SARAH RAINEY BAKES

For those days when you just need some good, old-fashioned comfort food, it's hard to beat a stodgy, spongey lemon pudding. The sort your Grandma just to make, to cheer you up and put a smile on your face for the rest of the week. Self-saucing, which means it has a gooey underneath that keeps the sponge nice and moist, this pud is a failsafe favourite - and still tastes good the next day, and the day after that, paired with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream. If you don't like lemo

This comforting pudding is a twist on the traditional teatime snack – and a handy way of using up leftover hot cross buns. There are so many tasty treats on offer at Easter, but hot cross buns have to be my favourite – sweet, stodgy dough studded with juicy spiced fruits, sultanas and citrus peel… I could eat them for every meal. If you do happen to have any left, or just fancy trying something different, this seasonal take on bread and butter pudding won’t leave you disappoi

Bittersweet dark chocolate and crunchy ginger biscuits... is there any better combination? These little after-dinner pots are creamy, indulgent - and incredibly easy to make. All you need is a few chocolate chips, a pot of cream and half a packet of ginger nuts. They'll wow dinner party guests, but I like to keep a few in the fridge just for me. When I come home hungry after a night out, they're just what I need to finish off the evening in style (and no-one's around to judge

When my sister and I were little and craving something sweet, we knew exactly what to do. We'd raid the cupboards for some marshmallows, sandwich them together between a couple of chocolate digestives and stick them in the microwave for 30 seconds. Cue squidgy, gooey, melty, chocolatey deliciousness (and some very sticky fingers). Our homemade s'mores were the inspiration for this indulgent pie. I like to stick the pan in the middle of the table at parties, with plates of hob