you need an acidic ingredient and dry English cider does the job perfectly. Extract taken from Paul Hollywood’s British Baking by Paul Hollywood, £25.00, Hardback Photography © Peter Cassidy</p>

Cider Cake

<p>This Mary Berry carrot cake recipe is a wonderful version of this classic cake. A full-fat cream cheese frosting is the traditional topping, but here a low-fat soft cheese is suggested, and it tastes equally as good.</p>