With its smooth, velvety texture and decadent, deep chocolatey flavour, chocolate ganache is always a great addition to cakes.

Caramel cream cheese frosting is a great topping and filling to use in your baking. It has a rich, creamy, and tangy flavour, combining the sweet, buttery notes of caramel with the smooth, slightly tart taste of cream cheese.

This is the simple yet elegant glaze you’ll need for a beautiful drizzle cake. It’ll create a smooth, glossy finish with a subtle sheen. Depending on your cake recipe, adding some grated citrus zest or even some edible flowers will make your icing look even more special.

Making your own lemon curd is surprisingly easy and it's so delicious compared to shop bought. If you have time, do try to make your own at home – I think you’ll be staggered at the difference.

Caramel sauce - an absolute essential in your range of baking skills. It's delicious and versatile.

Using rich, mild and creamy mascarpone cheese to make your cake frosting creates a delicious, fluffy alternative to traditional buttercream. It’s slightly less sweet and a little more stable so it holds its shape well, making it ideal for piping and decorating.

This is a great alternative to buttercream to use as a filling. It is rich, creamy and velvety. It’s traditionally used for filling pastries such as tarts, eclairs and millefeuilles, but I like to use it to fill cakes too.

Caramel is so versatile and enhances a great many different flavours. Nuts combine particularly well and this peanut caramel sauce will add some rich nuttiness to your baking.

The easiest way to make raspberry jam is to use frozen raspberries and jam sugar, and within 10-15 minutes your jam will be ready. By the time your cake is baked and cooled your jam is all prepared to be spread on the cake.