Summer cake recipes

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Apricot recipes

Upside-down apricot cake with amaretto mascarpone cream

Our upside-down apricot cake is an easy but impressive summer bake recipe. Serve the apricot and almond sponge with amaretto mascarpone cream.

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Gooseberry recipes

Sticky gooseberry cake with saffron and honey with custard

Gill Meller's gooseberry cake has a pleasing tartness, balanced by the saffron and honey sponge, and mellowed further with homemade vanilla custard.

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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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Make-ahead dessert recipes

Pistachio and rose ice cream cake

A magnificent ice cream cake that you can make ahead. Just remove this gorgeous pistachio cake from the freezer 10 mins before serving.

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Teatime traybake recipes

Lighter plum and almond traybake

This moist and fruity almond and plum cake turns a teatime treat into something saintly that's lower in sugar and fat but still tastes sweet.

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Mother's Day recipes

Orange blossom, lemon thyme and almond cake

This stunning cake sees zesty orange and almond sponge slathered in honey and orange blossom cream. Why not bake it as a Mother's Day cake?

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Peach recipes

Peach cake with raspberry sauce and ice cream

This marvellously moist peach upside-down cake is served with cooling vanilla ice cream and an intense raspberry sauce – a wonderful dessert

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Afternoon tea recipes

Rosé and raspberry financiers

Financiers are an irresistible afternoon tea treat – these are made more indulgent by soaking the raspberries in rosé wine. Hands off, kids!

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Easy cake recipes

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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Marzipan recipes

Marzipan and mascarpone cake with summer fruit

Looking for a summer cake recipe? Thus marzipan sponge cake is topped with creamy mascarpone icing and oodles of fresh summer fruits.

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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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Cheesecake recipes

Gin and tonic cheesecake

A cheesecake recipe inspired by the nation's best-loved tipple, with a gin and tonic-flavoured jelly, creamy middle and Biscoff base.

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Strawberry recipes

Strawberry and vanilla baked cheesecake

Strawberries are the hero in this beautiful baked strawberry cheesecake recipe – it'd be perfect for a summer dinner party dessert, or even afternoon tea

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Italian dessert recipes

Limoncello drizzle cake

A good splash of Italian limoncello adds a boozy note to this cocktail-inspired drizzle cake - perfect for an adults only afternoon treat.

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Apricot recipes

Caramelised apricot and ricotta upside-down cake

Caramelised apricots and a moist ricotta sponge combine in this summery upside-down cake. Serve as a dessert or with afternoon tea.

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Elderflower recipes

Elderflower, lemon and cherry cream flourless cake

This elderflower, lemon and cherry cream flourless cake with gorgeous pink topping and fresh cherries is a gluten-free celebration of summer.

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