Birthday cake recipes

Celebrate with one of our fantastic birthday cake recipes. From classic sponges, easy chocolate cake to gluten-free creations and showstopper layer cakes: there’s a bake for every birthday.

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Spiced plum cake with swiss meringue frosting

Spiced plum cake with swiss meringue frosting

Usher in autumn with our spiced plum cake. A golden sponge studded with juicy red...

Vegetarian
  • Effort icon Easy
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Lemon and courgette cake with white chocolate cream cheese frosting

Lemon and courgette cake with white chocolate cream...

This gorgeous lemon and courgette cake features layers of zesty sponge layered with homemade lemon...

  • Effort icon Easy
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Chocolate cake with caramel poached pears and chocolate buttercream

Chocolate cake with caramel poached pears and chocolate...

Give chocolate cake an autumnal twist. Fill this rich chocolate sponge with silky swiss meringue...

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Rhubarb and custard layer cake

Rhubarb and custard layer cake

This glorious rhubarb and custard layer cake is so pretty: its jaw-dropping decoration makes it...

Vegetarian
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Spring lamb cupcakes

Spring lamb cupcakes

These cute Easter cupcakes shaped as spring lambs are perfect for baking with kids over...

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Peanut butter drip cake

Peanut butter drip cake

A dark chocolate sponge is sandwiched and covered with peanut buttercream, drizzled with a rich...

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Ginger drizzle traybake with cream cheese icing

Ginger drizzle traybake with cream cheese icing

Rich, moist and sticky, this easy ginger traybake cake is topped with cream cheese icing...

  • Effort icon Easy
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Baked lemon cheesecake with pineapple flowers

Baked lemon cheesecake with pineapple flowers

You could just make the baked lemon cheesecake (it would still go down a treat)...

Make-ahead
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Carrot and cheesecake layer cake

Carrot and cheesecake layer cake

Four layers of carrot cake sponge are sandwiched between a chocolate and vanilla marbled cheesecake...

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Sugarplum fairy cakes

Sugarplum fairy cakes

Soft and fluffy fairy cakes are dotted with little nuggets of marzipan and come topped...

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Summer-cup bundt drizzle cake

Summer-cup bundt drizzle cake

Celebrate summer in style with Felicity Cloake‘s boozy bundt drizzle cake. She says: ”No birthday...

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St Clement’s squares

St Clement’s squares

Make your mum these lemony, flower-topped St Clement’s shortbreads to serve as afternoon tea on...

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Caramelised white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini cake

Caramelised white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini cake

Bake John Whaite’s epic white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini celebration cake to really impress...

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Eric Lanlard’s carrot and pumpkin celebration cake

Eric Lanlard’s carrot and pumpkin celebration cake

Master pâtissier Eric Lanlard created this showstopping carrot cake for delicious. magazine’s 15th birthday. We...

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Tunnock’s teacake traybake

Tunnock’s teacake traybake

Our traybake take on Tunnock’s teacakes sees a thick layer of pillowy meringue sandwiched between...

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Easy butterfly cakes

Easy butterfly cakes

Light-as-air sponge is topped with vanilla buttercream in these almost-too-good-to-eat butterfly cakes. They’re great to...

Freezable
  • Effort icon Easy
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