Store friands in an airtight container for up to three days. We used freeform paper cases made by pushing a 12cm square of paper (we used paper about the same thickness as printer paper) into ungreased pan holes, followed by a 12cm square of baking paper. variation peach and coconut friands Omit the glacé pineapple […]

Stencils are available from cake decorating suppliers and craft stores. FLUFFY MOCK CREAM Note

Dusted with icing sugar and cinnamon, these wholesome muffins make a delightful treat with tea or coffee. You'll need about two overripe bananas.

With a creamy custard filling and cinnamon sugar topping, these apple muffins are the perfect sweet treat.

Vary the flavour by changing the dried fruit to chopped dried apricots, raisins, seeded dates or seeded prunes, or a combination of any of these. Note

Loaf and oval-shaped pans are available in racks, or as individual pans. It’s the individual pans that need to be stood and baked on an oven tray, simply for easy handling. Note

Spiced with cumin and packed full of grated vegetables, these carrot and zucchini muffins make a great lunch box or after-school snack.

These muffins have a soft and fruity centre and with a delicious crunchy topping.

Whip up a batch of these fluffy savoury muffins with crunchy cheese topping. They're great served warm with butter or packed in a lunchbox.

For a delicious morning tea, serve these golden muffins warm with butter.

These crunchy muffins are delicious served with a slather of apricot butter and a cup of hot coffee.

Moist and nutty little coffee and walnut friands are utterly moreish.

These tasty savoury corn and chive muffins are easy to make are are great as an on-the-go snack or healthy lunch box treat.

We used freeform paper cases made by pushing a 12cm square of paper (we used paper about the same thickness as printer paper) into ungreased pan holes, followed by a 12cm square of baking paper Note

Chocolatey coffee hazelnut muffins, with hazelnut frosting and a crunchy nut topping, pack a whole lot of flavour into every bite.

These cheesy polenta cakes go beautifully with a zesty, refreshing avocado salsa.

These gluten-free coconut, almond and berry cupcakes make the perfect sweet treat with a cup of tea.

With a crunchy coconut topping, these fluffy banana muffins go perfectly with that morning or afternoon cuppa.

Perfect for a filling morning tea, afternoon tea or lunch box treat, these cheesy zucchini and leek muffins are tasty and delicious.

You can also bake this mixture in one loaf pan;­ it will take about 45 minutes to cook. Loaves are best made on the day of serving. Note

Perfect for the lunchbox, these easy berry muffins make a delicious morning or afternoon snack.

These spiced, fluffy apple muffins are made even more delicious with a crunchy streusel topping.

These honeycomb cream cupcakes are a proper indulgence, a moist, spiced cupcake topped with whipped cream and shattered Violet Crumble bars.

A crumbly topping hides a surprise in these fluffy apple muffins.

Fun and great for sharing; white choc-chip orange and cranberry muffins from Australian Women's Weekly.

Sweet and rich hazelnut and espresso friands make a delicate and exquisite afternoon tea treat.

These chewy gluten-free treats are perfect with coffee.

For a gift-giving idea, spray a bamboo steamer (available from Asian food stores) with silver spray, line with tissue and fill with little cakes. Wrap it completely in cellophane and tie with a ribbon. Substitute brandy for Irish whiskey, if you like.

Tiny, blue-grey poppy seeds add texture and a slightly nutty taste. Note

Instead of the apple, the same weight of pear can be used in this recipe. Note

Kids will love these fluffy apple and cinnamon muffins.

You need approximately two large (460g) overripe bananas for this recipe. Note

Spiced honey muffins with chocolate chunks are topped with whipped cream and toffee bar shards in this decadent recipe.

These muffins are best eaten warm. Note

Packed with chopped dates, chocolate chips and chopped pistachios, these not-too-sweet muffins make a tasty morning or afternoon treat.

When the kids get home from school starving, it's a good time to slip something healthy on their plate. We've got four recipes here, muffins, smoothie, fruit dip and quesadillas, that are perfect.

These little lime and berry friands may be tiny, but they're absolutely bursting with flavour.

A clear lunch-box winner, packed with fruit and fibre, these banana, craisin and macadamia muffins are utterly delicious.

These cakes supposedly take their name from the powder puffs used by women to dust on face powder. Whatever the provenance, strawberries and cream powder puffs are light, airy and absolutely delicious.

These fruity, wholemeal muesli muffins are packed full of healthy grains and tasty craisins. Mashed banana helps keep them moist for days. They make an excellent lunch-box treat.

Orange and poppy seeds is a classic combination for friands, you can liven it up by using mandarin instead.

Enjoy a bite of heaven with these light and fluffy homemade coffee friands. They are gorgeous enjoyed with your mid-morning or afternoon coffee as a relaxing treat with friends.

These mini choc chip friands can be made a day ahead if you're baking to entertain, and go down a treat with a cup of good coffee. They also freeze well, just don't ice them beforehand.

There's something about warm cake that can turn even the most anti-sweet toothed reaching for the fork. These warm ginger and date muffins with caramel sauce are worth writing home about.

If using butter cream instead of vanilla frosting, you will need half a quantity of butter cream. We used a selection of small jelly beans, rainbow choc chips and M&M’s for the treasure. You will need 3 x 4-pack (460g) double chocolate chip muffins for this cake. Note

You need about 2 large trimmed rhubarb stems for this recipe. Muffins can be served warm or at room temperature. Note

You can use thinly sliced gluten-free bacon instead of the pancetta, if you like. Note

This mochacino mud cake is cleverly disguised as a delicious chococolate-infused coffee underneath whipped cream and beautiful latte art!

Stand nut rolls, upright in tins, on oven tray The tin needs to be coated thickly with melted butter so the roll won’t stick to the inside of the tin. Don’t use cooking-oil spray, as this doesn’t give a good enough coating and the roll will stick and be hard to turn out. Serve nut […]

Serve mini baked ricottas warm or cold. Recipe can be made a day ahead, store, covered, in the refrigerator. Note

You will need about 4 passionfruit for this recipe. Note

Take care not to over-mix the batter. 16 strokes is usually enough to achieve the rough appearance and texture of muffins. Note

Use any fresh berries you like in this recipe. If you only have one patty pan, bake the first batch, then wash, butter and flour the pan again before baking the next lot. Note

One muffin is to be served per person for breakfast. The remaining muffins can be frozen or eaten as a snack. You could make two large muffins for breakfast and the remaining mixture can be made into snack-sized mini muffins. The ricotta mixture serves 2 people; make a fresh batch before serving the remaining muffins. […]

Thanks to hothouse growing, rhubarb is available all year, so you can indulge in a hot pie or crumble as well as any number of luscious desserts matching rhubarb with berries and cream or mascarpone whenever you like. Be sure to discard every bit of the vegetable’s leaf and use only the thinnest stalks (the […]

This recipe also makes 6 texas muffins (¾-cup/180ml); bake about 35 minutes. Note

Mad about marmalade? Then, this muffin is for you. Marmalades come in a range of flavours sweet through to bitter and everything in between. Try a bitter marmalade first, it teams so well with the almonds and the sweetness of the syrup. Note

If using frozen berries, use them unthawed, this will minimise “bleeding” of the colour into the mixture. Muffins can be frozen either individually wrapped in foil or together in a sealed container for up to 3 months. To thaw frozen muffins, either place muffins on an oven tray covered with foil, or wrap individual muffins […]

Parties for budding artists are popular ­and this cake will get them in the creative mood. It doesn’t matter if these pots tip over, nothing’s going to spill. Tint the icing any colours you like, just make them bright. Lollies could easily be hidden under the glacé icing. You’ll have enough cake mixture left over […]

Sun-dried tomato pesto can also be used. Note