Summer cake recipes

These gorgeous summer cake recipes feature fresh seasonal ingredients, like elderflowers, strawberries and peaches. Perfect for summer fetes, picnics or afternoon tea in the garden.

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Ravneet Gill’s strawberry and lemon verbena fraisier cake

Cake recipes

Ravneet Gill’s strawberry and lemon verbena fraisier cake

This gorgeous creation from Ravneet Gill is the ideal bake when strawberries are at their best. A light sponge is...

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Peanut butter and jam brown butter sponge cake

Cake recipes

Peanut butter and jam brown butter sponge cake

When the old Victoria sandwich won’t hit the spot, this peanut butter and jam brown butter sponge cake from Tarunima...

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Alison Roman’s raspberry and ricotta cake

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Alison Roman’s raspberry and ricotta cake

Alison Roman’s ricotta cake with raspberries swirled through the batter is a subtly-sweet bake. The perfect easy cake recipe for...

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Strawberry chiffon cake

Cake recipes

Strawberry chiffon cake

A great summer sponge, chiffon cake is neither heavy nor greasy. It achieves great height, a fluffy sponge and overall...

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Chocolate angel cake

Cake recipes

Chocolate angel cake

Angel cakes are light as a feather due to the lack of butter/fat in the sponge. The whipped egg whites...

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Gooseberry and ginger loaf cake

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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Fig and hazelnut cake

Fig recipes

Fig and hazelnut cake

This cake is almost like a large disc of cooked hazelnut marzipan with the added bonus of fresh figs. Serve...

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Apricot cake

Apricot recipes

Apricot cake

When apricots are at their best you don’t need much to make their flavour sing, which is why this simple...

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Chetna Makan’s cherry, almond and honey upside-down cake

Afternoon tea recipes

Chetna Makan’s cherry, almond and honey upside-down cake

This cherry upside-down cake from food writer and Bake Off star Chetna Makan looks and tastes wonderful – plus it’s...

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Mango cheesecake

Fruity cheesecake recipes

Mango cheesecake

This sumptuous, no-bake mango cheesecake from Avinash Shashidhara is a must-try, make-ahead marvel. Imagine mango lassi reimagined in dessert form,...

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Blackberry and coconut loaf cake

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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Peach and passion fruit crumble traybake

August seasonal recipes

Peach and passion fruit crumble traybake

Our easy peach and passion fruit crumble traybake can be served warm with custard or ice cream for pudding, or...

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Upside-down apricot cake with amaretto mascarpone cream

Apricot recipes

Upside-down apricot cake with amaretto mascarpone cream

Our upside-down apricot cake is an easy but impressive summer bake recipe. Serve the apricot and almond sponge with amaretto...

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Sticky gooseberry cake with saffron and honey with custard

Gooseberry recipes

Sticky gooseberry cake with saffron and honey with custard

Gill Meller’s gooseberry cake has a pleasing tartness, balanced by the saffron and honey sponge, and mellowed further with homemade...

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Summer-cup bundt drizzle cake

Celebration cake recipes

Summer-cup bundt drizzle cake

Celebrate summer in style with Felicity Cloake‘s boozy bundt drizzle cake. She says: ”No birthday picnic is complete for me...

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Pistachio and rose ice cream cake

Make-ahead dessert recipes

Pistachio and rose ice cream cake

A magnificent serve-from-the-freezer dessert that you can make ahead of your dinner party. All you have to do is remove...

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