John Whaite’s Chocolate chiffon cake with salted caramel butter cream

Give this celebration sponge a showstopping finish by piping spikes of ganache on top and filling with salted caramel butter icing

Raspberry red velvet cake

Puréed fruit imparts much of the colouring in this rosy hued cake, that combines raspberries, cocoa and a good helping of cream cheese frosting

Strawberry-mallow cheesecake

Fruit eases the guilt factor of this pretty-in-pink, ricotta-based cake with a shortbread base and marshmallow topping

Chocca mocca caramel cake

A delight at any time, but especially when strewn with chocolate eggs for Easter

Easy vanilla cake

A moist cake drenched with vanilla syrup. Use as the basis for a range of fabulous celebration cakes

White & dark chocolate cake

For big celebrations this cake is a must, four layers of moist sponge, lashings of chocolate ganache and the crunch of Maltesers

Chocolate fudge cake with angel frosting

The ultimate in indulgence, this chocolate fudge cake looks like a star with American-style frosting and bakes in just one tin

Blackberry & almond meringue cake

Impress your friends and family with this fabulous celebration cake

Honey saffron Christmas cake

Has all the flavours of Christmas without being too heavy and can be made at the last minute too

Tom’s orange & poppyseed cake

Why not turn this cake into a dessert?

Teddy Christening cake

Make an impressive Christening or 1st birthday cake using these simple techniques and our step-by-step photographs

Chocolate & caramel ombre cake

For the ultimate indulgence look no further than Sarah Cook’s four-layered chocolate-caramel extravaganza