Alice Shields
Senior Cookery Writer
Alice Shields is 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.
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.
Marmalade gin fizz cocktail recipe
A zesty gin and fizz cocktail that's perfect for a celebration
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.
Tres leches trifle recipe
Our ultimate festive dessert recipe
Ultimate Kachumber Salad
The perfect side to a curry feast.
Roti
These 3-ingredient rotis are easier to whip upthan you’d think.
Paneer biryani
This traditional rice dish just got a veggie upgrade.
Tomato and Coconut Curry
A vegan curry that's worthy of showstopper status.
Malted caramel squares recipe
A malty upgrade to caramel squares that you're guaranteed to love!
A little cheat means you can make this jammy Manchester tart recipe in half the time
Think of this retro favourite like a jazzed up custard tart
Simple blackberry and orange crumble cake recipe
Make the most of plump, juicy blackberries with this versatile autumnal cake
Vegan toffee apple loaf cake recipe
A warming plant-based cake that's perfect for autumn 🍂
Frozen tiramisu cake recipe for when you need something refreshing and decadent
This refreshing dessert is a cross between a tiramisu and an iced latte - our idea of heaven!
Spicy piri piri fish pie recipe
This punchy spice mix is usually served with chicken, but here we’ve used it to jazz up a classic fish pie.