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Best-ever cake recipes

Time to get busy baking - we’ve trawled the archives to collate our most popular cake recipes....

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Gluten-Free Burnt Butter Honey Almond Joy Cake

For centuries, different cultures have favoured almond desserts…and for good reason. They bring a deliciously tart flavour to the sweetest of treats, like this easy gluten-free honey almond cake.

Beef, Barley and Bacon Pie with Hot Water Pink Peppercorn Pastry

Richly flavoured slow-cooked beef cheeks are baked in a glorious beef and bacon pie with deliciously peppery pastry, perfect for leisurely weekend lunches.

Pear and Ginger Cake

Delicately spiced with ginger, it will surprise you how low in sugar this moreish cake really is. Whip this up for a family gathering and see smiles all round.

Gluten-Free Banana Upside Down Cake

With sticky, gooey, caramelized bananas on top of an incredibly light and moist – and did we mention, gluten-free? – sponge cake, packed with chocolate chips, all that’s left to do is serve with vanilla ice cream and dig in.

Spiced Pumpkin Pie with an Almond and Ginger Crust

This gorgeous Spiced Pumpkin Pie with an Almond and Ginger Crust from Alexx Stuart’s new book Low Tox Life Food tastes as sweet as it looks! It would make the perfect dessert to end a vegetarian dinner feast.

Simple Almond Blender Cake

This easy gluten-free, dairy-free cake recipe is from the new book Low Tox Life Food by Alexx Stuart. It’s a ‘stick it all in a blender’ recipe, so this simple almond blender cake really is no-fuss. The result is a very light and fluffy, almond-meal-based cake for gluten-free and dairy-free peeps. So easy.

Gingersnap Cookies

These brilliant little gingersnap cookies from the new cookbook Festive by Julia Stix are sweetness and spice, forever a winning flavour combination. They make the perfect treat for a crisp day with a cup of tea.

Raspberry and Vanilla Bavarois

This recipe is an extract from Everything I Love to Cook by Neil Perry. This bavarois was on his first dessert menu at Barrenjoey House in Palm Beach, way back in 1982, but this cracker of a summertime dessert is just as relevant today as it was all those years ago.

Chips and Crispy Chickpea Board

Pita chips, crispy chickpeas, harissa-sumac sauce, manouri cheese and black olives make up this moreish Chips and Crispy Chickpea Board.

Blueberry and White Chocolate Chip Scones

You have to be careful when you speak about scones as people fall firmly into Team Jam First or Team Cream First. Whichever team you’re on, this recipe will please everyone.

Individual Apple Pies

These Individual Apple Pies are a classic, super simple way to make an elegant dessert. Change the fruit with the seasons – although apple drizzled with cream is an all-time favourite!

Beetroot and Purple Carrot Muffins

This beetroot and purple carrot muffin recipe is from Bryony and Harry Lancaster’s new cookbook Egg of the Universe. They like to play around with cakes and sweets that involve some vegetable elements, and find purple carrots especially fun to use for their beautiful colour.

Raw Caramel Slice

This raw caramel slice from Bryony and Harry Lancaster’s new cookbook Egg of the Universe has been one of the more popular sweets at their café since the beginning. After playing around with it over the years to get the balance of flavour right it’s nicely rich, but not overly heavy on coconut oil as many raw desserts seem to be.

‘Burnt’ Basque Cheesecakes

Burnt Basque cheesecake is a deserved social media star, with its smooth, creamy interior and bitter, toffee-ish top.

The Best Winter Warming Desserts For Cold Days

These winter-warming desserts are the ultimate comforting collection for when your sweet tooth calls.

Marmite or Vegemite Pull-Apart Bread

In the 1970s or ’80s, Marmite or Vegemite sandwiches were a staple food, often making up morning tea, lunch or afternoon tea.

Vietnamese Coffee Cake

This decadent dessert is infused with coffee to make it even more mouth-watering, and topped with cacao nibs and coffee beans for an extra caffeine kick.

Coffee Rum Babas with Espresso Rum Syrup

A sweet treat with coffee is a match made in heaven, most of us would agree. This coffee-infused version of rum babas is decadently soaked in espresso rum syrup making for a deliciously rich dessert.

New York Cheesecake Filling

In a New York cake of mind? With this simple recipe, you’ll be in cheesecake heaven before you can say “bake sale”.

White Chocolate Baked Cheesecake with White Chocolate Pistachio Shards

You can identify a New York-style cheesecake by its dense, smooth filling made from cream cheese (a New York invention) that’s baked, allowed to set in a cool oven then chilled to rich perfection.

Chocolate Berry Brownie Cheesecake Slice

Chocolate and berries are a match made in heaven in this gorgeous and decadent cheesecake-based dessert.

Vegan Persimmon Cheesecake

Vegan, dairy free and gluten free, this Persimmon Cheesecake will be a crowd pleaser!

Gingerbread Slice

Add some warm and festive flavours to your next bake with this delicious slice.

Raspberry and Almond Slab Cake

This Raspberry and Almond Slab cake is so easy to make and you can substitute with your favourite berries.

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