Jewelled fruit, nut & seed cake

If you’re not keen on icing and marzipan, bake a crown of toasted nuts, seeds and juicy cherries onto
your cake instead

Snowman in the garden cake

Surprise the kids with something irresistible, or get them involved – either way, they’ll love this magical cake.

Choc-egg lollies

Young and old will love these glitzy egg-shaped lollipops made from chocolate sponge cake

Fruity sponge cake

Reader Sue McGann devised this delicious low-fat cake recipe

Ginger simnel cake with spring flowers

As well as the topping, the cake has a hidden layer of
homemade marzipan mixed
with ginger…

Elegant berry wreath cake

Simple, smart, but still reassuringly traditional

Soured cream bundt cake with butter glaze

Soured cream makes for a light and moist pretty, ring-shaped cake that’s offset by a creamy, crunchy drizzle

Chocolate birthday cake

We used colourful candles rather than artificial sweets to brighten up this tasty birthday cake

Strawberry cream tea cake

This super-sized scone is perfect to feed a crowd for afternoon tea

Reindeer cupcakes

Kids will love making these cute Christmas cupcakes from Planet Cake

Spotty blueberry & clotted cream cake

Spotty blueberry and clotted cream sponge, the perfect fruity party cake

Chocolate truffle star cake

Glamorous enough to serve as a dessert, this makes a stunning centrepiece. And the bonus is you can make the whole thing ahead and freeze until you need it