Have you ever meticulously followed a recipe, only for your cake to come out of the oven under-baked, burnt, flat-as-a-pancake, sunken or cracked? Baking is a scientific process and much can go ...

This is my idea of a perfect cake: simple, beautiful ... cover them with 250ml/9fl oz cold water, and drop in the cracked cardamom pods with their fragrant seeds. Put on the heat, then bring ...