This is a gorgeous, sweet and spicy plum cake– great as a pudding or with afternoon tea. If you’ve never tried making a cake, this would be a great place to start. Set the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.

The Victoria sponge cake is named after Queen Victoria, who liked having a slice of sponge cake with her afternoon tea. A Victoria cake is a sponge cake layered with jam and cream.

Kate Middleton and Prince William visited with young gardeners during their recent trip to Wales, where the Princess of Wales offered to share her plum jam recipe.

In order to keep the jam full of chunky pieces of plum, this recipe uses a two-stage method – the softened plums will absorb the sugar as they rest in the syrup and this will stop them rising to ...

I thought, why not go all out and turn a classic New York cheesecake on its head by adding burrata to the cheesecake mix and then topping it with my plum jam ... prevent the cake from sinking ...

This cake is so versatile you can use a super sweet jam like raspberry or strawberry, or you can use a slightly tangy jam like plum or apricot. They both will taste heavenly. Don’t let your ...