Cake recipes

This 6-ingredient vanilla cake recipe is so easy to make, ideal for beginners. Feel free to go big on the decoration. A basic dusting of icing sugar or edible flowers are our go-to options for a sponge cake.

The perfect sweet treat

This sumptuous lemon cake is designed to transport you to the Amalfi coast, one luxuriously creamy mouthful at a time

Love a Black Forest gateau? Then you'll love this even more

Benjamina Ebuehi reinvents a classic brownie sundae for a more grown up palette

This flavour combination really works – give it a try

Caraway seeds and nutmeg bring a lovely warmth and spice to this loaf cake

Chocolate and olive oil make surprisingly great bedfellows in this ultra-moist and easy chocolate cake recipe by Diana Henry

'Rather than using chocolate, I like to make mine with either a homemade preserve or, in this case, with a wild blueberry preserve' says Ren Behan

'It would be impossible to write a book on Polish sweet things without Mazurek' writes Ren Behan, ‘a pastry synonymous with Poland and, in particular, with the Polish Easter table.’ 

This caramel crepe cake is a great alternative to baking a cake for a special occasion. 

In an extract from The Exploding Bakery's new cookbook Bake It. Slice It. Eat It. we get the recipe for a Christmassy twist on classic bread and butter pudding

In an extract from her new book, Baking for Pleasure, Ravneet Gill shares this delightful lemon cream cake recipe

Don’t be deceived by the humble ingredients (or the three-ingredient chocolate mousse!) – a delicate touch elevates them into something sublime.

The Head Pastry Chef at Harrods shares a plant-based banoffee pie recipe from his cookbook ‘A New Way to Bake’

This rich cake is moist with nuts and aromatic with coffee and rum

A Victoria sponge recipe for the ultimate in traditional British cakes. The Great British Bake-Off's Ruth Clemens shares her classic sponge cake recipe with jam and cream

A brownie recipe you'll be glad you found. Here's the secret for how to make perfect gooey-in-the-middle chocolate brownies.

A banana bread recipe that's hard to beat - simple, healthy and delicious. This banana bread is great freshly baked, but is also terrific when stored for a day or two and then sliced, toasted and spread with butter

An easy, gooey chocolate cake recipe with simple chocolate butter frosting. This lovely moist chocolate sponge can be in the oven in just 10 minutes.