Simon and Dave served up a delicious Madeira cake with chocolate fondue on The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas.

The ingredients are: 250ml whipping cream, 50ml milk, piece paired orange zest, 1 cinnamon stick, broken up, ½ vanilla pod, split lengthways, 1 chipotle chilli, split, few cloves, 1 tsp allspice berries, lightly crushed, 2 blades mace, ½ tsp peppercorns, lightly crushed, 1 tbsp ground ginger, 350g dark chocolate, generous pinch of salt, 100ml syrup from a jar of stem ginger and 1-2 tbsp rum, brandy or ginger wine (optional).

To serve: cubes Madeira cake, cubes leftover Christmas pudding or cake, pieces of fruit, such as mango, physalis, mandarin segments or pears.

See more recipes from the bikers in their new book titled: The Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure: 150 easy and tasty recipes to cook at home, available from Amazon now.