Cake recipes

Plan your next big bake with our cake recipes collection. These brilliant bakes include easy traybakes, loaf cakes, cupcakes and classic sponges.

The classics: You’ll find everyone’s favourites here, including the best carrot cake recipe, simple Victoria sponge and Kim-Joy’s easy chocolate cake.

Bakes to impress: Channel your inner Bake Off contestant to make a gorgeous hummingbird cake,  perfectly-frosted red velvet cake or a showstopping toffee popcorn fudge cake.

Seasonal creations: Bake your way through the year. Try our baklava dome cake for Easter, a strawberry and chocolate cake to celebrate summer, and cosy apple cake in autumn. Plus, we’ve got lots of Christmas cakes and bakes, too.

Need more inspiration? Take a look at our spectacular birthday cake recipes.

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Raspberry loaf cake

Raspberries

Raspberry loaf cake

This raspberry loaf cake is a beautiful thing – easy to make, easier to eat and ready for whatever fruity additions you fancy.

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Easy butterfly cakes

Easy 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 make with kids.

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Toffee popcorn fudge cake

Celebration cakes

Toffee popcorn fudge cake

Celebrating the flavours of toffee popcorn, this showstopper cake has a white chocolate and popcorn ganache and sticky toffee sauce.

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Elderflower drizzle cake

Elderflower

Elderflower drizzle cake

Lemon and elderflower are a match made in heaven, and this easy drizzle cake with fresh elderflowers proves it. The perfect bake for late spring.

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Baklava dome cake

Best Easter cakes

Baklava dome cake

This baklava-inspired dome cake is covered in pistachio icing, concealing walnut sponges sandwiched with pistachio paste and raspberry cream.

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Invisible apple cake

Apple desserts

Invisible apple cake

In this incredible apple cake recipe from The Exploding Bakery, the thinly sliced apples almost melt into the custardy batter.

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Hummingbird cake

Celebration cakes

Hummingbird cake

Hummingbird cake originates from Jamaica, where pineapple and banana are in abundance. Sharp cream cheese icing balances the sweetness.

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Blood orange loaf cake

Blood orange recipes

Blood orange loaf cake

This loaf cake is a celebration of all things blood orange. There’s blood orange blended into the batter, icing and candied slices on top.

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‘Banana’ cake

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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Beehive cake

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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Kim-Joy’s bubble-tea frog cake

Baking recipes

Kim-Joy’s bubble-tea frog cake

Calling all bubble tea fans! Kim Joy's easy cake is infused with black tea, layered with tea buttercream and topped with brown-sugar boba.

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Kim-Joy’s super easy chocolate cake (with marshmallow pigs)

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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Kim-Joy’s stem ginger and salted-caramel meringue creature cake

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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Gingercake bites

Christmas cupcakes and small bakes

Gingercake bites

Sticky gingercake gets better with age, so it’s perfect for giving as a Christmas gift. We’ve coated each cube of cake with a lemony icing.

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Rum and raisin loaf cake

Boozy bakes and adult puds

Rum and raisin loaf cake

This rum and raisin loaf cake has incredible flavour and a syrup-soaked texture, with sweet raisins, warming spices and a glug of rum.

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Tamarind toffee apple cake

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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