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    Everyday Cake, Bakes and Dessert Recipes

    Recipes for a selection of large and small cakes, tray-bakes, cookies and biscuits, bread, and hot and cold puddings using everyday ingredients and techniques. All are pretty straightforward to make.

    Try Elderflower & Lemon Cake for a special summer occasion or quick and easy Flapjack for tea in 45 minutes. For dessert try Easy Lemon Cheesecake or Brioche Bread & Butter Pudding.

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    Biscuits and cookies
    Bread/ Scones/ Teabreads
    Celebration Cakes
    Chocolate Cakes and Cookies
    Fairy Cakes/ Buns/ Cupcakes
    Fruit Cakes
    Large Cakes and Traybakes
    Puddings and Desserts
    • Three Triple Cherry Cupcakes on the worktop
      Triple Cherry Cupcakes for Charity Cupcake Days 2026
    • How to marzipan a Christmas Cake - the finished cake ready to be iced.
      How to... Marzipan a Christmas Cake
    • Small Christmas Loaf Cake decorated with marzipan, icing and marzipan stars. Two mugs of tea and a Christmas decorations in the background.
      Easy Christmas Loaf Cake
    • Sherry Trifle decorated with cream and raspberries in a crystal bowl on a dark worktop
      Sherry Trifle
    • Cakes and puddings using apples or pears
      Best Apple and Pear Recipes
    • Half a Coconut Loaf Cake with a slice cut on a grey plate
      Coconut Loaf Cake
    • Stack of 6 Anzac Biscuits on a square white plate
      Anzac Biscuits
    • Ginger Shortbread with ginger fudge icing on a patterned plate.
      Ginger Shortbread
    • Christmas Cake with royal icing, decorated with sugarpaste holly and Christmas puddings
      Royal Icing
    • (The Ultimate) Flapjack
    • 8 different cherry cakes and pictures of cherries
      Easy Cherry Bakes
    • Stack of three Cherry Shortbread biscuits with more in the background
      Cherry Shortbread
    • Jammy Dodgers on a patterned plate
      Jammy Dodgers
    • Fresh Cherry Cake, with a slice removed, on a patterned plate
      Fresh Cherry Cake
    • A glass bowl of Eton Mess
      Eton Mess
    • Stack of apricot oat bars on a wire rack with dried apricots in the background
      Apricot Oat Bars
    • 4 pieces of Christmas Shortbread part coated in white chocolate, on a china plate.
      Christmas Shortbread
    • Bowl of homemade custard with 2 eggs and a jug of milk
      How to make Custard from scratch
    • Christmas Chocolate Tiffin slices on a plate. Biscuit, chocolate and fruit soaked in liqueur as the base, coated with chocolate.
      Christmas Chocolate Tiffin
    • Stained glass biscuits. Angels and Christmas trees with star-shaped windows of orange, red and yellow
      Stained Glass Biscuits
    • Easy Battenberg Cake on a white plate with 2 slices cut, with a cup of tea.
      Easy Battenberg Cake
    • Apricot and Almond Biscotti
    • Selection of cakes and cookies for Easter.
      Best Easter Cakes
    • Wholemeal Fruit Scones on a plate. One spread with butter.
      Wholemeal Fruit Scones
    • Stack of 3 White Chocolate Brownies on a dark worktop
      White Chocolate Brownies
    • Slices of Chocolate Tiffin in a pile with the rest of the cake behind
      Chocolate Tiffin
    • Everyday Chocolate Sponge Cake
    • Squares of Gingerbread Traybake on a grey plate.
      Gingerbread Traybake
    • Two slices of Iced Ginger Cake on a plate with the rest of the cake behind
      Iced Ginger Cake
    • Oranges in Liqueur. Sliced oranges arranged in a shallow glass dish with slivers of orange peel decorating
      Oranges in Liqueur
    • Valentine Jammy Dodgers on a pink plate
      Valentine Jammy Dodgers
    • Strawberry Crumble with a spoon in a blue patterned bowl
      Strawberry Crumble
    • Cherry Cake on a grey plate with part of a slice of cake to the left
      Cherry Cake
    • A plate of Cherry Scones with a teacup in the background on a blue cloth
      Cherry Scones
    • Fruit Bundt Cake on a white plate with a slice on a blue plate. With 3 oranges on a pink table cloth
      Fruit Bundt Cake
    • Easy Strawberry Mousse decorated with strawberry slices, in a glass bowl on a wooden table
      Easy Strawberry Mousse
    • Two slices of Banana Loaf on a white plate with the rest of the cake and 2 bananas in the background
      Banana Loaf
    • A piece of Carrot Cake on a flowered plate
      Carrot Cake with cream cheese frosting
    • Pieces of Polish Cake on a patterned plate
      Polish Cake - no-cook chocolate fridge cake
    • 4 glasses of Easy Chocolate Mousse decorated with cream swirls
      Easy Chocolate Mousse
    • Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies on a slate
      Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • Iced Cherry Cake with a slice cut, on a white plate.
      Iced Cherry Cake

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