Layer cake recipes
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Celebration cakes
Sticky toffee pudding cake
Martha Collinson's sticky toffee pudding cake has all the flavours of the classic pud. Drizzle toffee sauce over the buttercream to finish.
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Christmas baking
Eggnog layer cake
Slice through rum-laced eggnog frosting to reveal a rich chocolatey interior, with more eggnog custard. It's a Christmas cake showstopper!
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Frozen dessert
Frozen lemon and blueberry mousse cake
This frozen lemon and blueberry mousse cake is a show-stopper: layers of lemon sponge with lemon curd mousse, blueberries and white chocolate.
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Celebration cakes
The world’s best cake (Norwegian meringue and custard layer cake)
This Norwegian recipe for the 'world's best cake' layers crisp meringue, sponge cake and clouds of custard for a show-stopping treat.
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Celebration cakes
White forest gateau
Three layers of sponge are sandwiched together with white chocolate and kirsch cherries to make a decadent white forest gateau. Cake heaven.
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Best Easter cakes
Mini egg ice cream chocolate layer cake
It's the perfect Easter combination: Cadbury's mini eggs, chocolate cake and ice cream layered together to create one decadent dessert.
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Biscuits
Ginger and honey biscuit cake with choc-orange icing
For a special dessert, try this Russian-inspired ginger and honey biscuit cake. The layers are made with biscuits and cream cheese frosting.
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Chocolate cakes
Chetna Makan’s chocolate mousse layer cake
An extra special chocolate cake recipe with rich chocolate mousse and salted caramel, chocolate sauce, meringues and toffee brittle toppings.
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Naked cakes
Passion cake
Pineapple, coconut and vanilla provide dreamy tropical flavours in this naked carrot cake recipe – it will be the hero of any afternoon tea.
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Favourite chocolate recipes
Daim bar layer cake
A Daim bar cake layered with carnation caramel toffee and doused in a condensed milk chocolate ganache... it's a Daim good recipe.
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Chocolate cakes
Triple-chocolate layer cake
This triple chocolate layer cake makes for a beautiful birthday cake. Three layers of moist chocolate sponge sandwiched with buttercream.
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Naked cakes
Citrus and rosemary cake with clementine buttercream
A naked cake recipe, made with lemon and rosemary-flavoured sponges and a clementine buttercream, perfect for weddings or birthdays
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Naked cakes
Cardamom cake with orange blossom buttercream
Make this special cardamom cake with orange blossom icing the centrepiece of any Christmas or birthday celebration table.
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Carrot cakes
Carrot and walnut cake
Ciara Davis's luscious carrot and walnut cake is packed with sultanas and desiccated coconut and covered with zesty lemon cream cheese icing.
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Festive desserts
Hazelnut meringue cake
This showstopping dessert combines layers of hazelnut meringue and sherry chocolate cream topped with chocolate and toasted hazelnuts.
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