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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Birthday cakes
‘Fish’ cake
Take your next birthday party under the sea with this fabulously fishy cake! The buttercream colouring can be tailored to your theme.
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Birthday cakes
Panda cake
This happy little panda is, to everyone’s delight, completely edible. Our panda cake is perfect for birthday parties and special celebrations.
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Birthday cakes
Rat cake
Who could have predicted that creating a cake in the shape of a rat would become a social media trend? Here's how to make the illusion cake.
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Afternoon tea
‘Banana’ cake
Seriously a-peel-ing, this cartoonish banana illusion cake is bound to make a statement at birthdays, special occasions and bake sales.
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Afternoon tea
Beehive cake
Buzz buzz! The friendly little bees on this illusion cake are very busy indeed, creating a wonderful beehive for your gastronomic pleasure.
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Chocolate cakes
Kim-Joy’s super easy chocolate cake (with marshmallow pigs)
Kim-Joys easy chocolate cake is moist with a soft, tender crumb. Top with rich, shiny chocolate gananche and cute marshmallow pigs.
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Meringue
Kim-Joy’s stem ginger and salted-caramel meringue creature cake
Kim-Joy's stem ginger cake is packed full of ginger flavour, plus thick layers of cream cheese frosting and thick salted caramel. What a joy!
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Lemon cakes
Kim-Joy’s lemon drizzle cake
Kim-Joy's fun lemon drizzle cake is super moist and goes bold on the citrus flavour – with lemon zest, lemon syrup AND a lemon glaze.
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Apples
Tamarind toffee apple cake
This showstopping toffee apple cake will impress your friends at Halloween or Bonfire Night. The tamarind caramel adds a fruity tang.
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Baking recipes
Strawberry, chocolate and lemon drizzle cake
What's better than a lemon drizzle cake? A lemon drizzle cake crowned with dark chocolate, then topped with strawberries!
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Carrot cakes
Best of the best carrot cake
Presenting our best ever carrot cake recipe, packed with warming spice and crunchy nuts and topped with mascarpone brown butter frosting.
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Baking recipes
Banana, maple and pecan cake
Bake Off's Kevin Flynn transforms banana cake into something special. Sandwich the layers with maple buttercream and top with candied pecans.
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Carrot cakes
Manon Lagrève’s carrot cake
Manon Lagrève puts a French twist on a classic Anglo-American bake in this spiced carrot cake recipe from the Bake Off alumni.
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Cakes
Peanut butter and jam brown butter sponge cake
Say goodbye to that old Victoria sandwich, this peanut butter and jam brown butter sponge cake from Tarunima Sinha will NOT disappoint.
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Cakes
Strawberry chiffon cake
A great summer sponge, chiffon cake’s uniquely satisfying texture means you can squeeze the sponge and it will quickly bounce back into shape, like an ACTUAL sponge.
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Celebration cakes
Pistachio layer cake with cream cheese frosting
This magnificent pistachio cake combines a light and nutty sponge with a decadently rich cream cheese icing!
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