10 perfectly sweet shortcake recipes

This sweet and sticky recipe is a little tart with home-grown Granny Smith apples. Photography by Jani Shepherd.

Nici Wickes shares her nana’s shortcake recipe that has been passed down through her family. Perfect served warm or cooled with whipped cream, the combo of strawberry and rhubarb is startlingly good!

Nothing says summer quite like the sweet taste of cherries. Try these gorgeous shortcakes studded with cherries, topped with crunchy almonds and drizzled with a lemony glaze

Treat yourself with this delightful blueberry shortcake – so easy to make and so delicious!

A fortified wine, like sherry and port, muscat is the result of grapes left to ripen well beyond normal harvesting time, resulting in a concentrated dark, toffee-coloured wine with a rich yet mellow flavour. Note

This gorgeous dessert sandwiches sweet syrupy apricots between fluffy vanilla sponge cakes.

This melt-in-your-mouth raspberry slice is a treat for morning or afternoon tea … or whenever you need a fruity sugar fix.

These berrylicious fluffy shortcakes present like scones with cream in a glass. Whip them up for a crowd-pleasing dessert.

This chocolate marshmallow shortcake recipe creates the perfect slice with a chocolately shortcake base, fluffy raspberry marshmallow filling and a crunchy nut topping