Cakes

Who doesn’t love a classic <a href="/recipes/victoria-sponge-cake">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

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>.

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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

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

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

These mini Victoria sponge cakes are absolutely gorgeous! And so easy to make.

Mini Victoria sponge cakes

Our friend Antony Amourdoux has created a delicious twist on a classic Indian recipe. Ras Malai&nbsp;is the ultimate Diwali treat and boasts a consistency similar to cheesecake, but without the crust. Antony has created a wonderfully flavoured Victoria sponge with cardamom and vanilla. He's then topped it with a complementing rasberry chantilly cream.&nbsp;&nbsp;
When making the Ras Malai, it needs to chill in the fridge for 5-6 hours, or better yet, overnight. So make sure you plan the time ahead to make this recipe.

Victoria Ras Malai

Our friends at Billington's have shared this delicious Victoria sponge cake recipe with us. Bursting with flavour, the soft caramel notes of the golden icing and golden caster sugar make this the queen of Victoria sponge cake recipes. Surprise your guests with a slice of this beautiful cake and a nice cup of tea.

Victoria Sponge Cake

This Boston cream pie is a sponge cake that is filled with pastry cream. A chocolate&nbsp;ganache is then poured over the top. This recipe was submitted by one of our members Lydia Sloan.

Boston Cream Pie

This spectacular spiderman cake will be special for comic book fans of all ages. It's made up of a classic sponge cake, buttercream and pre-made sugar paste icing.

Spiderman Cake

Who doesn't love a vanilla cake? We sure do and we guarantee that after trying our easy Vanilla cake recipe no other cake will compare.&nbsp;
3 dreamy layers of vanilla sponge cake, flavoured with Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract, infused with a dreamy vanilla syrup and coated in the fluffiest vanilla bean buttercream. We dare you to resist sneaking a bit before sharing with your family and friends.&nbsp;
Once iced, the cake is a blank canvas for you to let your creativity free; sprinkles, melted chocolate or leave it plain and simple. This cake is sure to be a crowd pleaser.

Easy Vanilla Cake

This royal victoria sponge cake is a recipe fit for a Queen. It combines some of Britain's most love dishes; from a soft vanilla victoria sponge, filled with fresh British strawberries, buttercream infused with the nations favourite drink - tea and topped with an Eton Mess style 'crown' of meringues and berries. A real royal showstopper.

Royal Victoria Sponge

This genoise sponge cake will make&nbsp;a beautiful centre piece&nbsp;for any dinner party&nbsp;and is delightful serve as a celebration cake on a special occasion. This recipe was created by Eric Lanlard and feature in the first series of Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard on Channel 4.

Genoise sponge cake with berries

Meet your new go-to vegan classic vanilla sponge recipe. Created by our friend Juliet Sear from 'Juliet Bakes', this recipe uses flax meal to give a great texture and consistency. The sponge is as light and fluffy as a non-vegan sponge cake. This vanilla sponge cake recipe will work really well for any occasion; Birthday's, Christmas. Watch our video to see how to make the perfect rainbow vegan sprinkles to decorate.

Vegan Vanilla Cake

This Guinness Cake is ideal for father's day baking as Dad is sure to love it! It's rich, moist and utterly delicious. A real winner! The classic Guinness stout flavour is not an overpowering one, just a subtle flavour matched with the sweet and creamy topping. If you're more of a chocolate fan then a chocolate buttercream might be the topping for you, although if you want the classic Guinness dark and light look then stick with the cream cheese topping.

Guinness Cake

This churros cake is something really different and special. It's flavoured with cinnamon and we've used Allinson wholemeal self raising flour to give this cake a great texture which is full of flavour. The buttercream is made using white chocolate and cinnamon. A perfect marriage! 
 
If you loved making this, why not try out our <a data-item-id="1a676eab-18e5-5781-8e8c-372a49617d6c" href="">churro cupcakes</a> next!

Churros Cake

Not a fan of Christman Fruit Cake? This Snowman Celebration Cake recipe is a great alternative and is completely adorable too. Frosty the Snowman is a vanilla sponge cake coated in vanilla buttercream and desiccated coconut. This could be a real&nbsp;showstopper at your festive gatherings this year.&nbsp;

Snowman Celebration Cake

This gin and tonic cake is a deliciously light, soft and tasty lime sponge cake infused with gin and tonic. We've made a delicious lime buttercream to cover the cake. This showstopper cake is perfect with Afternoon Tea.&nbsp;

Gin & Tonic Cake

This amazing recipe for Millionaire Shortbread Cake &nbsp;is sure to impress. The gorgeous combination of toffee caramel and chocolate makes a winning combination. Three tiers of moreish sponge, chocolate buttercream and toffee sauce means this is a great recipe for a celebration.&nbsp;

Millionaire Shortbread Cake

This gorgeous cake simply shouts celebration! Under the pastel frosting you will find a moist vanilla sponge layered with strawberry conserve and more creamy frosting. It is a delicious showstopper that you are going to love to make and serve. This beautiful recipe was developed by Eric Lanlard and features in his Afternoon Tea book.

Strawberry Ombre Cake

A delightful twist on a simple sponge recipe, with the added zing of marmalade.

Layered Marmalade Cake

Made in a classic bundt tin, this coffee cake is the artwork of Edd Kimber. White and dark chocolate are both swirled together to make a very beautiful and very simple cake. This one doesn't need much decoration, it's naked. If you're feeling creative, you can add a simple icing sugar glaze or maybe a drizzle of chocolate for the top if you wish. Treat yourself and put the kettle on with a slice, &nbsp;you deserve it.

Sponge Cakes

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

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