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Teatime traybake recipes

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...

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Baked cheesecake recipes

Baked lemon cheesecake with pineapple flowers

You could just make the baked lemon cheesecake (it would still go down a treat) but, if you have the...

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Celebration cake recipes

Carrot and cheesecake layer cake

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

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Celebration cake recipes

Sugarplum fairy cakes

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

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Celebration cake recipes

Summer-cup bundt drizzle cake

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

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Afternoon tea recipes

St Clement’s squares

These lemony, flower-topped St Clement’s shortbreads make a wonderful teatime treat in spring. They’re simple but delectable: a soft shortbread-like...

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Celebration cake recipes

Caramelised white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini cake

Bake John Whaite’s epic white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini celebration cake to really impress your guests or celebrate a...

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Carrot cake recipes

Eric Lanlard’s carrot and pumpkin celebration cake

Master pâtissier Eric Lanlard created this showstopping carrot cake for delicious. magazine’s 15th birthday. We didn’t leave a single crumb...

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Afternoon tea recipes

Tunnock’s teacake traybake

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

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Easy cake recipes

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 make with kids – or...

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Dark chocolate recipes

Chocolate cupcakes

These indulgent chocolate cupcakes use the all-in-one method so they’re a breeze to make. Top with generous, thick swirls of...

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Mother's Day recipes

Orange blossom, lemon thyme and almond cake

This stunning cake sees zesty orange and almond sponge slathered in honey and orange blossom cream, then drizzled in rosé...

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Easy cake recipes

Eton mess traybake

We’ve turned the crowdpleasing dessert, Eton mess, into a teatime traybake. A strawberry and almond cake is topped with meringues,...

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Nut-free cakes and bakes

Nut-free carrot cupcakes

These nut-free carrot cupcakes are slathered in cream cheese icing. Serve as part of a nut-free afternoon tea or kids’...

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Easy cake recipes

Raspberry and lemon sponge cake

Try this lemony twist on a Victoria sponge cake, filled with raspberry jam and fresh cream – it’s a scrumptious...

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Classic cake recipes

Strawberry and rose victoria sponge sandwich

Want a classic Victoria sponge with a bit more…oomph? This recipe uses decadent rose extract and petals to create a...

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