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Home » Baking & Desserts » Cakes

Cakes

A selection of delicious layer cakes, loaf cakes and traybake cakes, including my popular Vanilla Birthday Cake and Easy Chocolate Cake.


 

Lemon Drizzle Loaf Cake

4.69 from 19 votes
1 hour 10 minutes

Fluffy, moist lemon sponge with the zing of lemon drizzle, decorated with lemon icing.

Simnel Cake

5 from 2 votes
1 hour 50 minutes
+ SOAKING THE DRIED FRUIT 1 day

My version of this classic Easter cake, a light almond fruit cake filled and topped with marzipan.

Oreo Cake

A slice of Oreo sponge cake served with milk.
5 from 2 votes
55 minutes

Soft vanilla sponge cake packed full of Oreo chunks, topped with Oreo buttercream and finished with even more Oreos. The ultimate cake for Oreo lovers.

PLUS – Easily adapt this recipe to fit a range of round, square and rectangular tins.

Vanilla Bundt Cake with Milk Chocolate Ganache

Vanilla bundt cake on a white cake stand.
5 from 2 votes
1 hour 10 minutes

A beautiful vanilla bundt cake topped with smooth milk chocolate ganache and finished with colourful sprinkles.

Biscoff Cake

4.73 from 29 votes
55 minutes

The ultimate cake for Biscoff lovers. Two layers of Biscoff sponge (which is made with both crushed Biscoff biscuits and Biscoff spread), sandwiched together with Biscoff buttercream and topped with Biscoff biscuits.

PLUS – How to make this cake in any size of round, square or rectangular tin.

White Chocolate Cake

A white chocolate cake on a cake stand.
5 from 9 votes
45 minutes

White chocolate cake – A delicious, soft sponge cake packed full of white chocolate chips and topped with smooth white chocolate buttercream.

Easy Carrot Cake

Carrot cake topped with cream cheese buttercream and decorated with sugar carrots.
4.69 from 29 votes
1 hour

A delicious spiced carrot cake filled with raisins and topped with smooth cream cheese buttercream.

Chocolate Orange Cake

Chocolate Orange Cake
4.60 from 40 votes
55 minutes

An easy to bake chocolate orange sponge filled with chocolate orange buttercream and topped with slices of Terry’s Chocolate Orange.

PLUS – The ingredients and instructions you need to bake this in pretty much any size of round, square or rectangular tin.

Easy Lemon Cake (All-In-One Lemon Sponge)

Lemon cake topper with lemon buttercream on a white cake stand.
4.55 from 64 votes
40 minutes

A delicious, moist all-in-one lemon sponge. Perfect for a teatime treat, cake sale or as a birthday or celebration cake.

PLUS – Make this cake in any size of round, square or rectangular tin with my handy ingredients calculator.

Vegan Birthday Cake (Vegan Vanilla Sponge Cake)

A slice of vegan vanilla cake with the rest of the cake in the background.
4.45 from 9 votes
40 minutes

A light, fluffy sponge packed with vanilla flavour. It’s also perfect for covering with fondant icing to make a birthday or celebration cake.

Creme Egg Cake

Creme Egg Cake. A chocolate sponge cake with white chocolate buttercream, topped with Creme Eggs.
5 from 4 votes
1 hour

Creme Egg Cake – A very chocolatey chocolate cake, with smooth white chocolate buttercream and plenty of Cadbury Creme Eggs.

Easy Coffee Cake

Easy Coffee Cake - A delicious all-in-one coffee sponge topped with smooth coffee buttercream. Simple to make and packed full of flavour. PLUS - How to make this cake in any size of round, square or rectangular tin. 
4.49 from 120 votes
55 minutes

A delicious all-in-one coffee sponge topped with smooth coffee buttercream. Simple to make and packed full of flavour.

PLUS – How to make this cake in any size of round, square or rectangular tin.

Easy Chocolate Cake

An easy chocolate cake that's moist, delicious and packed full of chocolate. It can be made in any size of round, square or rectangular tin so you can use whatever tins you have in the cupboard, and can feed a few or a whole crowd.
4.59 from 36 votes
55 minutes

An easy chocolate cake that’s moist, delicious and packed full of chocolate.

It can be made in any size of round, square or rectangular tin so you can use whatever tins you have in the cupboard, and can feed a few or a whole crowd.

Coffee and Walnut Cake

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4.68 from 31 votes
45 minutes

My recipe for a classic Coffee & Walnut Cake. Three layers of delicious coffee sponge packed full of chopped walnuts and topped with smooth coffee buttercream.

Chocolate Birthday Cake

A slice of chocolate birthday cake filled with chocolate buttercream and covered in white fondant icing with multi-coloured fondant dots.
4.87 from 125 votes
45 minutes

This chocolate birthday cake is simple to make, tastes delicious and is perfect for decorating for a special celebration.

Birthday Cake (All-In-One Vanilla Sponge)

Sponge birthday cake recipe
4.74 from 177 votes
45 minutes

A delicious, light vanilla sponge birthday cake recipe. Quick and simple to make and perfect for decorating to make a birthday really special.

Marzipan and Cherry Cake

Marzipan and Cherry Cake Recipe - Delicious almond sponge with cherries and a layer of gooey marzipan in the centre.
4.91 from 85 votes
1 hour 10 minutes

Delicious almond sponge with cherries and a layer of gooey marzipan in the centre.

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  • Easy Lemon Cake (All-In-One Lemon Sponge)
  • Easy Lemon Cheesecake (No Bake)
  • Lemon Buttercream
  • Easy Coffee Cake
  • White Chocolate Buttercream
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