Classic cake recipes
Feeling inspired by Great British Bake Off? Beat the competition to top the cake charts with these classic cake recipes including Victoria sponge, angel cake and carrot cake. We’ve put some bakes that are deserving of future classic status in here too…
Find our best of the best carrot cake, a zesty easy lemon drizzle, easy butterfly cakes and more.
We’ve also got subtle twists, like a moreish chocolate cake with caramel poached pears, red velvet bundt cheesecake, or lemon and pistachio Battenberg.
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Carrot cake recipes
Best of the best carrot cake
Presenting our best ever carrot cake recipe, packed with warming spice and crunchy nuts and topped with mascarpone brown butter frosting.
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Baking recipes
Date and walnut loaf
This classic date and walnut loaf may keep for a few days in the tin, but you won't be able to resist it warm from the oven with butter.
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Apple recipes
Traditional Dorset apple cake
Learn how to make a traditional Dorset apple cake with Sue Quinn's trusty recipe. It makes a moist, buttery and seriously delicious cake.
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Carrot cake recipes
Manon Lagrève’s carrot cake
Manon Lagrève puts a French twist on a classic Anglo-American bake in this spiced carrot cake recipe from the Bake Off alumni.
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Orange recipes
Orange and poppy seed cake
Debora Robertson's fragrant poppy seed cake is delicious as is. If you want to gild the lily, add melted choc or crystalised orange slices.
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Bundt cake recipes
Christmas bundt cake
Create a festive showstopper with our Christmas bundt cake. Master the base recipe, but adapt the ingredients to best suit your tastebuds.
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Classic cake recipes
Eric Lanlard’s gâteau breton
Eric Lanlard shares his family recipe for traditional gâteau breton. This rich, buttery bake is like a cross between a cake and a biscuit.
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Christmas cake recipes
Mary Berry’s rich fruit Christmas cake
Mary Berry's rich traditional Christmas cake recipe is filled with fruit, almonds, brandy and treacle. It's the perfect pudding for your festive feast.
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Afternoon tea recipes
Spiced plum cake with swiss meringue frosting
Usher in autumn with our spiced plum cake. A golden sponge studded with juicy red plums is coated in a thick layer of swiss meringue frosting.
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Afternoon tea recipes
Lemon and courgette cake with white chocolate cream cheese frosting
This gorgeous lemon and courgette cake features layers of zesty sponge layered with homemade lemon curd and white choc cream cheese frosting.
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September seasonal recipes
Chocolate cake with caramel poached pears and chocolate buttercream
Give chocolate cake an autumnal twist. Fill this rich chocolate pear cake with swiss meringue buttercream and top with caramel poached pears.
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Classic cake recipes
Battenberg cake
Getting the signature chequerboard effect of a classic Battenberg cake requires a little know-how and a few tricks. Follow our expert guide.
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Christmas cake recipes
Dundee cake
A Dundee cake makes for a less rich, crumblier alternative to the hefty traditional Christmas cake. Why not give it a try?
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Classic cake recipes
Easy lemon drizzle loaf cake
You can't knock a classic lemon drizzle cake. Our easy loaf recipe combines a zesty, syrup-drenched sponge with a crunchy sugar crust.
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Bundt cake recipes
Red velvet bundt cheesecake
A gorgeous red velvet cake batter is swirled with vanilla cream cheese, then baked. It's topped with even more cream cheese, but this time as a frosting.
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Afternoon tea recipes
St Clement’s squares
Make your mum these lemony, flower-topped St Clement's shortbreads to serve as afternoon tea on Mother's Day or as an Easter bake.
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