Celebration cake recipes
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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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Celebration cake recipes
Rhubarb and custard layer cake
This glorious rhubarb and custard layer cake is so pretty: its jaw-dropping decoration makes it perfect for special occasions.
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Chocolate cake recipes
Peanut butter drip cake
A dark chocolate peanut butter drip cake is topped with biscuits; a stunning centrepiece for any birthday or celebration.
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Celebration cake recipes
Lemon, blueberry and coconut cake
This stunning lemon, blueberry and coconut celebration layer cake by Bake Off finalist Alice Fevronia is a project fora labour-of-love baking session.
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Celebration cake recipes
Carrot and cheesecake layer cake
This carrot cake and marbled cheesecake layer cake is a truly spectacular celebration cake that's perfect for birthdays or Easter.
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Russian honey biscuit cake
This Russian honey biscuit layer cake needs to be assembled well in advance to make its texture soft enough for slicing at afternoon tea.
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Halloween recipes
Halloween celebration cake
A dark chocolate sponge with peanut buttercream and a rich chocolate ganache is topped with meringue ghosts; a stunning Halloween cake.
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Celebration cake recipes
Mango, cardamom and coconut cake
Chetna Makan brings together coconut, cardamom and fresh mango to make a lovely celebration cake that looks beautiful and tastes brilliant, too.
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Celebration cake recipes
Sugarplum fairy cakes
Fluffy fairy cakes are dotted with nuggets of marzipan and topped with buttercream and caramel shards. A cake truly fit for a fairy queen.
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Celebration cake recipes
Summer-cup bundt drizzle cake
Celebrate summer in style with Felicity Cloake's boozy bundt drizzle cake. You could swap the spirits for Pimms too, if you prefer.
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Celebration cake recipes
Thousand-layer cake (lapis legit)
This Indonesian thousand-layer cake, also known as lapis legit, is fittingly named for its many layers and is spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
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Apple recipes
Apple and cinnamon crumble cake
Baked apples, warming cinnamon and crunchy almonds go into this gorgeous apple cake recipe, topped with brown sugar crumble and more apples.
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Celebration cake recipes
Caramelised white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini cake
Bake John Whaite's epic white chocolate, burnt butter and tahini celebration cake to really impress your guests or celebrate a birthday,
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Carrot cake recipes
Eric Lanlard’s carrot and pumpkin celebration cake
Eric Lanlard's carrot cake with ginger mascarpone frosting is the perfect birthday cake, Easter treat or celebration centrepiece.
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Chocolate cake recipes
Devil’s food cake
For afternoon tea heaven, make devil's food cake: a rich, fudgy chocolate sponge slathered in a devilishly decadent double-chocolate ganache.
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