Fig and Chocolate Cake with Spiced Rum

Recipe 500g carrots, scrubbed well and cut in half lengthwise, ends trimmed 4 tablespoons good local rapeseed oil or cooking oil 2 medium onions, finely sliced 25g chopped root ginger 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 litre vegetable or chicken stock 1 red chilli, finely sliced 4 small s ... Show More

Pear and blueberry buckle 2 pears 50g castor sugar 1 tablespoon honey 150g frozen blueberries Peel, core and dice the pears and cook with the sugar and honey until soft. Add the blueberries. Cool. Cake batter 60g soft butter 150g castor sugar 1 egg 125ml buttermilk 250g plain flo ... Show More

Breton Chicken 8 chicken thighs, skin on bones removed ( see below for chicken stock recipe) 1 tablespoon oil 25g butter 1large leek, split, washed and chopped 200ml dry local cider 1 bay leaf 200ml chicken stock 75ml double cream 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard Handful chopped parsley ... Show More

Signe Johansen shares her recipe for a festive punch. 

Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh share their recipe for a seasonal showstopper. 

By ELIZA COOK ( 1818-1889 ) Read by Natasha A MOUSE found a beautiful piece of plum cake, The richest and sweetest that mortal could make; 'Twas heavy with citron and fragrant with spice, And covered with sugar all sparkling as ice. 

Join Dale and Cheryl for some delicious pumpkin bread. 

Jane is joined in the studio by Claire Burnet of Chococo to find out how the cook the perfect chocolate brownie. 

In Today’s Episode, Bobby & Sophie chat all things "Chocolate". First, Sophie asks the hard hitting questions we all want to know about Chocolate. Then Bobby breaks down how surprisingly different chocolate’s original form is from the finished product that we know and love. And F ... Show More

Dan Saladino hears from cooks in Palermo, Marseille and Kyiv about Easter food traditions. Produced and presented by Dan Saladino 

Food 

Katie is growing up. She feels she is too old for an Easter Egg hunt. She is delighted when, over the holidays, Paul invites her to the cinema. She has some magic chocolate for him - but it does not work quite as expected.