Celebration cake recipes
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Easy cake recipes
Easy butterfly cakes
Light-as-air sponge is topped with vanilla buttercream in these almost-too-good-to-eat butterfly cakes. They're great to make with kids.
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Dark chocolate recipes
Chocolate cupcakes
These indulgent chocolate cupcakes use the all-in-one method so they're easy to make. Top with thick swirls of chocolate ganache.
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Celebration cake recipes
Vanilla swiss meringue buttercream
Learn how to make light and fluffy vanilla swiss meringue buttercream, then adapt it to whip up – literally – these raspberry and passion fruit versions.
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Halloween recipes
Blood splatter cake
Make Halloween more gruesome with our blood splatter cake. It's surprisingly easy and wonderfully-effective – the perfect party bake.
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Best Easter cake recipes
Chocolate nest Easter cake
Martha Collison's chocolate nest Easter cake goes all out with white chocolate sponge, dark chocolate buttercream and Mini Egg-filled nests.
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Festive desserts
Chocolate Christmas cake
Celebrate the holiday season the right way with this wonderful chocolate Christmas cake.
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Celebration cake recipes
Sticky toffee pudding cake
Martha Collinson's sticky toffee pudding cake has all the flavours of the classic pud. Drizzle toffee sauce over the buttercream to finish.
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Christmas baking recipes
Eggnog layer cake
Slice through rum-laced eggnog frosting to reveal a rich chocolatey interior, with more eggnog custard. It's a Christmas cake showstopper!
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Celebration cake recipes
The world’s best cake (Norwegian meringue and custard layer cake)
This Norwegian recipe for the 'world's best cake' layers crisp meringue, sponge cake and clouds of custard for a show-stopping treat.
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Chocolate cake recipes
Chocolate soured cream cake
Whip up this decadent soured cream chocolate cake which comes with a light, airy texture that'll only leave you wanting more...
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Chocolate cake recipes
Secret-ingredient chocolate bundt cake
And the secret ingredient in this chocolate bundt cake is...mashed potato! That's right, leftover mash makes for a light and fluffy sponge.
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Celebration cake recipes
White forest gateau
Three layers of sponge are sandwiched together with white chocolate and kirsch cherries to make a decadent white forest gateau. Cake heaven.
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Best Easter cake recipes
Mini egg ice cream chocolate layer cake
It's the perfect Easter combination: Cadbury's mini eggs, chocolate cake and ice cream layered together to create one decadent dessert.
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Biscuit recipes
Ginger and honey biscuit cake with choc-orange icing
For a special dessert, try this Russian-inspired ginger and honey biscuit cake. The layers are made with biscuits and cream cheese frosting.
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Chocolate cake recipes
Chetna Makan’s chocolate mousse layer cake
An extra special chocolate cake recipe with rich chocolate mousse and salted caramel, chocolate sauce, meringues and toffee brittle toppings.
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Christmas cake recipes
Chetna Makan’s saffron and pistachio Christmas cake
Want an alternative Christmas cake? Chetna Makan's recipe is made with saffron and pistachios, soaked dried fruit and beautifully balanced spices.
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