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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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 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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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
What's better than a lemon drizzle cake? A lemon drizzle cake crowned with dark chocolate, then topped with strawberries!
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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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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
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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