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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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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Lemon cakes
Kim-Joy’s lemon drizzle cake
Kim-Joy's fun lemon drizzle cake is super moist and goes bold on the citrus flavour – with lemon zest, lemon syrup AND a lemon glaze.
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Baking recipes
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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Dinner party desserts
Best-of-the-best summer swiss roll
With a light but springy sponge, rich mascarpone cream and fresh seasonal fruit, our best swiss roll recipe makes the perfect summer dessert.
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Baking recipes
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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Strawberries
Chocolate chip strawberry shortcakes
This light and crumbly shortcake comes studded with dark chocolate. It’s the perfect vehicle to showcase strawberries and cream.
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Cakes
Ravneet Gill’s strawberry and lemon verbena fraisier cake
A fraisier cake was among my earliest endeavours at culinary school. The simplicity and elegance of this cake are truly unmatched.
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Peanut butter and jam brown butter sponge cake
Say goodbye to that old Victoria sandwich, this peanut butter and jam brown butter sponge cake from Tarunima Sinha will NOT disappoint.
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Baking recipes
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 summer.
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Cakes
Strawberry chiffon cake
A great summer sponge, chiffon cake’s uniquely satisfying texture means you can squeeze the sponge and it will quickly bounce back into shape, like an ACTUAL sponge.
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Chocolate angel cake
Treat yourself to a slice of sweetness with this classic chocolate angel cake which boasts a triple-threat of white, milk and dark chocolate.
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Gooseberry and ginger loaf cake
Gooseberry's tart flavour works so well with the warming hum of ground ginger in this wonderfully simple cake. The use of ground almonds and yogurt makes the crumb super moist.
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Figs
Fig and hazelnut cake
This fig cake is almost like a large disc of cooked hazelnut marzipan with the added bonus of fresh figs. Serve with ice cream or crème fraîche.
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Apricots
Apricot cake
This simple apricot cake is perfect for showcasing this incredible stone fruit at its best when it's in season.
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Afternoon tea
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 a cinch to make.
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Fruity cheesecakes
Mango cheesecake
This no-bake mango cheesecake from Avinash Shashidhara is a must-try, make-ahead marvel. Imagine mango lassi reincarnated in dessert form!
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