Easy cake recipes

Baking doesn’t have to be complicated. With our easy recipes you can wow friends and family with these tasty baked treats.

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Vegan chocolate cake

Vegan chocolate cake

Our vegan chocolate cake is dairy-free and egg-free and comes with a vegan buttercream, amaretto...

Dairy-free Vegan
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Eric Lanlard’s gâteau breton

Eric Lanlard’s gâteau breton

Patissier Eric Lanlard shares his family recipe for traditional gâteau breton. This rich, buttery bake...

Vegetarian
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Lemon curd quatre quarts (French pound cake)

Lemon curd quatre quarts (French pound cake)

This classic French lemon pound cake, known as quatre quarts, is an easy, fragrant bake...

Vegetarian
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Ginger and pear traybake

Ginger and pear traybake

This rich ginger, pear and pecan slice is the perfect cake to enjoy with a...

Vegetarian
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Chocolate swiss meringue buttercream

Chocolate swiss meringue buttercream

Learn how to make perfect chocolate swiss meringue buttercream with our easy recipe. This glossy...

Vegetarian
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Rose and pistachio cake with cardamom toffee sauce

Rose and pistachio cake with cardamom toffee sauce

Chetna Makan’s delicate rose and pistachio cake (pista gulab) is delicious on its own, but...

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Upside-down apricot cake with amaretto mascarpone cream

Upside-down apricot cake with amaretto mascarpone cream

Our upside-down apricot cake is an easy but impressive summer bake recipe. Serve the apricot...

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Salted caramel loaf cake

Salted caramel loaf cake

A couple of secret ingredients and a simple frosting transform an easy sponge cake into...

Freezable Vegetarian
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Banana miso pudding with caramel

Banana miso pudding with caramel

This banana miso pudding is great for dessert served with miso caramel sauce, and leftovers are...

Vegetarian
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Biscoff microwave mug cake

Biscoff microwave mug cake

Looking for a quick pick me up? This Biscoff microwave mug cake takes about 5 minutes...

Vegetarian
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Ginger drizzle traybake with cream cheese icing

Ginger drizzle traybake with cream cheese icing

Rich, moist and sticky, this easy ginger traybake cake is topped with cream cheese icing...

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Banana bread

Banana bread

Our classic banana bread recipe is simple to make and it doesn’t require much hands-on...

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Toffee apple cake

Toffee apple cake

Part pudding and part cake, this toffee apple creation is always best served warm with...

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Mango, lime and ginger loaf cake

Mango, lime and ginger loaf cake

This tropical loaf is made using mango purée and lime to add some zing and...

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Lamingtons

Lamingtons

Popular in Australia, Lamingtons are made by covering vanilla sponge cake squares in chocolate icing...

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Easy butterfly 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...

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