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

4.72 from 21 votes

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

Simnel Cake

5 from 3 votes

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

Oreo Cake

5 from 3 votes

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

5 from 3 votes

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

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

4.82 from 11 votes

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

Easy Carrot Cake

4.71 from 31 votes

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

Chocolate Orange Cake

4.61 from 41 votes

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)

4.52 from 66 votes

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)

4.37 from 11 votes

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

4.80 from 5 votes

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

Easy Coffee Cake

4.52 from 127 votes

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

4.64 from 41 votes

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.