Celebration cake recipes
Celebrating a birthday party or wedding? Wow your guests, or surprise a friend, with one of these impressive celebration cake recipes.
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Baking recipes
Banana, maple and pecan cake
Bake Off’s Kevin Flynn transforms banana cake into something special. Sandwich the layers of rich banana sponge with piped maple...
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Ravneet Gill’s strawberry and lemon verbena fraisier cake
This gorgeous creation from Ravneet Gill is the ideal bake when strawberries are at their best. A light sponge is...
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Carrot cake recipes
Manon Lagrève’s carrot cake
Manon Lagrève puts a French twist on a classic Anglo-American bake in this beautiful spiced carrot cake recipe. You can...
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Cake recipes
Peanut butter and jam brown butter sponge cake
When the old Victoria sandwich won’t hit the spot, this peanut butter and jam brown butter sponge cake from Tarunima...
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Cake recipes
Strawberry chiffon cake
A great summer sponge, chiffon cake is neither heavy nor greasy. It achieves great height, a fluffy sponge and overall...
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Cake recipes
Chocolate angel cake
Angel cakes are light as a feather due to the lack of butter/fat in the sponge. The whipped egg whites...
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Celebration cake recipes
Pistachio layer cake with cream cheese frosting
Pistachio lovers, this one’s for you! This magnificent pistachio layer cake combines a light and nutty sponge with a decadently...
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Coffee recipes
Walnut and coffee pastry layer cake
Monica Galetti’s coffee and walnut layer cake features alternating layers of coffee cream and crisp pastry, topped with walnuts, daubs...
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Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Raspberry and custard mini cakes
Reminiscent of school traybakes with pink icing, these raspberry and custard mini cakes are given a suitably chic update –...
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Brilliant blackberry recipes
Lemon and blackberry stripe cake
This pretty blackberry cake is an eye-catching centrepiece for any birthday or bake sale. The real drama comes when cutting...
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Caribbean recipes
Sticky Jamaican ginger cake with butterscotch sauce
Bake Off finalist Ruby Bhogal’s sticky Jamaican ginger cake is the ultimate celebration cake. Layers of deliciously sticky spiced Jamaican...
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Platinum Jubilee recipes
Jubilee cheesecake
Our ruby-red Jubilee cheesecake recipe gives a nod to Her Majesty’s favourite cocktail with its Dubonnet and gin jelly topping....
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Platinum Jubilee recipes
Lemon and strawberry meringue cake
Expect gasps when you unveil this gloriously OTT strawberry cake. The three layers are sandwiched with lemon curd, berries and...
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Classic cake recipes
Eric Lanlard’s gâteau breton
Patissier Eric Lanlard shares his family recipe for traditional gâteau breton. This rich, buttery bake is like a cross between...
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Afternoon tea recipes
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...
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Afternoon tea recipes
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...
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