181 best cake recipes

Try our easiest ever recipe for a victoria sandwich cake. This classic bake combines a light and fluffy sponge with a strawberry jam and cream filling

Bake our classic lemon drizzle cake for an afternoon tea. treat This foolproof bake combines a delightfully moist sponge with a citrusy icing topping

Enjoy a slice of heaven! Our decadent chocolate cake is covered in silky smooth frosting and we teach you how to create dark chocolate curls for an artisan finish

Make this easy vanilla sandwich cake with soft, fluffy sponge and silky buttercream. Our recipe uses a homemade vanilla sugar and is perfect for birthday parties

Our easy coffee cake recipe is nut-free and comes with a creamy cappuccino buttercream. It's perfect for parties, birthdays or just family gatherings

Give your chocolate cake a red tinge in this classic American cake recipe, covered in silky-smooth cheese frosting for extra indulgence

Flavoured with your favourite biscuit spread and decorated with crumbled biscuits, this triple-layered showstopper is perfect for a birthday party or celebratory afternoon tea

Perfect for a celebration or get-together, this classic dessert is a vanilla sponge traybake, decorated with icing and sprinkles – and it's ever so simple to make

Both the sponge and buttercream are flavoured with salted caramel in this epic cake recipe, topped with nuggets of fudge and lashings of salted caramel sauce

You can count on this classic vanilla pound cake recipe. It's super easy to make and perfect for slicing thickly and enjoying with a mug of tea

Everyone loves the spiced flavour of carrot cake. We use muscovado sugar for a rich flavour, golden sultanas and pecans for texture and a shot of syrup to sweeten the frosting

Bake this light traybake sponge, named for the area of north London where it originates, then decorate with pretty pink icing and coconut

Marble cakes can be made with many different flavours and colours, but chocolate and vanilla is the classic pairing

If you've never made a Battenberg cake before then this zesty version is just right for you. Our simple-to-follow recipe makes light work of a technical bake

Try our sticky apple cake topped with a toffee frosting for an autumnal afternoon tea treat that the whole family will love

Pineapple and banana meets heady spices in this glorious American cake recipe, sandwiched together with a cream cheese buttercream

We've taken a classic flavour combination and given it a modern twist with this recipe for rhubarb and custard slices

Use up the ingredients at the back of your storecupboard with this simple but tasty bake. It only needs 10 minutes of hands-on time – then the oven does the rest of the work

Learn how to make the perfect chocolate drip cake. Chocolate sponge is slathered in chocolate buttercream and topped with a layer of glossy ganache

With a crunchy demerara sugar topping and soft, lightly spiced dense sponge, this apple cake is easy to make and will last for up to five days in the fridge

This is a rich and fudgy cake – use a looser peanut butter so it beats into the icing easily

Delicately flavoured with lemon and almonds, this madeira cake can be made in one bowl, so less washing-up is required

This loaf cake is light, zesty and gluten-free, making it a great option to bake for a crowd