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Spring
Green shoots pushing through the ground - at last! - herald the end of winter dearths. Enjoy spring eating with early crops of vegetables, watercress and shellfish...
The Ultimate Carrot Cake with Mascarpone, Fromage Frais and Cinnamon Icing
Made with wholemeal flour, this wonderfully impressive cake would make the perfect centrepiece for afternoon tea - an absolute treat and bound to become your chosen carrot cake recipe!
English Apple and Almond Trifle with Calvados
Mmmm…apple fans will swoon over this fabulous trifle, with its Calvados-soaked trifle sponges, apple puree and custard layer, with mascarpone and almonds on top.
Serves 4Roast Chicken with Grape and Herb Stuffing
This is a lovely way to serve a roast chicken in the spring and summer months when fresh herbs are in abundance. The grapes add fruitiness and moisture to the stuffing.
For the loaf cake:Quick Apricot, Apple and Pecan Loaf Cake
Use the right-sized tin and you can't go wrong with this blissfully easy cake - everyone you make it for will be amazed that it was so simple as it tastes divine.
Makes 15 squaresPreserved Ginger Cake with Lemon Icing
Delia's favourite cake and no surprise! The preserved ginger adds intriguing warmth and spice while the lemon icing deftly cuts through any richness, creating what could well be the world's most perfect cake.
Serves 10-12Spiced Apple Muffin Cake with Pecan Streusel Topping
Instead of making individual muffins, this recipe makes one large cake (or you could do small ones if you prefer). Although this one is made with apple, you could equally use plums or apricots in the summer.
Makes 12Feta, Olive and Sun-dried Tomato Scones
These little scones are packed with Mediterranean flavours and are just the thing spread with butter at teatime. Alternatively, enjoy them with soup or other lunchtime foods.
Stollen
Those who find a traditional fruit cake too heavy might enjoy Stollen which, although it still contains dried fruit, it altogether lighter. And, of course, the sweet-toothed will love the seam of marzipan running through the middle!
Makes 1 loafBara Brith
This classic yeasty, fruity tea bread is traditional in Wales. During her Welsh childhood, Delia remembers it being spread with lots of butter at teatime. Easy and cheap to make, it keeps well and is a real treat.
Makes about 10 sconesButtermilk Scones with West Country Clotted Cream and Raspberry Butter
What could be a more classic teatime treat than scones fresh from the oven, served with lashings of clotted cream and intensely flavoured raspberry butter. Baking doesn't get any better than this!
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