These simple, crowd-pleasing bakes use Doves Farm flour to subtly upgrade classic recipes. Doves Farm buckwheat flour gives espresso butter-topped banana bread a warm, nutty flavour. Meanwhile, Doves Farm rye brings a gentle bitterness to Liberty Mendez' towering rye, fig and hazelnut cake. We're sure they'll go down a treat!

What better way of getting into the Christmas spirit than to spend time in the kitchen, creating some incredible festive bakes. These three exclusive recipes all make use of Doves Farm's broad range of organic flours and are certain to go down a treat with guests. While Doves Farm organic spelt flour is used in the mince pies and cookies for an extra tender pastry, our cranberry and pistachio stollen makes use of Doves Farm organic strong white bread flour to give it a particularly chewy texture.

As well as leading the way when it came to the organic movement in the 1970s, Doves Farm was also responsible for reintroducing rare ancient grains to the UK that had all but disappeared. Today, the popularity of the heritage grains is fast on the rise around the country as a result of their work. Here, we've taken a closer look at Doves Farm's story and ancient grains.

We've given Doves Farm organic flours starring roles in these three delicious recipes. The apple and cinnamon hot cross buns – which are perfect for Easter – give the organic white spelt flour a starring role, while the indulgent chocolate and hazelnut roulade uses its organic oat flour and cocoa powder. Our nostalgic, comforting crumble is made of a rhubarb and apple filling, topped with a crumble made from organic Doves Farm rye flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and hazelnut praline. The perfect weekend bake.