Cake recipes
Plan your next big bake with our cake recipes collection. These brilliant bakes include easy traybakes, loaf cakes, and classic sponges.
Bake to impress with spectacular birthday cakes, towering layer cakes and irresistible chocolate creations. Plus, plenty of seasonal cakes made with ripe summer berries or juicy autumn fruits. Whatever the occasion, you’ll find a cake recipe to match…
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rice puddings
Brûléed rice pudding cake with pear compote
Creamy and tender with a pleasant bite and a crunchy brûléed sugar topping, this rice pudding cake with pears will be your new obsession.
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Italian desserts
Theo Randall’s torta barozzi (flourless chocolate, almond and rum cake)
Torta barozzi is a rich and fudgy flourless chocolate cake from Northern Italy. Perfect when you need an easy make-ahead dessert.
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Baking recipes
Cephalonia-style Greek walnut cake
Ben Tish shares his recipe for a gently-spiced walnut cake from the Greek island of Cephalonia. Try it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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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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Baking recipes
Jamaican ginger cake with chocolate ganache and berry coulis
Rich, sticky Jamican ginger cake is the ultimate comfort bake. Team it with simple berry coulis and chocolate ganache for a dinner party pud.
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