Cake Recipes
Master the art of the sponge cake and you're away! Delia offers masses of wonderful cakes from easy, quick and cheap options right up to celebration cakes with a difference and none of them too difficult to make either!
Serves 8All-in-one Walnut Sponge with Coffee Cream
Coffee and walnut cake: what could be more tempting than a slice of this gorgeous teatime treat?
Makes 24Chocolate Cupcakes
Absolutely no fear whatsoever attached to making these fab but easy home-made cakes. No creaming or curdling and the mashed potato makes them wonderfully moist. We’ve also tested this as one large cake, so if you need a new celebration cake, this is it.
Serves 8Banana and Walnut Loaf
This is a lovely, moist cake that keeps well and is perfect for picnics or packed lunches. In the summer it's brilliant served cut in thick slices and spread with clotted cream.
Makes 8-10 squaresChildren's Cake
This pretty cake is simple and will go down a treat with all who eat it: the combination of soft sponge and icing is truly irresistible and children will ,love choosing their own decorations!
Serves 8Amaretti Chocolate Cake
Extremely rich and packed with wonderful almondy amaretti flavours, this grown-up cake can just as well be served as a dinner-party dessert, with or without cream.
Apricot Crumble Cake
Sponge base, fruit filling and crumble topping: this scrummy dessert doesn't know if it's a cake or a flan, but either way it keeps really well and is a good recipe to have up your sleeve.
Serves 6Apricot Hazelnut Meringue Cake
This lovely, cheap-to-make cakes looks really impressive and will be a huge hit with meringue fans! The ground hazelnuts add extra flavour and nuttiness. Great with a cup of tea…
Serves 8-10Chocolate and Hazelnut Brownie Cake
Delia describes this rich dessert as a 'chewy, chocolately, nutty mixture'. It sounds divine and just the thing to serve to chocoholics at a dinner party!
Serves 8Chocolate Beer Cake
The quintessential chocolate cake, made with stout for added flavour and richness, with thick chocolate icing on top. Goes down a treat with a cuppa…
All-in-one Sponge Cake with Raspberry and Mascarpone Cream
As the title says, this cake is just made in one bowl to the time-honoured all-in-one creaming method. Add fresh raspberries and mascarpone cream for a really summery treat!
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