Pistachio and raspberry/bay Battenburg

Something a little different from the traditional Battenburg, this cake incorporates pistachios and a fresh raspberry sauce which has been flavoured with bay leaf. I have made my own marzipan, and have included the ingredients but please don’t think you have to do this – you can use shop bought (I do think it’s inferior

Clotted cream biscuits with fresh raspberries and coconut

Clotted cream biscuits, based on an old French recipe, with fresh raspberries and rolled in coconut

Raspberry swirl pinwheel biscuits

These biscuits are a shortbread recipe with extra ground almonds. This makes the biscuits a little sticker and softer so that the swirl stays together slightly better. Plus I usually replace a little of the flour in shortbread with ground almonds anyway, as I think it improves the recipe. The raspberry swirl has some ground,