Bakes

Two eggs go into Hairy Bikers fruit scones, which is what separates them from a plain teatime batch. British Classics builds them on 400g of self-raising flour, 125g of butter and 100g of sultanas, and makes 8 to 12 at about 300 calories each. They open the recipe by counting up what they have baked …

The Marmite never touches the flour in Hairy Bikers cheese and Marmite scones. It gets whisked into warm milk first, until the milk turns the colour of milky coffee, and that mixture becomes both the liquid and the glaze. Veggie Feasts makes 8 to 9 at about 290 calories each. They warn you about overmixing …

Fifteen minutes of mixing and twenty in the oven is all the Hairy Bikers rock cakes ask for. One bowl makes eight craggy buns full of sultanas and glacé cherries, at about 345 calories each. Si bakes these thinking of “the tiny house in Team Valley, near Gateshead, where my Auntie Hilda and Uncle George …

This Hairy Bikers eccles cakes recipe comes from their Perfect Pies cookbook, and it makes 10 to 12 little currant pastries. Each one is about 250 calories, and the whole batch is done in 45 minutes. The same recipe also appears word for word in their Mums Know Best book, so they clearly trust it. …

Clotted cream and fresh strawberries fill this Hairy Bikers victoria sponge, so it eats like a summer dessert. The recipe sits in Brilliant Bakes at about 460 calories a slice, and takes 85 minutes plus cooling. “We doff our caps to the WI for this one,” the book says, “they know what makes a good …

Start the Hairy Bikers bara brith the night before, because the dried fruit soaks in tea until morning. This no-yeast Welsh tea loaf from Everyday Winners bakes in just over an hour, and each slice is around 285 calories. “There’s nothing better with a cuppa for an afternoon pick-you-up,” the book says, and this loaf …

Two moist sponge layers and a lime cream cheese icing make up this Hairy Bikers banana and pineapple cake, with each slice around 580 calories. It is their Hummingbird Cake from Brilliant Bakes, so allow two hours including the icing’s chill time. “They’ll be queuing up for slices of this,” the book promises, and it …

This Hairy Bikers banana bread mashes three ripe bananas into a spiced raisin loaf, so nothing gets wasted. It comes from One Pot Wonders at around 300 calories a slice, and takes 75 minutes start to finish. “Use your loaf and make this, then enjoy a slice with a nice cup of tea,” urges One …

This Hairy Bikers black forest gateau from the Big Book of Baking was baked in the actual Black Forest at sunset during their trip across Germany. It serves 12 at around 640 calories per slice, with a food processor sponge and four layers of morello cherry jam, Kirsch, and whipped cream. The headnote says it …