Birthday cake recipes
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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!
Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Raspberry and custard mini cakes
Reminiscent of school traybakes with pink icing, these raspberry and custard muffins are given a suitably chic update.
Blackberries
Lemon and blackberry stripe cake
This lemon and blackberry cake is an eye-catching centrepiece for any birthday or bake sale. The real drama comes when cutting it open to reveal the vertical stripes of sponge.
Platinum Jubilee
Lemon and strawberry meringue cake
Expect gasps when you unveil this gloriously OTT strawberry cake filled with lemon curd, berries and cream and topped with a meringue crown.
Chocolate cakes
Vegan chocolate cake
Our vegan chocolate cake is egg-free and dairy-free and is filled with vegan buttercream, amaretto, and is covered in a silky ganache.
Afternoon tea
Spiced plum cake with swiss meringue frosting
Usher in autumn with our spiced plum cake. A golden sponge studded with juicy red plums is coated in a thick layer of swiss meringue frosting.
Afternoon tea
Lemon and courgette cake with white chocolate cream cheese frosting
This gorgeous lemon and courgette cake features layers of zesty sponge layered with homemade lemon curd and white choc cream cheese frosting.
September seasonal
Chocolate cake with caramel poached pears and chocolate buttercream
Give chocolate cake an autumnal twist. Fill this rich chocolate pear cake with swiss meringue buttercream and top with caramel poached pears.
Easter baking
Spring lamb cupcakes
These cute spring lamb cupcakes are perfect for baking with kids over the long Easter bank holiday weekend.
Chocolate cakes
Peanut butter drip cake
A dark chocolate peanut butter drip cake is topped with biscuits; a stunning centrepiece for any birthday or celebration.
Teatime traybakes
Ginger drizzle traybake with cream cheese icing
Rich, moist and sticky, this easy ginger traybake cake is topped with cream cheese icing and slices easily into shareable squares.
Baked cheesecakes
Baked lemon cheesecake with pineapple flowers
This bright and zesty baked lemon cheesecake topped with edible pineapple flowers (they're easy to make) is perfect for Mother's Day or any celebration.
Celebration cakes
Carrot and cheesecake layer cake
This carrot cake and marbled cheesecake layer cake is a truly spectacular celebration cake that's perfect for birthdays or Easter.
Celebration cakes
Sugarplum fairy cakes
Fluffy fairy cakes are dotted with nuggets of marzipan and topped with buttercream and caramel shards. A cake truly fit for a fairy queen.
Celebration cakes
Summer-cup bundt drizzle cake
Celebrate summer in style with Felicity Cloake's boozy bundt drizzle cake. You could swap the spirits for Pimms too, if you prefer.
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