For Easter this year, chocolatier Paul A Young has teamed up with his sugar company of choice, Billington’s, to create a Billington’s Easter Simnel Brownie that embodies the simnel cakes of his childhood.

Here is one of the recipes from the new Saturday morning cookery classes at Imli, the Indian street food style tapas restaurant on Wardour Street. Led by Imli’s executive chef Samir Sadekar, classes are for small groups (maximum eight) and are just as much fun for novice cooks as for more experienced home cooks.

Pancake day is over but here for your flipping enjoyment are some great recipes from the delicious people at Riverford Organics.

In this region of Portugal people bake a type of bread which I adore. Fluffy, light, like a cream cloud. Usually it is served during Easter, baked in fierce wood ovens, but nowadays can be found all year round in the village bakery. It’s taste is so evocative of this place in the country, the olive harvests and reminds me of my Grandad who loved it and would crumble some slices when stale, in more olive oil and garlic.

Following the health-related research that the British Egg Industry Council released, here are some recipes that the happy egg co and top Chef Mat Follas have got together to promote the versatility of eggs to get people using them in dishes beyond the breakfast table. the happy egg co. is committed to producing great tasting eggs laid by the happiest free range hens. All of the happy egg co. farms exceed the standards required for free range hens. the happy egg co. producer base comprises of specially selected British Free Range farms.

If you can’t make the Bompas and Parr event at Harvey Nichols, the Jelly Mongers have also provided us with some Pancake Day recipes for your own kitchen.

When you think of sensual experiences, porridge might not be the first thing that comes to mind, unless it involves nudity and spatula. But that might change when you try Rude Health’s Valentine’s porridge recipes.

The makers of Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Ale have recently launched a range of non-alcoholic ginger drinks. And to show them off, Wayne Collins from BBC’s “Something for the Weekend” has created some spectacular cocktail recipes to help you really enjoy them.

This is a rich almond cake from the Convent of Vidigueira, in Alentejo. to which I have introduced two things that make the cake stand out and taste even nicer: some sheets of filo pastry on top which add extra texture and a honey-orange blossom syrup which give extra scent and moistness.