Cappuccino cake

If you’ve offered to bake a treat for a stall or your local coffee morning then this cake stall classic is just the thing

Halloween pumpkin cake

Like carrot cake? Then try using up your leftover pumpkin in this clever traybake for Halloween

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