Easy baking recipes
New to baking? Or just pushed for time? Try our simple recipes for all your favourite cakes - chocolate cake, carrot cake and cute cupcakes.
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Apple & walnut cake with treacle icing
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This easy all-in-one cake is perfect if you've got friends coming for coffee or afternoon tea
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Carrot cake
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The classic, homely carrot cake receives a stylish makeover with this straightforward recipe
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Chocolate marble cake
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Marble cake is a classic childhood cooking memory. Whether using lurid colours for a psychedelic finish, or just chocolate and vanilla, it's a teatime treat
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Cherry Bakewell cake
- Ready in 45 mins
If you know someone who likes Bakewell tart, then they will just love this cake – it’s full of almond flavour and sandwiched with cherry jam
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Easy apple fruit cake
- Ready in 1 hr 15 mins
This cake has all the flavours of Christmas, but won't take ages to make - you can decorate it any way you like. Ideal for a wedding cake too
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Double chocolate loaf cake
- Ready in 1 hr 20 mins
Chocolate and cake are two of our favourite things, so what's not to love about this indulgent cake?
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Walnut, date & honey cake
- Ready in 1 hr 25 mins
A tea-time treat - packed with sweet honey. A great way to use up those ripe bananas too
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Summer fruit drizzle cake
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Sarah Cook’s scrummy cake is really easy and versatile – use whatever fruit you like, and you’ll make it again and again
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Almond raisin cake with sherry
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Forget the tea and cake here and serve this with a glass of sherry. For the best result make this the day before so the flavours can infuse
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Elderflower crunch cake
- Ready in 1 hr 10 mins
Capture the essence of summer in this simple loaf cake with elderflower drizzle
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Lemon drizzle cake
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This is one of those cakes that everybody loves and is a doddle to make
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Raspberry & white chocolate traybake
- Ready in 40 mins
The perfect summer pud for a lunch party, or treat with afternoon tea
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Coconut carrot slices
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If you’re looking for a treat for afternoon tea, or something to make for a cake sale, try this crunchy-topped traybake
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Sticky chocolate drop cakes
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This easy-to-make bake will keep somewhere cool in an airtight tin for up to two days
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Chocolate brownies
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olive food guru Lulu Grimes shares the secret to cooking the best squidgy brownies
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Cappuccino cake
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Coffee mornings were made for this moreish cappuccino cake, and it's ready in under an hour
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Cherry, choc & coconut tray bake
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Keep these five ingredients in your storecupboard so you can whip up a tasty traybake when friends drop by unexpectedly
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Coffee cream & walnut cupcakes
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Retro favourite coffee and walnut cake in a cupcake version, with a choice of luxurious mascarpone topping or classic buttercream
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Easy chocolate cupcakes
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These light cakes are perfect for freezing – they just need a quick blast in the microwave to bring them back to life
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Lemon curd cupcakes
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Bring a touch of summer to the table with these luscious lemon cupcakes
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Gooey chocolate cherry cookies
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If you like American-style cookies, you’ll love these pale, chewy delights. Plus, they can be baked from frozen
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Orange, oat & sultana cookies
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Cookies don't have to be a guilty pleasure - these tasty treats from Leiths School of Food and Wine are superhealthy
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Nutty chocolate crunch
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Turn all those nuts, biscuits and chocolate from Christmas into these delicious tiffin bites, great for gifts
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