Sultana cake recipes
Discover our top-rated, must-try dried fruit cakes, packed with storecupboard staple sultanas. Try our recipes for fruity tea loaves, Dundee cake, lardy cake and more.
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Tea loaf
Enjoy a classic, fruity tea loaf, packed full of plump tea-infused sultanas and raisins. Slice it into thick wedges and spread with salted butter for a satisfying treat
Dundee cake
A famous traditional Scottish fruitcake with cherries, sultanas and almonds, and a sweet glaze
Sticky sultana pudding
A super-speedy fruit sponge that's cooked in the microwave and ready in just 10 minutes - serve with hot custard or golden syrup
Easy apple fruit cake
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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Get the kids involved in making this fruity bake. Laden with dried fruits, the addition of liquorice-scented fennel seeds makes it taste a bit more grown-up
Lardy cake
This enriched, spiced, sweet bread is layered up with currants, sultanas, apricots and cherries - serve in wedges for a delicious tea time treat
Selkirk Bannock
Serve this Scottish classic with plenty of butter. If you have any leftover, toast it for breakfast or use for a bread & butter pudding
Easter puddings
These cute oven-steamed puds with nutmeg custard are almost like blonde Christmas puddings
Date, banana & rum loaf cake
A deliciously moreish cake with no added fat or sugar – you have to try it to believe it. Plus it's easily made gluten-free
Posh spice cake
A fruit cake for those who like theirs light, spicy, fruity and moist, with a tart cranberry topping
Festive fruit & nut cake
This fabulously moist and nutty Christmas cake is baked with a syrup and nut topping - a bit like a Florentine biscuit
Gingery Christmas cake
A good glug of ginger wine makes this cake a little different from the norm. It's also lighter than its predecessors, so you can have two pieces!
Orlando Murrin's Deluxe Christmas Cake
An 'intergalactically special' Christmas cake enriched with the honey-vanilla-whisky flavours of bourbon - it'll improve with keeping so bake it early
Classic Christmas cake
Bake this festive fruit cake in advance of Christmas and feed it regularly with rum, brandy or whisky to build the flavour and keep it moist
Fruit-filled clementine cake
A beautiful, moist gluten-free cake packed with zingy citrus flavours, wonderful for Christmas
Ginger simnel cake with spring flowers
As well as the topping, the cake has a hidden layer of homemade marzipan mixed with ginger...
Honey saffron Christmas cake
Has all the flavours of Christmas without being too heavy and can be made at the last minute too
Easy Christmas cake
Use your choice of dried fruit, nuts, citrus zest and booze (or even tea) and get this simple Christmas cake made up to six months in advance
