My first attempt to make a Battenberg cake was disastrous, yet it was not – nearly not – all my fault. A Battenberg looks like a clever confection but ought to be so simple: make one batch of cake ...

When it comes to food, and especially dessert, much of what we like and love has a great deal to do with nostalgia. People want to eat cakes and pastries in the flavours they enjoyed as children, ...