Celebration cake recipes

Celebrating a birthday party or wedding? Wow your guests, or surprise a friend, with one of these impressive cake recipes.

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Russian honey biscuit cake

Celebration cake recipes

Russian honey biscuit cake

This Russian honey biscuit cake needs to be assembled at least 6 hours ahead of time...

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Halloween celebration cake

Halloween recipes

Halloween celebration cake

A dark chocolate sponge is sandwiched and covered with peanut buttercream, drizzled with a rich...

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Mango, cardamom and coconut cake

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Mango, cardamom and coconut cake

In this mango cake recipe, Chetna Makan has brought together three of her favourite ingredients...

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Sugarplum fairy cakes

Celebration cake recipes

Sugarplum fairy cakes

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

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Summer-cup bundt drizzle cake

Celebration cake recipes

Summer-cup bundt drizzle cake

Celebrate summer in style with Felicity Cloake’s boozy bundt drizzle cake. She says: ”No birthday...

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Thousand-layer cake (lapis legit)

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Thousand-layer cake (lapis legit)

This Indonesian thousand-layer cake, also known as lapis legit, is fittingly named for its many...

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Caramelised white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini cake

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Caramelised white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini cake

”Caramelised white chocolate reminds me of the Caramac bars I enjoyed as a child. The...

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Eric Lanlard’s carrot and pumpkin celebration cake

Carrot cake recipes

Eric Lanlard’s carrot and pumpkin celebration cake

We couldn’t celebrate delicious. magazine’s 15th birthday wihout a cake – and who better to...

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Devil’s food cake

Chocolate cake recipes

Devil’s food cake

It’s the chocolate cake to rival all others: devil’s food cake. A rich and fudgy...

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Easy butterfly cakes

Easy cake recipes

Easy butterfly cakes

Light-as-air sponge is topped with generous dollops of vanilla bean buttercream in these almost-too-good-to-eat vanilla...

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Chocolate cupcakes

Dark chocolate recipes

Chocolate cupcakes

These indulgent chocolate cupcakes use the all-in-one method so they’re a breeze to make. Top...

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Vanilla swiss meringue buttercream

Celebration cake recipes

Vanilla swiss meringue buttercream

Learn how to make light and fluffy vanilla swiss meringue buttercream, then adapt it to...

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Blood splatter cake

Halloween recipes

Blood splatter cake

Take Halloween to the next level with our terrifyingly good blood splatter cake. Red velvet...

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Chocolate nest Easter cake

Celebration cake recipes

Chocolate nest Easter cake

Martha Collison‘s chocolate nest Easter cake is double the trouble with a white chocolate sponge,...

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Chocolate Christmas cake

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Chocolate Christmas cake

This glorious cake is a boozy showstopper – strictly for adults only. Slice through the...

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Sticky toffee pudding cake

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Sticky toffee pudding cake

“Sticky toffee pudding is a longstanding British favourite, so a glorious cake showcasing the best...

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Eggnog layer cake

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Eggnog layer cake

Decadent and devilishly boozy, this Christmassy, show-stopping layer cake is strictly adults only. Slice through...

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The world’s best cake (meringue and custard layer cake)

Celebration cake recipes

The world’s best cake (meringue and custard layer...

That’s the official name for this Norwegian beauty and we’re not disagreeing. Maria Villmones Bondeson‘s...

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Chocolate soured cream cake

Chocolate cake recipes

Chocolate soured cream cake

Soured cream is used in this decadent chocolate cake to create a light, airy texture...

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White forest gateau

Celebration cake recipes

White forest gateau

Three layers of sponge are sandwiched together with white chocolate and kirsch cherries to make...

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Mini egg ice cream chocolate layer cake

Celebration cake recipes

Mini egg ice cream chocolate layer cake

It’s the perfect Easter combination – Cadbury’s mini eggs, chocolate cake and ice cream all...

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Ginger and honey biscuit cake with choc-orange icing

Biscuit recipes

Ginger and honey biscuit cake with choc-orange icing

For a truly show-stopping dessert, try this Russian-inspired cake made from layered honey and orange...

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Chetna Makan’s chocolate mousse layer cake

Chocolate cake recipes

Chetna Makan’s chocolate mousse layer cake

An extra special chocolate cake recipe, made with light chocolate sponges sandwiched between a rich...

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Saffron and pistachio Christmas cake

Christmas cake recipes

Saffron and pistachio Christmas cake

Chetna Makan’s alternative Christmas cake recipe, made with saffron and pistachio, is lighter than the...

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