Easy cake recipes

First time baker? No need to worry, baking doesn’t have to be complicated. With our range of easy recipes you can wow friends and family with these tempting treats from loaf cakes to tarts. Many have just a few ingredients to make your life even more simple.

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Theo Randall’s torta barozzi (flourless chocolate, almond and rum cake)

Italian dessert recipes

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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Blackberry, brown butter and almond squares

Teatime traybake recipes

Blackberry, brown butter and almond squares

Looking for a simple traybake? These almond and blackberry squares are so easy to make, but the brown butter adds an extra level of fancy.

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Cephalonia-style Greek walnut cake

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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Strawberry, chocolate and lemon drizzle cake

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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Stovetop lemon curd cake

Lemon cake recipes

Stovetop lemon curd cake

This easy stovetop cake has a soft but dense texture topped with lashings of lemon curd. Using the hob instead of your oven saves energy.

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Ginger marmalade cake

Easy cake recipes

Ginger marmalade cake

Debora Robertson's ginger marmalade cake makes your home smell wonderful and is so easy to make. One to enjoy with a pot of tea.

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Date and walnut loaf

Baking recipes

Date and walnut loaf

This classic date and walnut loaf may keep for a few days in the tin, but you won't be able to resist it warm from the oven with butter.

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Chocolate, blood orange and hazelnut cake

Chocolate cake recipes

Chocolate, blood orange and hazelnut cake

This terrific chocolate hazelnut cake gets its moistness from whole cooked oranges, and is topped with candied orange peel.

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Clementine, cardamom and ricotta cake

Clementine recipes

Clementine, cardamom and ricotta cake

Light and fluffy, rich with ricotta and fragrant with cardamom, this easy clementine cake recipe is a crowdpleaser.

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Banana, maple and pecan cake

Baking recipes

Banana, maple and pecan cake

Bake Off's Kevin Flynn transforms banana cake into something special. Sandwich the layers with maple buttercream and top with candied pecans.

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Sourdough banana bread

Banana bread recipes

Sourdough banana bread

This moreish banana bread is made with a sourdough starter and perfectly ripe bananas to create a quick and easy bake.

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Peanut butter and jam marble cake traybake

Teatime traybake recipes

Peanut butter and jam marble cake traybake

Our peanut butter and jelly marble cake traybake sees swirls of fluffy peanut butter icing and glistening jam on top of a marbled cake underneath.

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Alison Roman’s raspberry and ricotta cake

Baking recipes

Alison Roman’s raspberry and ricotta cake

Alison Roman's ricotta cake with raspberries swirled through the batter is a subtly-sweet bake. The perfect easy cake recipe for summer.

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Vanilla buttercream

Bank holiday recipes

Vanilla buttercream

Classic vanilla buttercream is a baking staple. Use it as your base and adapt to suit your needs – a little cocoa powder for chocolate icing or almond extract in place of vanilla.

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Gooseberry and ginger loaf cake

Cake recipes

Gooseberry and ginger loaf cake

Gooseberry's tart flavour works so well with the warming hum of ground ginger in this wonderfully simple cake. The use of ground almonds and yogurt makes the crumb super moist.

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Fig and hazelnut cake

Fig recipes

Fig and hazelnut cake

This fig cake is almost like a large disc of cooked hazelnut marzipan with the added bonus of fresh figs. Serve with ice cream or crème fraîche.

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