Cakes

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

From breadsticks to brioche, sourdough to pizza dough - we have a medley of bread and dough recipes to see you through from breakfast to dinner.&nbsp; 
 
Love a 'pop in the breadmaker' bake? Or perhaps more of a 'get stuck in and sticky' <a href="/recipes/bacon-and-cheese-loaf">hand baked loaf</a>? Whatever type of baker you are, bread baking apprentice to artisan extraordinaire we have the best bread recipes.

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Making your own bread from scratch is incredibly satisfying. We also have pizza dough recipes, doughnuts and so much more. Try them out today.

Bread Recipes | Easy & Delicious Bread & Dough Recipes

Fill your house with the aroma of freshly baked bread

Bread & Dough

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

Old Favourites & Classic Cakes

Chocolately truffles, creamy fudge, the fluffiest marshmallows, we defy not to become giddy like a child in a sweet shop with these sweet recipes.&nbsp; 
 
From nostalgic sweets, <a href="/recipes/white-chocolate-snowies">snowies</a> and <a href="/recipes/chocolate-nutella-mice">chocolate mice</a> to <a href="/recipes/turkish-delight">Turkish delight</a> and <a href="/recipes/peppermint-creams">Peppermint Creams</a>, the hardest decision will be which one to try first. Pick n Mix to your hearts delight or share the love creating the greatest Willy Wonkeriffic edible gifts for friends and family.

Top view of Rainbow Meringues in a bowl, with Rainbow Meringues scattered around next to a bag of silver spoon caster sugar

The most exciting confectionery and sweets recipes including Turkish delight & chocolate fondant are on Baking Mad. Pick your favourites and make them today

Confectionery Recipes | How to Make Homemade Candy Sweets & Chocolates

Try your hand at making homemade confectionery recipes

Confectionery

Crunch, snap or dunk. However you like to eat your biscuits, we have something for everyone. Our irresistible 5* Millies <a href="/recipes/copycat-chocolate-chip-millie-s-cookies">chocolate chip cookie recipe</a> is a must for all cookie lovers. You call it eating the whole batch, we call it taste testing.&nbsp; 
 
When it comes to biscuit recipes, go simple with <a href="/recipes/shortbread-fingers">shortbread</a> or spice up your life with <a href="/recipes/gingerbread-dough">gingerbread</a>. There's even a <a href="/recipes/dog-biscuits">dog biscuit recipe</a> for your pampered pooches.

Side on view of a stack of vegan and gluten free chocolate chip cookies

Cookies and biscuits can often be confused, but either way, they are delicious and easy to make. We have loads of recipes for you to try out. Happy baking

Cookies And Biscuit Recipes | How to Make Easy Biscuit & Cookies at Home

Fill up your biscuit tin!

Cookies & Biscuits

Mini or mighty, one in a jar, for the best cupcake recipe you needn't look that far.&nbsp;Vanilla, Oreo, Biscoff? Chocoholics, all hail the 5* <a href="/recipes/mary-berry-chocolate-cupcakes">Mary Berry chocolate cupcake recipe</a>.&nbsp;Keep kids busy with <a href="/recipes/chocolate-cake-pops">cake pops</a> and <a href="/recipes/simple-fairy-cakes">fairy cakes</a>. We even have <a href="/recipes/feta-cheese-and-herb-cupcakes">savoury cupcakes</a> to jazz up lunchtime. 
 
Mad about muffins? From blueberry to banana muffin recipes; the tastiest way to sneak in your 5 a day. <a href="/recipes/gluten-free-chocolate-and-cherry-muffins">Gluten free muffins</a>, <a href="/recipes/vegan-blueberry-muffins">vegan muffins</a>, you will be spoilt for choice.

Nutella Cupcakes with glass bottle of milk in the background

Cupcakes and muffins both have a place in our hearts and they’re similar in looks and how they’re baked. Here are our favourite cupcake and muffin recipes.

Cupcakes & Muffin Recipes | Easy Recipes & Best Bakes

Bake a batch & share with friends!

Cupcakes & Muffins

All about the heavenly desserts? Whatever the season or occasion we have dessert ideas from summery meringues, pavlovas to panna cottas. In winter snuggle down with warming and comforting puds, whether it be&nbsp;a humble crumble or creamy rice pudding. 
 
If cheesecake is your kryptonite we suggest you look away now - from <a href="/recipes/new-york-baked-cheesecake">New York Vanilla</a> to <a href="/recipes/toblerone-cheesecake">Toblerone</a>, our selection is guaranteed to leave you weak at the knees.

2 glass jars of eton mess, raspberries, edible flowers and vanilla extract

Desserts come in many shapes and sizes. Baking Mad has a full collection of dessert recipes that you simply have to try. Get them here.

Dessert Recipes | Easy Desserts for Every Occasion

Browse dessert recipes for every occasion

Desserts

Ice cream recipes have never been simpler, no ice cream maker needed! Maple fudge, strawberry ripple, mint choc chip and rum – no need to be so vanilla (although this is also yummy). Serve in an <a href="/recipes/arctic-roll">arctic roll</a>, <a href="/recipes/fruity-knickerbocker-glory">knickerbocker glory</a>, <a href="/recipes/ice-cream-cookie-sandwich">cookie sandwich</a> or an indulgent ice cream cake, guaranteed smiles all round.
It’s not just ice cream recipes; granitas, sorbets, frozen yoghurts and ice lolly recipes. Lots of icy delights, so free up your freezer.

Bowl of ice cream, apple and slices, brown sugar packet

Discover the perfect homemade ice cream & ice lolly recipes with the latest tips, and learn how to make anything from vanilla ice cream to an ice lolly.

Ice Cream & Lollies | Easy Frozen Homemade Treats

There's nothing better than homemade ice cream...

Ice Cream & Lollies

Fluffy <a href="/recipes/buttercream-icing">basic buttercream </a>(or frosting) really is the icing on any cake. Simple to whip up, satisfying to gobble up. Master a buttercream recipe and experiment with flavours, or add cocoa for the best <a href="/recipes/salted-chocolate-buttercream">chocolate buttercream</a>. 
 
From rainbow buttercream, roses or ruffles, we have the piping tips and techniques to grow your decorating skills. More of an icing traditionalist?

Try one of our many icing & buttercream recipes and make something delicious today Learn how to make the perfect icing or buttercream filling for your cake.

Icing & Buttercream Recipes | Simple & Easy Sweet Toppings

From royal icing to fondant icing and flooding, we have it all

Icing & Buttercream

You can’t beat homemade, bursting with fruit and veg. <a href="/recipes/lemon-curd">Lemon curd</a>, <a href="/recipes/orange-and-whisky-marmalade">Orange and Whiskey marmalade</a>, <a href="/recipes/glitter-strawberry-jam-with-champagne">glitter Strawberry jam</a> - your toast has never tasted so good. 
 
Revolutionise your tarts and pies with chutneys, curds, jams and jellies that will have your friends begging for the recipe. It couldn't be simpler with our friendly tutorials, you'll know how to make jam in no time.

Discover jams, marmalade, chutneys & other preserve recipes on Baking Mad. Jams & preserves are a key part of many traditional cuisines all over the world.

Jams & Spreads | Easy Homemade Preserves

Are spreads and preserves your jam?

Jams & Spreads

Traditionally <a href="/recipes/basic-pancakes">thin crepes</a> or thick and fluffy <a href="/recipes/american-pancakes">American Pancakes</a>? Stack with berries, maple and bacon, or fill with spinach and ricotta. 
 
Keto, Vegan or Gluten Free, the humble pancake is flipping fabulous whatever the occasion. For the ultimate batter indulgence, a mountain of waffles drizzled with syrup or a plate of cinnamon Churros dipped in chocolate. Heavenly.&nbsp;

Stack of american pancakes covered in maple syrup and topped with fresh berries

Pancakes aren't just for Shrove Tuesday. From crepe to American style, discover the variety of exciting pancake and pancake batter recipes on Baking Mad.

Pancakes, Crepes & Waffles

Pancakes are for life, not just for Pancake Day

Whether you need a simple shortcrust pastry recipe, fabulous filo or puff perfection, we have something for everyone. Even Vegan potato pastry. 
 
Learn <a href="/baking-tips/how-to-blind-bake-pastry">how to blind bake pastry</a> and once you have mastered the basics, tart it up to your hearts delight. Travel the world from Danish pastries to French Pastries, Austrian Strudels to Greek Spanakopita. Sweet or savoury. Steak pie or apple pie. We have more swirls, rolls and turnovers than a gymnast.

Looking for a easy, tasty pastry recipe? You've come to the right place From Yorkshire puddings to apple pies, discover the many recipes on Baking Mad.

Pastries, Pies & Tart Recipes | Easy Ideas for Best Savoury Bakes

Grab your rolling pins and let’s get baking.

Pastries, Pies & Tarts

How to make scones has never been easier with our foolproof tips and tricks on how to rub together butter and flour. Whether you’re “jam then cream” or vice versa there's something for everyone. 
 
Sweet or savoury. Cheese scones galore. Marmite lovers will go crazy for our <a href="/recipes/cheese-and-marmite-scones">Cheese and Marmite scones</a> - the ultimate taste sensation. Bring your ‘A’ game to afternoon tea with these easy scone recipes. The yummiest fruit scones, calorie conscious, buttermilk and <a href="/recipes/gluten-free-afternoon-scones">gluten free scones</a>.

scone with strawberries and cream on a plate 

Discover our easy scone & shortcake recipes from Baking Mad & find your favourite scone recipe. Learn the secrets of this traditional English treat

Scones & Shortcake Recipes | Baking Mad

Once they’re scone, they’re scone

Scones & Shortcakes

We have the perfect accompaniment to any pud - velvety <a href="/recipes/vanilla-custard">vanilla custard</a>. Or for a touch of nostalgia, a spoonful of feel-good <a href="/recipes/pink-custard">pink custard</a>. 
 
For ultimate indulgence, our <a href="/recipes/salted-caramel-sauce-three-ways">salted caramel sauce</a> is pure heaven. Drizzle on ice cream, or hide inside melt-in-the-middle puds; it’s also tasty eaten secretly by the spoonful. Gift these sweet sauces to your loved ones and you will be guaranteed friends for life.

Find the most delicious sweet sauces recipes on Baking Mad. Whether you're looking to make bread, caramel or cranberry sauce, you can try one here today

Sauces & Condiments | Simple Homemade Sauce Recipes

Feeling Saucy?

Sweet Sauces

Can we tempt you with a traybake? Breath-taking brownies, blissful blondies, fabulous flapjacks. Maybe our millionaires shortbread recipe? Crunchy biscuit base, velvety caramel and sweet chocolate to finish. 
 
Is your mouth watering yet? Traybakes are a cinch with kids - like our ‘anything goes’ <a href="/recipes/biscoff-rocky-road">Rocky Road recipes</a>, simple to make and scrumptious to snuffle. You're in the right place for the yummiest traybake recipes.

Salted Caramel Cookie Traybake pieces stacked on top of each other with a hand reaching for the top piece. A bottle of milk in the background and jar of caramel sauce in the foreground

Traybakes are a delicious collection of baked cakes, slices and squares that are baked in a tray and then sliced up into portions. Find your traybake match here.

Traybake Recipes | Easy Flapjacks & Best Brownies

Deliciously simple traybake recipes

Traybakes

Fruit cake, sponge cake or a single cupcake, we have the birthday cake recipes to make the day special. Kids will love our fun cakes from unicorns, castles and barbies to rainbow showstoppers. 
 
Heavenly <a href="/recipes/best-chocolate-cake">chocolate cake</a> and <a href="/recipes/boozy-margarita-cake">boozy bakes</a> for the adults. Even <a href="/recipes/number-cake">number cakes</a> for those who don’t mind their age. Make the birthday with nibbles galore. Scotch egg or sausage roll anyone?

Looking to bake the perfect birthday cake for family or friends? Explore Baking Mad's wide selection of birthday cake recipes to get inspiration

Birthday Cakes & Bakes | Baking Mad

Whether you're 1 or 100 we all deserve a birthday cake on our big day

Birthday Recipes

Recipes

Tips & Tricks

This homemade malt loaf is gorgeous and absolutely&nbsp;perfect for a tea time treat.

Homemade Malt Loaf

This blueberry and lemon loaf is a taste sensation. The sharpness of the blueberries and lemon pulls through to the sponge and is perfect for those who prefer a treat that's not too sweet.&nbsp;

Blueberry & Lemon Loaf

If you're looking for an easy banana bread recipe then look no further. Banana loaf&nbsp;is such a great way of using over ripe bananas, the fruit adds moisture and sweetness to your bake.&nbsp; This recipe can be frozen once baked. Just slice beforehand so you can defrost a slice at a time.&nbsp; If love the warming undertones of spice in your loaf, try replacing a tbsp of flour for ginger. It's a gamechanger!&nbsp; Love a loaf? Try out <a data-item-id="9afd5568-956c-54e2-9ef1-e8e4bcdd969c" href="">lemon loaf cake</a> recipe next.&nbsp;

Easy Banana Bread

Swirled and whirled with vanilla and chocolate sponge this marble cake is quick and easy to make, but looks super impressive when cutting in for a slice.&nbsp;

Marble cake

This coconut lime &amp; chocolate loaf is delicious. It's light and not too sweet, perfect for those of you who prefer a treat which doesn't leave you feeling like you've overindulged afterwards.&nbsp;

Coconut Lime & Chocolate Loaf

Our friends at Proper Nutty have shared this wonderful peanut butter banana bread recipe with us.&nbsp;This is a great way to use up any over-ripe bananas. A slice (or two!) of this loaf is delicious with a cup of tea or coffee or as a treat added to lunchboxes.

Peanut Butter Banana Bread

The wholemeal flour in this apple crumble cake gives a wonderful nutty flavour, delicious served drizzled with toffee sauce and a cup of tea!

Apple Crumble Loaf Cake

Banana bread is a great solution to use up those leftover bananas. It also tastes delicious too, especially when combined with chocolate. This recipe is gluten free and suitable for vegans which is an added bonus.&nbsp;

Gluten Free Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread

Guaranteed to bring the festive feels this cranberry cake is where it is at. The ideal, alternative Chrimbo cake for those of you that aren’t fans. This cake has bursts of flavour from both fresh and dried cranberries, hints of warming nutmeg and nuttiness from the ground almonds included. Baked in a loaf tin, the design is simple but the taste is spectacular. A sprinkling of icing sugar is all you need to complete the look, however for extra ‘je ne sais quoi’ a refreshing orange drizzle combo of orange extract, water and icing sugar would work a treat.&nbsp;

Cranberry Cake

A slice of this yummy reduced calorie malt loaf will go down nicely with a hot cup of tea or coffee, so pop your feet up and relax.&nbsp;

Malt Loaf

Have a go at baking this lovely romantic loaf cake, which has a surprise centre when cut - perfect for a valentine’s gift!

Hidden Heart Cake

This vegan banana bread recipe is really easy to make. The vegan banana bread is a really great consistency and contains pecans which add a great bite. Juliet Sear has developed this recipe for us and she and her vegan daughter Ruby have perfected the recipe and given this the thumbs up.&nbsp;

Vegan Banana Bread

This orange and raspberries loaf is delicious. Orange and raspberries is a pairing you don't come across to frequently, but when you do, you wonder why you had't baked anything with these ingredients together before.&nbsp;

Orange & Raspberry Loaf

This banana and peach loaf is really tasty. The bananas in the recipe keep the sponge really moist. The peach flavours the loaf really delicately. Treat your self to a slice with your next cup of tea.&nbsp;

Banana & Peaches Loaf

This tea loaf keeps for up to one week in an air tight container. Perfect for an afternoon snack or relaxing with a cup of tea. Demerara sugar adds wonderful texture to the topping of this cake.

Cinnamon and raisin tea loaf

The recipe was brought to us by Becky Excell. Becky is a gluten free food and travel blogger who has been creating delicious recipes since she stopped eating gluten over ten years ago. "It’s not until you can’t eat gluten that you realise it’s in everything". So she started creating all the recipes she really missed enjoying. Here is one she has created especially for Baking Mad. This loaf has got the perfect light texture whilst also being moist - the icing tops off the cake, taking it to the next level of chocolatey.
If you prefer the icing can be made in a stand mixer.

Gluten Free Malted Chocolate Cake

This cake is brought to us by the inspiring cook and 2012 winner of MasterChef, Shelina Permalloo. It's a homemade cinnamon cake recipe inspired by Mauritius cinnamon flavours which is where Shelina's parents are from. It's lusciously moist gluten and dairy free cake and uses Billington's unrefined sugar for an extra delicious depth of flavour. It takes 20 minutes to prep and about 20 minutes to scoff. 
 
If you're a cinnamon lover, try out our <a data-item-id="f0ee3a62-81d8-5095-a085-61933502fee5" href="">cinnamon spice tear and share bread</a> recipe next.

Almond & Cinnamon Cake

This classic banana bread is made using gluten free teff blend which is full pf texture and a great alternative to standard flours for creating bakes such as this banana bread. This recipe&nbsp;doesn't contain any eggs or dairy either. &nbsp;This recipe is a timeless classic and perfect for any time of year and any time of day! Store in a container at room temperature and eat within 3 days.&nbsp;

Gluten Free Banana Bread

This ginger loaf cake is packed with flavour and heat. The Billington's unrefined sugar adds a depth of flavour unparallel which compliments the other ingredients perfectly. Perfect with a cup of tea! 
 
The addition of black treacle adds a real depth of flavour and creates the cake’s gorgeous sticky exterior. If you’ve never made a ginger cake before, you’ve got to give it a go! 
 
If you loved our ginger loaf cake, we think you'll enjoy our <a data-item-id="663c3c47-1fa6-57d2-bbc2-fa6524bc7555" href="">gingerbread cinnamon cupcakes</a>.

Ginger Loaf Cake

This honey and stem ginger cake is a lovely light sponge. It's dressed with a light whipped mascarpone, roasted figs and pistachios. We've used honey in this recipe as it lends itself well to the bake. It adds a sweetness without the need for refined sugar and helps retain a really nice moisture to the sponge.&nbsp; The topping for the cake is a great idea for a dessert. If you'd like to serve this after a family meal, head here for the recipe.&nbsp;

Loaf Cakes

No fuss loaf cakes

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