Classic 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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Raspberry and lemon sponge cake
Try this lemon version of a Victoria sponge, filled with raspberry jam and fresh cream – it's a scrumptious teatime or Mother's Day cake.
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Classic cake recipes
Strawberry and rose victoria sponge sandwich
A twist on a classic, this special strawberry victoria sponge recipe uses decadent rose extract and petals to create a truly beautiful cake.
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Carrot cake recipes
The ultimate carrot cake
Carrot cake with cream cheese icing is a classic afternoon tea treat. We've created the ultimate recipe using dark muscovado sugar and soured cream.
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Banana bread recipes
Apple and banana loaf
This sweet and sticky apple and banana loaf recipe proves you CAN eat cake for breakfast. Serve with Greek yoghurt for a simple brunch.
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Carrot cake recipes
Classic carrot cake
This classic carrot cake is beautifully spiced with green cardamom pods, cinnamon and allspice, then topped with cream cheese frosting
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Sticky ginger and almond cake
Gill Meller's sweet, spiced ginger cake is made with honey, molasses and almonds and tastes better as it sits in the tin. Make a day ahead.
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Vegetable cake recipes
Carrot cake
Nothing beats a classic carrot cake recipe made with carrots, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg and a dreamy cream cheese icing.
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Classic cake recipes
Coffee butterfly cakes with whisky
Forget coffee with your cake, have it in your cake. Coffee-infused butterfly cakes, topped with whisky icing, are sure to make for a merry afternoon treat.
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Coconut and lime angel cake
Coconut and lime represent the flavours of summer in this easy baking recipe. Angel cake is a light and airy butterless sponge.
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Naked cake recipes
Passion cake
Pineapple, coconut and vanilla provide dreamy tropical flavours in this naked carrot cake recipe – it will be the hero of any afternoon tea.
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Classic cake recipes
Pomegranate cake
Adding pomegranate molasses to this cake lends a sweet-sharp flavour which pairs beautifully with the orange blossom and mascarpone topping.
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Coffee and walnut cake
You can't go wrong with a classic coffee and walnut cake. Our easy coffee sponge perfect for afternoon tea or as a birthday cake.
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Loaf cake recipes
James Martin’s classic lemon drizzle cake
James Martin's easy lemon drizzle cake recipe is perfect for afternoon tea with a proper cup of tea, or to surprise your mum on Mother's Day.
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Classic cake recipes
Chunky apple, raisin, walnut and cider cake
Debbie Major's chunky apple cake recipe is full of spiced flavours and surprising textures, perfect for an autumn afternoon.
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