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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Raspberry loaf cake

Raspberries

Raspberry loaf cake

This raspberry loaf cake is a beautiful thing – easy to make, easier to eat and ready for whatever fruity additions you fancy.

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Easy butterfly cakes

Easy 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 make with kids.

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Tarta de Santiago (Spanish almond cake)

Baking recipes

Tarta de Santiago (Spanish almond cake)

Tarta de Santiago is a traditional Spanish almond cake. Learn how to make this easy gluten-free bake with our simple recipe.

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Steamed Vietnamese coffee cakes

Coffee

Steamed Vietnamese coffee cakes

These cute little steamed cakes are inspired by Vietnamese coffee with their indulgent condensed milk and coffee flavourings.

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Elderflower drizzle cake

Elderflower

Elderflower drizzle cake

Lemon and elderflower are a match made in heaven, and this easy drizzle cake with fresh elderflowers proves it. The perfect bake for late spring.

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Tottenham cake

Teatime traybakes

Tottenham cake

Tottenham cake is a simple vanilla traybake topped with pink icing. Learn how to make this nostalgic bake from London with our easy recipe.

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Bay, rye and hazelnut loaf cake with poached rhubarb

Rhubarb

Bay, rye and hazelnut loaf cake with poached rhubarb

Kathy Slack's rustic bay and hazelnut loaf cake is as welcome for dessert as it is with a cuppa. Serve with poached rhubarb and crème fraîche.

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Garden cake

Afternoon tea

Garden cake

Bring the outdoors in with this pretty 'garden' cake. Cover sponges with a generous layer of buttercream, then festoon with edible flowers.

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Gingercake bites

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

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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Blackberry, brown butter and almond squares

Teatime traybakes

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 cakes

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 cakes

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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