Loaf cake recipes
Loaf cakes are often the simplest to make, rarely requiring more than a drizzle or simple decoration on top. Bake up a storm with one of our simple loaf cake recipes including a sticky chocolate cake, sweet honey cake and the ultimate ginger loaf.
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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 loaf cake. The...
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Raspberry recipes
Raspberry loaf cake
A simple raspberry loaf cake is a beautiful thing – easy to make, easier to eat and ready for whatever...
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Lemon cake recipes
Lemon curd quatre quarts (French pound cake)
This classic French lemon pound cake, known as quatre quarts, is an easy, fragrant bake for rainy days. Debora Robertson’s...
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Loaf cake recipes
Blackberry and coconut loaf cake
Make the most of blackberry season with our blackberry, lemon and toasted coconut loaf cake. It can be served with...
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Loaf cake recipes
Salted caramel loaf cake
A couple of secret ingredients and a simple frosting transform an easy sponge cake into a heavenly salted caramel loaf...
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Banana bread recipes
Banana, chocolate and tahini loaf cake
This banana and chocolate loaf uses tahini, cardamom and sesame seeds to bring a Middle Eastern slant to a classic...
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Simnel cake recipes
Simnel loaf cake
Our easy simnel cake recipe is made in a loaf tin to keep things nice and easy. It’s delicious served...
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Loaf cake recipes
Stout, orange and dried fruit loaf with winter herbs
This is a fruit loaf recipe which has it all: earthy, nutty flavours from the celeriac, a subtle bitter note...
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Loaf cake recipes
Coconut and cardamom loaf cake
Food writer and cookbook author Niloufer Mavalvala‘s coconut cake recipe was handed down to her through generations of family. It’s...
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Classic cake recipes
Easy lemon drizzle loaf cake
A zesty, syrup-drenched sponge with a sugar crust is our go-to teatime bake. This timeless creation is sure to spark...
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Carrot cake recipes
Spiced carrot halwa cake
Georgina Hayden puts a slightly different spin on a carrot cake with her halwa-inspired recipe. She says: ”One of my...
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Loaf cake recipes
Pomegranate loaf cake
Try this beautiful, yet easy-to-make, almond and polenta loaf cake drizzled with fresh pomegranate juice and seeds. An afternoon tea...
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Easy cake recipes
Mango, lime and ginger loaf cake
This tropical loaf is made using mango purée and lime to add some zing and zest into every bite. Plus,...
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Loaf cake recipes
Bounty cake
We’ve taken the popular coconutty Bounty chocolate bar and turned it into a decadent teatime treat. Think coconut sponge with...
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Honey recipes
Medjool date, honey and macadamia breakfast loaf
This honey cake by Honey & Co. co-owners, Sarit Packer & Itamar Srulovich, is filled with toffee-sweet medjool dates and...
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Banana bread recipes
Apple and banana loaf
This sweet and sticky banana loaf proves that you CAN eat cake for breakfast. Serve with an extra dollop of...
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