Alisha Henderson is the creative force behind Sweet Bakes, a successful cake business launched in 2013.

Alsha joined the cast of Dessert Masters in 2024, aiming to ‘edu-cake’ bakers everywhere with her infectious joy and creativity.

Today, Alisha is making her ‘tea and biscuits cake’.

Her new cookbook ‘Everybody Loves Cake’ is out today.

Recipe below:

Tea and Bickies Cake

I come from a family that boils the kettle approximately 14 times a day. Do we drink 14 cups of tea in a day? No, because we usually forget we boiled it in the first place.

When we do remember, though, it’s English breakfast tea with a splash of milk and a dry biscuit on the side for dunking.

For this cake, I brew the tea into the mud cake milk and pair it with caramelised speculoos spread, aka Biscoff. This cak

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