If you want to take your baking from basic to bakery-level, there’s one secret ingredient you need but probably don’t have in your pantry: vanilla bean paste. This spice aisle powerhouse delivers deep ...

I infuse both the seeds and the scraped-out pod in hot liquid. Vanilla beans come from a special type of orchid plant, the flower of which has to be pollinated by hand on the one day that it blooms.

Juliet’s back to give your last remaining hot cross buns of the season a new lease of life! Hot cross bun and butter pudding ...

Now it’s time to spoon the meringue onto a baking pan with ... can chickpeas, drained liquid) ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar ½ cup cane sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ...

Then blitz with hand blender to a smooth liquid. Let it cool for a couple of minutes. 4. Cream the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, vanilla and baking powder. 5. Then put the liquid to the batter to ...