Alice Shields
Former Senior Cookery Writer
Alice Shields is the Former Senior Cookery Writer for Good Housekeeping. A trained pastry chef, you’ll find her food styling on photo shoots, developing delicious recipes and writing about all things food. She loves to bake and her favourite pudding will always be a chocolate fondant. Originally hailing from Lancashire, she finally achieved her goal of getting a butter pie recipe into the magazine.
Our 6-ingredient Irish cream and white chocolate tart recipe is the easiest no-bake Christmas dessert
The tangy flavour of crème fraîche helps balance the sweetness from the white chocolate, but you could use extra double cream, if you prefer.
This Marmalade gin cocktail recipe is super refreshing and perfect for celebrations
A zesty gin and fizz cocktail that's perfect to get the party started
A tear-and-share cheesy leek focaccia recipe that's perfect for sharing
These golden fluffy rolls, stuffed with cheesy leeks, are a crowd pleaser.
This hot cross bun treacle tart recipe is the Easter combo you didn't know you needed
A sticky treacle tart is a thing of beauty - especially when the base is made from whizzed up hot cross buns.
"That is a good looking slice of cake": A one-bowl, hot milk birthday cake with super light sponge
An easy, classic cake that’s perfect for a celebration
Smooth and creamy burnt honey crème caramel recipe
We've given the French dinner party classic a modern twist
Battered scampi and chips recipe with proper mushy peas
Using sparkling water in the scampi batter gives it a lovely light coating.
Love chocolate and coconut? This ‘whisk and bake’ traybake is one for Bounty fans
We’ve decorated this fudgy chocolate cake with a rich and sweet coconut icing
Don’t reach for that jar! Our UPF-free tomato and mascarpone pasta sauce recipe is ready in 10mins
A rich and creamy sauce that comes together quicker than a trip to the shops.
Our viral milk choc chunk + brown butter shortbread recipe gets a triple chocolate upgrade
A chocolatey twist on one of our most popular recipes
This chewy flapjack-topped mince pie square recipe is the ultimate ‘slice and share’ festive treat
A new twist on the classic mince pie – even the haters will be converted
We’ve transformed the classic Victoria sponge into a fluffy ‘slice and serve’ loaf cake recipe
A new way to serve the classic bake
This fudgy ‘Matilda’ cake recipe might be the most intense chocolate cake ever
A rich chocolate cake that’s perfect for a celebration
The one-bowl last-minute orange and cardamom ‘Christmas cake’ recipe you can tuck into straight away
Grated marzipan adds moistness to this easy festive bake
Orange and chai-spiced trifle recipe
The perfect centrepiece for this Christmas Day.
This smoked salmon and pale ale rarebit recipe is the ultimate get-ahead Christmas starter
We've added a twist to the classic pub starter
Freeze-ahead tahini and white chocolate festive morning bun recipe
A prep-ahead sweet breakfast bun that's perfect for Christmas morning
Creamy and garlicky, the addition of gnocchi to this dauphinoise recipe means it's ready in 20min
An easy side dish to any Christmas feast.
A zesty and juicy 60 minute roast recipe for a speedy Christmas centrepiece that isn't turkey
For when turkey just won't do!
Retro snowball cocktail-inspired simple Christmas cake recipe
A new take on the Christmas staple
Paddington would be proud of our bitter marmalade sour cocktail recipe, perfect for the festive season
Orangey, boozy and fitting for any Christmas soirée 🍊
Get-ahead mini ‘tear n share’ garlic bread rolls recipe
The ultimate festive party nibble
This no-bake chocolate orange fridge cake recipe is ready in 2 easy steps
A low-effort sweet treat using everyone’s favourite festive chocolate
Crispy fried tortellini with spicy tomato dip recipe for the ultimate festive canapé
Delicious when paired with your favourite cocktail.
Our flaky and succulent prawn toast sausage rolls recipe is made in the air fryer for ultimate ease
The perfect nibble to serve to your guests at any festive party!
Our sticky and sweet espresso martini liqueur recipe is perfect on ice cream or in hot chocolate
Boozy and delicious, perfect for Christmas entertaining!
Oaty 'roll and bake' white chocolate and raisin cookie recipe
A chocolatey twist on a classic biscuit recipe
All-in-one Christmas turkey traybake recipe with peppery caramelised roots and herby roast potatoes
This traybake delivers all of the key flavours of Christmas dinner, but uses a lot less fat than if you were to roast all these individual elements separately.
The ultimate fudgy chocolate buttercream recipe, plus low-effort ways to upgrade it
A rich buttercream recipe that’s perfect for decorating celebration cakes.
Chewy double chocolate 'slice and serve' traybake cookie recipe
An easy cookie recipe that you don’t have to shape
Salmon wellington recipe for when you fancy an alternative to turkey this festive season
A showstopper alternative to a whole turkey this festive season.
Show-stopper Ferrero Rocher cake recipe to really wow your guests with
Chocolate cake has never looked so impressive!
Roasted grape and goat’s cheese toasts recipe
An easy festive starter that takes just 15 minutes to prep
Oat and ale cracker recipe
A timeless cracker recipe that you’ll turn to again and again.
The crispiest, rosemary-buttered roast potato recipe you can prep ahead and cook straight from the freezer
A simple herby butter elevates crispy roasties.
‘Whisk and bake’ gooey chocolate custard loaf cake recipe
A fudgy chocolate cake that’s ready in three easy steps
This one cheat ingredient will make your carbonara extra rich and creamy – and it’s already in your fridge
Look away, Italians…we guarantee you won’t have tried this before
Caesar prawn cocktail recipe
The Caesar salad/prawn cocktail mashup you didn’t know you needed until now!
Big-impact, low-effort Halloween ghost brownie recipe
Trick or treat!
4-step sweet and nutty cherry Bakewell shortbread recipe
Cherry Bakewell tart in easy, shortbread bar form
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Speedy millionaire’s flapjack recipe
We’ve given millionaire’s shortbread an easy, oaty twist
No-chop storecupboard tomato sauce recipe
A versatile, hands-off sauce made from ingredients you probably already have in your cupboard
Rhubarb and ginger cobbler recipe
Ginger beer adds sweetness and gives a light, fluffy texture to the easy cobbler topping
Toffee, pear and chocolate loaf cake recipe
An autumnal bake that makes the most of in-season pears
Zesty ‘melt and mix’ golden syrup and white chocolate sandwich biscuit recipe
You only need a pan and a spoon to make this easy biscuit recipe
Cheat’s coffee mousse recipe
Fresh custard is the secret ingredient in these decadent (and super simple!) mousses.
5-ingredient squash and spinach gnocchi recipe
A low-ingredient dinner that's on the table in under and hour
Salted toffee apple ice cream recipe
Everyone’s favourite funfair treat in ice cream form.
The easiest 3-ingredient melt-and-mix fudgy chocolate icing recipe
A simple chocolate frosting recipe that will elevate any celebration cake
Easy all-in-one fudgy chocolate sponge cake recipe
An easy, versatile mix-and-bake chocolate cake recipe
Self-saucing sticky toffee bourbon pudding
Boozy, sweet and oh so delicious!
Dark chocolate and sea salt cinder toffee recipe
A no-bake salty-sweet treat that's perfect for Bonfire Night
‘Inside out’ chocolate chip cookie recipe
A fudgy, dark chocolate cookie that’s studded white chocolate chunks
Treacle ‘bonfire’ toffee loaf cake recipe
A pudding-loaf cake hybrid that’s perfect for bonfire night
Parkin biscuits recipe
No fancy equipment needed here– simply mix and bake.
Spicy bacon and beans on toast recipe
A warming supper that only takes 20 minutes to cook.
Malted caramelised white chocolate rocky road recipe
An easy sweet treat you don’t need to turn the oven on to make
My Nanna’s parkin recipe is legendary, and here’s how you can make it
The family parkin recipe I make every year for Bonfire Night
One-bowl hot chocolate traybake cake recipe
An easy ‘whisk and bake’ cake that tastes exactly like a coffee shop hot chocolate
4-ingredient brown butter chocolate chunk shortbread recipe
Mix, bake and enjoy!
Chicken and wild mushroom soup recipe with crunchy quinoa topping
A classic, warming soup recipe with a crunchy twist
Gingerbread biscuit Christmas tree recipe
We’ve given classic gingerbread cookies a zesty twist with lemon and cardamom.
All the flavorous of sweet and caramel-y tres leches in this showstopper trifle recipe
Our ultimate festive dessert recipe