There are lots of ways to make a cake; dress it up with decorations or celebrate its full naked glory. A ‘drop of vanilla’ birthday cake, "one more slice" banana bread or decadent chocolate cake recipes. Rolled. Stacked. Filled. You bake the rules. 
 
For beginners, the classic <a href="/recipes/lemon-drizzle-cake">Lemon Drizzle cake</a> is the perfect crowd-pleaser. Or for more experimental bakers, stack the tiers high and fill the cakes with hidden surprises. When cake is life, not just for birthdays, we say let’s get baking.

Cookie, Oreo & Brownie Layered Cake with a slice cut out of it. 

Baking a cake is a fine art, but one that can be mastered by many. Browse through our cake recipes and find the perfect one for you.

Cake Recipes | Easy Cake Ideas

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The humble Victoria Sponge. It’s likely to have been one of the first bakes that you ever made but always a favourite recipe that you return to time and time again. Our quick and easy classic Victoria Sponge cake recipe is exactly that. A classic everyday recipe, with soft sponge sandwiched with fruity jam and a light and fluffy homemade buttercream.
Named after Queen Victoria, this nostalgic British bake is perfect for every occasion; simply dusted with Silver Spoon icing sugar for an afternoon tea or a rainy day bake, or perhaps coated in buttercream or fondant icing as a birthday cake or wedding cake.

Victoria Sponge Recipe

This moist, rich cake is perfect for all special occasion, it is delicious on its own or covered with marzipan and sugar paste or royal&nbsp;icing.

Rich Fruit Celebration Cake

Our chocolate rice crispy cakes are a fun, easy and delicious bake, ideal for getting the whole family stuck in.
<h3>How to make sure your rice crispy cakes stick together</h3>
If your chocolate rice crispy cakes aren’t sticking together, you may be using too much chocolate in your mixture, or not allowing them enough time to cool. Try using a little less chocolate and see if this helps, as well as leaving them in the fridge to completely cool.
<h3>How to make firm rice crispy cakes</h3>
If your chocolate rice crispy cakes are turning soft and chewy, this may be due to incorrect storage. If they're exposed to air, they can lose their crispiness and turn chewy. You should keep them in an airtight container.
<h3>Reasons to make our rice crispy cakes:</h3>
⭐Oven-free recipe
⭐Perfect for smaller kids who’d like to get involved
⭐Uses just five ingredients

Rice Crispy Cakes Recipe

There’s something special about Baking Mad’s almond cake recipe that guarantees a delicious moist and extremely moreish afternoon treat.

Almond cake

Originating from Galicia in North-Western Spain during the time of medieval pilgrimage, this tart is traditionally decorated with the St James cross. With its wonderfully moist almond and citrus flavours, this torte makes a perfect dessert or partner to an afternoon café con leche (milky coffee). This recipe was taken from World's best cakes&nbsp;by Roger Pizey, published by&nbsp;Jacqui Small.

Tarta de Santiago

This lovely citrusy cake is packed with blueberries and makes a lovely cake for afternoon tea, or can even be served warm with cream for dessert. Vary the flavours and add raspberries if liked.

Lemon and blueberry drizzle cake

Just imagine the delight on your guests face when you take your first slice into this delicious chocolate cake, bursting with smarties - or whatever you fancy stuffing inside! Reece's pieces? M&amp;M's? Skittles? You can make this Chocolate Surprise Cake exactly how you like it!

Chocolate Surprise Cake

This cake contains a classic combination&nbsp;of cherries and almonds and is an ideal cake to serve at an afternoon tea.

Cherry & Almond Cake

Weddings can be expensive business so why not challenge yourself to bake and decorate your own beautiful personalised showstopper. The beauty of this cake is that the sponges can be baked and frozen up to 3 months in advance, simple allow 24 hours to defrost and before adding the marzipan and icing.

Three tier sponge wedding cake

Looking for a tasty and versatile sponge recipe? This madeira cake recipe is the one for you. The ideal type of sponge for tiered cakes, as the sponge is strong enough to keep the cake sturdy when stacked.&nbsp;
Decorate with fondant for a birthday celebration or special occasion or alternatively enjoy plain with a cup of tea.
Click through our photos for step by step images on how to decorate.&nbsp;

Madeira cake

Sticky, sweet and perfect with a slather of butter, our malt loaf is absolutely&nbsp;perfect for a tea time treat. It's also a great pre-workout snack, and can be popped into tupperware for an easy packed lunch.
Malt's known for its energising properties, and it's a source of B vitamins, including thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin B6.&nbsp;

Malt loaf

Everything is better when it's mini, and these Mini Victoria Sponge Cakes are no different. Fluffy, light and the perfect bite size, these mini cakes a perfect for Afternoon Tea, or simply whisking up as a weekend treat with a cuppa.&nbsp;

Mini Victoria Sponge Cakes

There really is no such thing as too much chocolate at Easter and this cake celebrates EVERYTHING we love about the chocolate season. Soft chocolatey sponge, silky white choc ganache filling, velvety milk chocolate ganache topping, a trimming of kitkats and an abundance of mini eggs for decorations. There is a reason why the Easter bunny has face planted this 5* cake. 
 
Plan ahead and bake this cake in advance. The sponge freezes like a dream for up to 3 months un-iced. Once baked consume within 3 days (as if it will still be around after 24 hours) 
 
If you're looking for more Easter recipes, try out our <a data-item-id="e3cdc3af-e45f-560e-893f-bd08d8ca7a9f" href="">hot cross buns</a> or <a data-item-id="e1042adc-b574-5901-9ea5-3394b8b28c5d" href="">carrot cake</a>.

Ultimate Easter Chocolate Cake

This is the perfect mini cake recipe for Christmas. These mini Christmas cakes might be small, but they packed full of the rich, fruity flavour you'd expect from a <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/classic-christmas-cake">classic christmas cake</a> recipe. Let's be honest, it can often be hard to finish a whole classic Christmas cake, so these mini twists on the classic version are the perfect solution. These simple mini cakes are wonderfully rich thanks to Billington's Light Muscovado Sugar which gives subtle hints of warm honey and creamy fudgy flavour, making it one of the finest light brown sugars in the world, and exactly what your Christmas baking deserves this festive season.&nbsp;Give our mini Christmas cake recipe a try!
How to decorate my Christmas Cake? 
Golden in colour, these mini cakes are delicately covered with a thin marzipan layer, brushed with sweet and sticky apricot jam and tidied up with a final layer of white fondant icing leaving your Classic Mini Christmas Cakes ready to decorate however you'd like. The key to ensuring your Christmas Cake is smooth and uniform in shape is using an icing smoother (which you can pick up at most baking stores online), as well as ensuring your apricot jam is applied smoothly without any chunks of fruit. This way you'll create the perfect white canvas to decorate your Christmas Cakes as beautifully as possible. Why not pop a ribbon on your cakes to give them the final 'wow' factor? This is also a nice hack for covering up any untidy edges to your white fondant icing. We used red and green ribbon tied with a bow to give our Mini Christmas Cakes an extra festive finishing touch.&nbsp;
Making a Christmas Cake from scratch is one of the most magical moments of home baking at Christmas. Filling your home with the wonderful scent of spiced fruit and ginger, and gifting these to a friend or loved one is why we love baking at Christmas. If you're looking for baking ideas this <a data-item-id="08cd3511-5b87-5fca-9678-088061240e51" href="">Christmas</a> we have a huge selection of baker-approved recipes; from centrepiece showstoppers to quick &amp; easy baking ideas for the kids this festive season.&nbsp;
If you're baking these Mini Christmas Cakes as a gift for someone, we have plenty more edible gifting ideas to tempt you with; from our simple <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/mini-pannetones">mini pannetones</a>, to our <a data-item-id="04891ab1-069c-54b9-83a4-e02b16b3fd48" href="">Christmas Pudding Cake Balls.</a>
<h3>Variations</h3>
<h4><a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/classic-christmas-cake">Classic Christmas Cake</a></h4>
<h4><a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/easy-christmas-cake">Easy Christmas cake</a></h4>
<h4><a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/last-minute-christmas-cake">Last Minute Christmas Cake</a></h4>
<h4><a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/christmas-cake-with-a-twist">Christmas Cake With a Twist</a></h4>
<h4><a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/christmas-cake-parcels">Christmas cake parcels</a></h4>

Mini Christmas Cake Recipe

This delicious lemon drizzle cake is the perfect addition to an afternoon tea spread or simply with a hot cuppa on a cold drizzly day. For the ultimate fluffy sponge, we love using <a data-item-id="26f69d22-47f1-4480-bec7-79187446ab4c" href="">Silver Spoon</a> Caster sugar for a 'perfect every time' cake which is perfect in any cake recipe for light, sweet and deliciously morish sponge.&nbsp;
This zesty, fresh lemon drizzle is everything we love about a simple Lemon Drizzle Cake, from freshly squeezed lemon juice to finely grated lemon zest, this will soon beyour new go-to loaf. Super easy to make and even easier to serve up put a smile on someone's face. Add more or less lemon depending on how tarte you like your lemon drizzle cake, or add lime too for an extra zesty twist to this classic lemon drizzle loaf.&nbsp;

Easy Lemon Drizzle Cake

The simple, stripped-back naked vanilla celebration cake allows the taste to really do the talking and the velvety Nielsen-Massey vanilla buttercream says it all. Sleek and stylish. Sweet and moreish. This cake works on so many levels; ideal for bakers less confident in cake decorating or tasters who aren’t that fond of fondant.

Naked Vanilla Celebration Cake

One taste of this decadent chocolate cake and you're sure to have found a firm favourite. Dark and rich in appearance, and even richer in taste with the delicious caramel undertones that using Billington's sugar brings to chocolate bakes. Made in 8 simple steps, this easy chocolate cake is a classic recipe to enjoy with all the family - after all, who doesn't love a generous helping of chocolate cake?
Make it mini? - To make smaller versions follow these instructions.
- Bake the cake in a 30x20cm tin for 45-50 minutes at 160°C fan. 
- Use a 8cm round cutter to stamp out the cakes (this will make 6-8 mini cakes in total) 
- Cut each mini cake horizontally to make two layers, then sandwich together with the buttercream and decorate with grated chocolate and a fresh raspberry
TIP: use the leftover cake crumbs to make cake pops/cake truffles.

Classic Chocolate Cake

Our friend Lily Vanilli has shared with us this fabulously tasty Gluten Free Carrot Courgette Cake recipe. Brimming with flavour, this vegetable gluten free cake packs a punch when it comes to flavour and texture!

Gluten Free Carrot Courgette Cake

This cake will last for 3 - 4 days in an airtight container. Paper liners are a really convenient way to line a tin, and saves time when baking a cake. They are available from the most popular tin sizes.

Lemon Drizzle Cake

There's cake then there is the Nielsen Massey&nbsp;Ultimate Vanilla Celebration&nbsp;Cake. A classic 4 layer Vanilla sponge cake, infused with a Vanilla syrup to make it extra moist, filled and covered with an indulgent Vanilla Bean buttercream. The pièce de résistance are the <a data-item-id="d4674f69-97e5-5a63-a5e9-ec22eae39bc0" href="">Rose Water Meringue Kisses</a> and <a data-item-id="2e8bf232-3c9a-5452-82aa-6ebf654124cc" href="">Macaron</a> decorations. Whilst this cake looks like a real showstopper it actually isn't as complicated as you would think (but your guests don't need to know that!)&nbsp;

Ultimate Vanilla Celebration Cake

We defy you not to crumble at the taste of our <a href="/recipes/blueberry-and-hazelnut-crumble-cake">blueberry &amp; hazelnu</a>t and John Whaite’s <a href="/recipes/cherry-and-amaretti-crumble-cake">cherry &amp; amaretti crumble</a> cakes. Pineapple, Clementine and Cardamom; our upside-down fruity cakes will turn your baking world on its head. 
 
Classic fruity combos from toffee apple to rhubarb and custard there is sure to be a cake with fruit that tickles your taste buds

mini orange sponge cakes with glace icing on top 

From pineapple upside down cake to raspberry madeleines, discover the tastiest ways to load up your cakes with fruit at Baking Mad.

Fruit Based Cake Recipes

Our collection of yummy cakes with fruit

Fruit Based Cake

Carrot Cake. Soft, squidgy and packed full of fresh carrots, warming spices, juicy raisins, nuts perhaps – you decide. We have every possible way to serve your cake; round cake, loaf cake, swiss roll or tray bake. 
 
Keep it classic with <a href="/recipes/mary-berry-carrot-cake">Mary Berry’s carrot cake</a> recipe or add an extra burst of flavour with our carrot cake topped with vanilla bean icing. Coeliac’s are sure to love our <a href="/recipes/gluten-free-carrot-courgette-cake">gluten free carrot courgette cake</a>. The perfect slice of yum to enjoy with a cuppa.

Carrot cake with icing on cake stand and cake slice on plate. Limes in the background

Carrot cake doesn't get much tastier than this Our carrot cake recipes are designed to set your tastebuds in motion. Try one today

Carrot Cake Recipes

Our very best carrot cake recipes

Carrot Cakes

Big birthday? From <a href="/recipes/simple-chocolate-birthday-cake">simple chocolate birthday cakes</a> to the <a href="/recipes/ultimate-birthday-cake">ultimate birthday cake</a>, we’ve got you covered. Baby shower or christening? Our beautiful celebration cakes will have guests cooing over the cake as much as the baby. 
 
Easter, Valentines, Weddings – whatever the occasion let there be cake. After all, a party without a cake is just a meeting.

Percy Pig Marble Cake decorated with pink buttercream and percy pig sweets, next to a bag of Silver Spoon caster sugar

It's time to celebrate! Bake a delicious celebration cake with Baking Mad - whether it's for a birthday, anniversary, party or wedding.

Celebration Cake Recipes | Birthday Cake Recipes

Get the party started with our celebration cake recipes

Celebration Cakes

Simple chocolate cake, vegan, gluten-free, topped with sweets, filled with treats, mug cake - we have a recipe for all. Chocolate krispie cakes and rocky road are perfect recipes when baking with kids; be prepared for lots of messy fingers and chocolatey smiles. 
 
Black forest gateau, chocolate roulade, <a href="/recipes/chocolate-simnel-cake">chocolate Simnel cake</a> or yule log, our recipes are guaranteed to make any celebration taste extra special.

Classic Chocolate Cake on a cake stand with a slice being taken out of it held by a knife. Next to a jar of cocoa powder

Chocolate cake might be one of the world’s most fond indulgences, and with so many different varieties available, there is one for every mood.

Chocolate Cake Recipes | Best Chocolate Cakes

Is there anything greater than a slab of chocolate cake?

Chocolate Cakes

Along with stockings, chestnuts roasting on an open fire and comfy PJs, Christmas cakes are an integral part of the holiday season. If you’re looking to surprise your family and friends with traditional Christmas bakes, you’re in the right place. Looking for something a bit different? We’ve also included plenty of options for bakers who want to wow with unique Christmas bakes.
Don’t forget to top your cake with our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/penguin-family-christmas-cake-decorations">Penguin Family Christmas Cake Decorations</a> for extra Christmas cheer - and here’s a handy guide on <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/baking-tips/how-to-feed-a-christmas-cake">how to feed your Christmas cake</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Christmas cake dusted with icing sugar and wrapped with red ribbon

‘Tis the season to get baking with our fab selection of Christmas cakes. From Biscoff yule log to last-minute festive bakes, here’s our pick of the best.

Christmas Cakes and Festive Cakes Recipes

Delicious festive bakes for Christmas time

Christmas Cakes

Mocha, cappuccino, espresso; our favourite way to enjoy any coffee is with a slice of cake. Keep it classic with <a href="/recipes/coffee-and-walnut-cake">coffee and walnut</a>, simple with a <a href="/recipes/cappuccino-traybake">cappuccino traybake</a> or style it up with a <a href="/recipes/mocha-marble-bundt-cake">mocha marble bundt cake</a> that will wow your friends at your next catch up. 
 
Getting your coffee to go will be a thing of the past, so take it slow with a slice of these coffee cakes and a hot cup of joe.

Flay lay view of Gluten Free Vegan Coffee Cake with slices cut out, and lay on a plate ready to serve with a fork

Coffee and cake are a perfect pairing. Try out one of our easy to bake coffee cake recipes to see what all the fuss is about.

Easy Coffee Cake Recipes

Coffee lovers, this collection of coffee cake recipes for you

Coffee Cakes

You will love our traybakes and loaf cakes, the ideal style of cake to coat in deliciously sweet and sticky drizzle. Lemon Drizzle is the nation’s favourite cake. From the <a href="/recipes/zesty-lemon-drizzle-cake">zesty classic version</a> to one with a twist like our <a href="/recipes/lemon-and-blueberry-drizzle-cake">lemon and blueberry drizzle cake</a>, we have 5* recipes. 
 
Or try something different with our <a href="/recipes/gingerbread-with-orange-drizzle">gingerbread traybake with orange drizzle</a>, one slice won’t be enough.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Slices of lemon drizzle cake topped with a sprinkle of lemon zest

Why not finish your cakes with a fruity drizzle? Explore Baking Mad's drizzle cake recipes and make some of the most delicious cakes you've ever tasted.

Drizzle Cakes Recipes

Get your bake on with these drizzle cakes

Drizzle Cakes

If you're planning on making a showstopping Easter cake as your centrepiece, here's a great selection of our favourite Easter cakes. From delicious <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/ultimate-easter-chocolate-cake">Easter chocolate cake</a> with chocolate finger biscuits and mini chocolate eggs to traditional <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/simnel-cake">Simnel Cake</a> and <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/easter-lemon-cake">Easter Lemon Cake</a>, we've got something for everyone.&nbsp;
Make teatime a special treat and serve a generous slice with a cup of tea to round off your Easter lunch.&nbsp;

Cake on cooling rack next to bottle of vanilla and bag of sugar 

Get inspired for Easter! If you're planning on making a showstopping Easter cake as your centrepiece, here's a great selection of our favourite Easter cakes.

Easter Cakes Recipes and Easter Cake Ideas

Easter cake recipes for all the family

Easter cakes

Gluten-free, Vegan, Calorie Conscious, we have fruit cake recipes for everyone. From mini Christmas cakes to a three tier <a href="/recipes/three-tier-fruit-wedding-cake">wedding cake</a>. Fancy a slice of tea bread or fruity loaf cake smothered in butter with your cuppa? 
 
Billington’s <a href="/recipes/easy-christmas-cake">Christmas cake</a> recipe is easy, rich and delicious. Decorate with a sprinkle of icing sugar or white royal icing. Nut free bakers, give Eric Lanlard’s Light Fruit Cake a whirl and marzipan fans will love our traditional <a href="/recipes/simnel-cake">Easter Simnel Cake</a>.

Billington's light and dark muscovado sugar next to a loaf of Irish Tea Brack sliced on a serving board

Fruit cakes are a real winner, particularly at Christmas. Check out the selection of recipes at Baking Mad and bake one of the tastiest fruit cakes around.

Fruit Cake Recipes

The finest fruit cake recipes

Fruit Cakes

Close up of Biscoff & Caramac Cake Jar, with a bottle of Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract in the background

Cake Jars Recipes

Everything you love, layered up into a jar. 
Yummy, right?

Cake Jars

No time spent prepping with our simple hack of scrunching a sheet of greaseproof and sticking to the buttery sides of your tin. Game changer. Our next level <a href="/recipes/malted-chocolate-cake">chocolate loaf cake</a> will have friends begging for the recipe and it's gluten-free too. 
 
Homemade Malt loaf, punchy <a href="/recipes/ginger-loaf-cake">Ginger Cake</a> or deliciously <a href="/recipes/easy-banana-bread">easy Banana Bread</a> recipe – a slice of any of these is guaranteed to improve your tea break.

Work up an appetite for afternoon tea with our delicious loaf cake recipes. Try a classic lemon loaf, marble cake or our calorie-conscious banana bread

Loaf Cake Recipes

No fuss loaf cakes

Loaf Cakes

Top view of Birthday Cake Mug Cake with sprinkles on top, next to a bottle of Nielsen-Massey Vanilla extract

Bake a cake quickly and easily in a mug with a range of recipes that specialise in keeping your cake small and mighty. Try something new at Baking Mad

Mug Cake Recipes

The yummiest, gooiest mug cakes. Made in minutes.

Mug Cakes

Light, spongy and filled with delicious jam, cream or icing, our roll cake recipes are easy to bake. Try one today with help from Baking Mad

Rolls & Roulades Recipes

Rolls & Roulades

Who doesn’t love a classic <a href="/recipes/victoria-sponge">Victoria sponge cake</a>? The staple sponge cake recipe. Fancy something a bit different? Infused with tea, gluten free sponge, calorie conscious, even <a href="/recipes/mini-victoria-sponge-cakes">mini sponge cakes</a>. You're going to want to try our <a href="/recipes/honey-sponge-cake">honey sponge cake</a> too. 
 
Go wild with the decoration. Ombre icing, piped swirls, chocolate curls, fresh fruit and sprinkles. Stack it high for a homemade <a href="/recipes/three-tier-sponge-wedding-cake">tiered wedding cake</a>. Delight at Diwali, excite at Easter, there is a cake for every occasion.

From a classic victoria sponge to a swiss role, bake something light a fluffy with the best sponge cakes recipes. Our delicious recipes are easy to follow

Sponge Cake Recipes

There really is a sponge cake for every occasion...


Sponge Cakes

They're a great way to use leftovers and adds an awesome flavour too. Whether you love your veg or sneaking in your families 5 a day, we're sure that you'll find the cake for you. 
 
From the perfect Parsnip partnerships; ginger and orange, to courgette combos; lemon and rosemary. It wouldn’t be a vegetable cake collection without <a href="/recipes/categories/cakes/carrot-cakes">carrot cakes</a>. Gluten free, round, loaf, roll or <a href="/recipes/mary-berry-carrot-cake">Mary Berry</a> - smiles are guaranteed.

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What's the best way to get veggies into your diet? By baking them into a cake, of course. Check out our tasty vegetable cake recipes and get inspired.