Summer cake recipes
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Afternoon tea recipes
Summer cupcakes to flavour three ways
These cute cupcakes are ideal for a summery afternoon tea and can be flavoured three ways: blueberry, cherry ripple or lemon and earl grey.
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Peach recipes
Warm peach, pistachio and honey cake
Looking for a summer cake recipe? Juicy ripe peaches are the star of this honey, pistachio and peach cake. Serve warm.
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Marzipan recipes
Cherry and marzipan cake with orange blossom syrup
This summery cake recipe combines pistachios and orange blossom water with seasonal British cherries. Share with friends over a pot of tea.
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Brilliant blackberry recipes
Blackberry, lemon and almond bars
For the ultimate teatime treat, try these blackberry almond bars; sweet shortcrust pastry topped with a frangipane mixture, jam and sweet blackberries.
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Mini dessert recipes
Mini elderflower sponge cakes
Refreshing elderflower ice sandwiched between light-as-air sponge cake – this delicate dessert tastes as beautiful as it looks.
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Cheesecake recipes
Baked vanilla and lemon cheesecake with marinated strawberries
Our baked cheesecake recipe is a favourite summer dessert: it looks impressive and is easy to make. It needs to be really cold, so make it the day before.
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Strawberry recipes
Strawberry curd sponge drops
This afternoon tea treat sees sponge discs filled with fresh strawberries, homemade strawberry curd and billowing chantilly cream.
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Raspberry recipes
White chocolate and raspberry swiss roll
This creamy, fruity swiss roll is perfect for summer entertaining: it can be made ahead of time and served for dessert or afternoon tea.
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Classic cake recipes
Classic sponge cake
Use our classic sponge cake recipe as the base of any celebration cake. We've added a lovely, sharp passionfruit filling to this sponge.
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Apricot recipes
Apricot buttermilk cake
A soft, fruity pud that's perfect for the summer. This buttermilk cake recipe is the ultimate moist cake, and uses fresh ripe apricots
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Teatime traybake recipes
Gooseberry streusel cake with elderflower syrup
Make the most of gooseberries, during the summer months, with this amazing streusel cake recipe made with elderflower cordial.
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Courgette recipes
Courgette cake
Courgette what?! This cake recipe may seem unusual but you'll love the lightness and subtlety of this easy-to-make courgette cake.
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