Nut-free cakes and bakes
School bake sale? Want to bake for BBC Children in Need or a coffee morning? Then, take your pick of our top nut-free cakes and bakes, spanning birthday cakes, cheesecakes, loaves and more. Happy baking!
Do, of course, always remember to read the labels of your ingredients to double-check they’re nut-free, and that they’ve been made in a nut-free environment.
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Teatime traybake recipes
Ginger drizzle traybake with cream cheese icing
Rich, moist and sticky, this ginger drizzle cake is topped with lime-spiked cream cheese icing...

Teatime traybake recipes
Apple, cinnamon and ginger drizzle cake
The warming combination of apples, cinnamon and ginger make this drizzle cake the perfect autumnal...

Afternoon tea recipes
Tahini, brown butter and sea salt blondies
A more-ish recipe to add to your baking repertoire, these sea salt blondies are made...

Cheesecake recipes
Yuzu daiquiri cheesecakes
A perfect finish to any meal, these zingy yuzu daiquiri cheesecake pots with salted lime...

Celebration cake recipes
Sugarplum fairy cakes
Soft and fluffy fairy cakes are dotted with little nuggets of marzipan and come topped...

Strawberry recipes
Buttermilk strawberry shortcake
Shortcakes are a mix between a shortbread biscuit and a classic scone, so you get...

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...

Gooseberry recipes
Sticky gooseberry cake with saffron and honey with...
Gill Meller’s gooseberry cake has a pleasing tartness, balanced by the saffron and honey sponge,...

Baked cheesecake recipes
Mini burnt cheesecakes with rhubarb and orange compote
Don’t be put off by these individual cheesecakes being ‘burnt’ it means the toasty caramelised...

Bundt cake recipes
Red velvet bundt cheesecake
A gorgeous red velvet cake batter is swirled with vanilla cream cheese, then baked. It’s...

Baked cheesecake recipes
White chocolate and limoncello cheesecake
A caramelised Biscoff biscuit case holds a creamy, zesty white chocolate cheesecake topped with lemon...

Brownie recipes
Cheesecake brownies
A gorgeous combination of gooey chocolate brownie swirled with a creamy cheesecake mixture and with...

Celebration cake recipes
Thousand-layer cake (lapis legit)
This Indonesian thousand-layer cake, also known as lapis legit, is fittingly named for its many...

Easy cake recipes
Mango, lime and ginger loaf cake
This tropical loaf is made using mango purée and lime to add some zing and...

Celebration cake recipes
Caramelised white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini cake
”Caramelised white chocolate reminds me of the Caramac bars I enjoyed as a child. The...

Mini dessert recipes
Mini cosmopolitan cheesecakes
Everyone knows, and loves, a classic Cosmopolitan cocktail made with cranberry juice, vodka and orange...

Afternoon tea recipes
Tunnock’s teacake traybake
A thick layer of pillowy meringue is sandwiched between a biscuity oat base and a...

Chocolate cake recipes
Devil’s food cake
It’s the chocolate cake to rival all others: devil’s food cake. A rich and fudgy...

Easy cake recipes
Easy butterfly cakes
Light-as-air sponge is topped with generous dollops of vanilla bean buttercream in these almost-too-good-to-eat vanilla...

Dark chocolate recipes
Chocolate cupcakes
These indulgent chocolate cupcakes use the all-in-one method so they’re a breeze to make. Top...