
30 wholemeal baking recipes for a fibre boost
Add flavour and nutrition to your bakes with our easy recipes using wholemeal flour, from muffins to banana bread and a healthy chocolate cake
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- Baking and desserts
Wholemeal bread
Making your own bread doesn't have to be a complicated process – this quick and easy loaf requires just 20 minutes of hands-on time
- Baking and desserts
Devil’s food cake
Edd Kimber shares his expert tips for creating a deep, dark chocolate cake. Which glorious frosting will you choose – classic fudge or Swiss meringue?
- Vegetarian
Wholemeal flatbreads
You only need three ingredients to make these easy flatbreads. Wholemeal flour offers a nutty flavour – perfect for serving with hummus as a light lunch
- Vegan
Healthy muffins
Bursting with banana and pineapple, and gently spiced with cardamom and cinnamon, these vegan crumble muffins make for a moreish afternoon snack
- Family
Healthy chocolate cake
We've given classic chocolate cake a healthy twist by using sweet potatoes, sticky dates and almond milk. Using dark chocolate and cacao powder gives it a wonderful richness
- Vegan
Healthy banana bread
A healthy glug of maple syrup is the key to this wonderfully moist vegan banana bread, flavoured with both coconut oil and desiccated coconut
- Health
Healthy cookies
Craving cookies but don't fancy the calories? Bake a batch of these healthy treats made with muesli, wholemeal flour and rapeseed oil, with a touch of honey for sweetness
- Vegan
Wholemeal pitta pockets
Fill these date molasses pittas with pumpkin falafel for a Middle Eastern meze spread – the recipe comes from London’s Honey & Co restaurant
- Baking and desserts
Chocolate crinkle cookies
This recipe from Edd Kimber makes some seriously good chocolate crinkle biscuits. With a rich, fudgy centre and sugar-dusted exterior, these dainty cookies make the perfect snack to enjoy with a cup of coffee
- Baking and desserts
Whisky and rye salted caramel apple pie
Try Edd Kimber's indulgent whisky and rye salted caramel apple pie. This apple pie recipe is a great twist on the classic. Whisky is added to the thick and crunchy pastry, and caramel added to the apple filling for a more decadent and grown up taste. Plus Edd's step-by-step guide to the perfect lattice crust
- Baking and desserts
Black and white tahini cookies
With a little help from Edd Kimber, you too can create these dramatic-looking tahini and chocolate cookies. Black tahini adds a deep nutty flavour which balances well with the sweet white chocolate ganache centre.
- Baking and desserts
Whiskey and rye waffles
This waffle recipe from Edd Kimber is a little more fun than the traditional kind of waffles. Made with cocoa and rye flour and served with a whiskey-spiked caramel, these are definitely the more grown-up cousin to the classic.
- Baking and desserts
Banana breakfast loaf
This banana and pecan loaf is a great healthy choice for breakfast if you need to grab something on the run. Made with wholemeal flour, it will keep your energy levels up until lunchtime
- Family
Soda bread
This easy Irish soda bread recipe takes less than an hour to make and doesn't require any yeast. It uses just four ingredients, including plain and wholemeal flour
- Baking and desserts
Healthy breakfast muffins
These easy, healthy muffins are made with wholemeal flour and packed with bananas, dried fruit and seeds. Pack one for work as a breakfast snack - they'll provide you with loads of slow-release energy to get you through to lunchtime.
- Family
Pear and blackberry crumble bars
Use fresh or frozen blackberries to make these delicious oat bars, perfect for breakfast on the go or as an afternoon treat – wholemeal flour gives them a fibre boost and adds to the overall nutty flavour
- Health
Nankhatai (cardamom biscuits)
These cardamom-infused biscuits baked with pistachio and ghee are sold across local bakeries in Mumbai. Serve with hot masala chai for best results
- Family
Banana and pumpkin seed muffins
Add some crunch to your morning muffin with our easy banana and pumpkin seed muffin recipe. Packed with energy they are the perfect way to start the day.
- Family
Banana bread cheesecake
Indulge in this glorious mash-up of two favourite sweet treats – a banana bread base topped with creamy vanilla cheesecake, sliced bananas and salted caramel
- Chef recipes
Attae ka paratha
Make the dough for Asma Khan's Indian flatbreads in advance, then roll out, fry until freckled and serve as a warm snack
- Baking and desserts
Guinness soda bread
This is a speedy homemade bread with wholemeal flour and oats, perfect slathered with salty butter. Stout and black treacle add caramely, earthy flavour
- Entertain
Marmite bread
Try this delicious Marmite bread from Sixytone restaurant. Whether you love it or hate it, this punchy condiment adds a wonderful kick to wholemeal bread, along with a rich flavour from molasses.
- Vegetarian
Protein pancakes
Start your day with these protein pancakes made with bananas, wholemeal spelt flour and yogurt – drizzle with maple syrup or nut butter before serving





























