Cake Recipes

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.

The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch the first lesson in our cookery school term where Delia shows you how to make a classic sponge cake. Just click the image to play.

A picture of Delia's A Classic Sponge Cake (with Passion-fruit Filling) recipe

Classic Sponge Cake

This sponge cake could also be made in a 7 inch (18 cm) tin (just use two eggs and 4 oz/115 g each of flour...

This sponge cake could also be made in a 7 inch (18 cm) tin (just use two eggs and 4 oz/115 g each of flour, sugar and butter). It can then be filled with jam and ...

30 minutes - 35 minutes

A picture of Delia's All-in-one Sponge Cake with Raspberry and Mascarpone Cream recipe

All-in-one Sponge Cake

This sponge cake uses Delia's all-in-one method. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to make othe...

This sponge cake uses Delia's all-in-one method. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to make other sponge cakes, just click the image to play

30 minutes - 35 minutes

A picture of Delia's Apricot, Apple and Pecan Loaf recipe

Apricot, Apple and Pecan Loaf

Everyone loves this cake, which is rather special, full of good wholesome ingredients and so easy to make. ...

Everyone loves this cake, which is rather special, full of good wholesome ingredients and so easy to make. To ring the changes you could use soft prunes and walnuts...

15 minutes - 30 minutes

A picture of Delia's Austrian Coffee and Walnut Cake with Coffee Cream recipe

Austrian Coffee and Walnut Cake

This is unashamedly rich and luscious. Firstly, coffee and walnuts have a great affinity; secondly, so d...

This is unashamedly rich and luscious. Firstly, coffee and walnuts have a great affinity; secondly, so do coffee and creaminess; and thirdly, because the cake is so...

A picture of Delia's Baked Vanilla Cheesecake with Caramel Sauce recipe

Baked Vanilla Cheesecake

I have made many cheesecakes over the years but this one is my current favourite. Part of its charm is t...

I have made many cheesecakes over the years but this one is my current favourite. Part of its charm is that it’s a little bit wobbly at the end of the cooking time ...

A picture of Delia's Banana and Walnut Loaf recipe

Banana and Walnut Loaf

If I had a pound for every... goes the old cliche. So here it goes again. If only I had a po...

If I had a pound for every... goes the old cliche. So here it goes again. If only I had a pound for everyone who has praised this cake, rich pickings!&n...

1 hour 10 minutes

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Bara Brith

There are several different versions of this Welsh 'speckled bread'. Many of them don't contain yeast; b...

There are several different versions of this Welsh 'speckled bread'. Many of them don't contain yeast; but, for me, this version is the nicest and if there's any le...

1 hour - 1 hour 5 minutes

A picture of Delia's Blueberry and Pecan Muffin Cake recipe

Blueberry Muffin Cake

Any of our muffin recipes can be adapted to any fruit, and blueberries have always been popular, so in this...

Any of our muffin recipes can be adapted to any fruit, and blueberries have always been popular, so in this recipe I decided, instead of making muffins, I’d use the mi...

A picture of Delia's Buttermilk Scones with Cheshire Cheese and Chives recipe

Buttermilk Scones with Cheshire Cheese

I'm convinced cheese scones were invented to use up the last remnants of some wonderful cheese – in this ca...

I'm convinced cheese scones were invented to use up the last remnants of some wonderful cheese – in this case, Cheshire. When you're down to the last bit, that is t...

15 minutes - 20 minutes

A picture of Delia's Caraway Seed Cake recipe

Caraway Seed Cake

Dated? Old-fashioned? Maybe, but our tasters all gave it the thumbs-up and said please include it. Th...

Dated? Old-fashioned? Maybe, but our tasters all gave it the thumbs-up and said please include it. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to make more loaf c...

1 hour - 1 hour 5 minutes

A picture of Delia's Chocolate Beer Cake recipe

Chocolate Beer Cake

The beer – dark stout (Guinness, Murphy’s or similar) – gives this cake an extra dimension, and the icing i...

The beer – dark stout (Guinness, Murphy’s or similar) – gives this cake an extra dimension, and the icing is so good it can be used on other chocolate cakes. The De...

30 minutes - 35 minutes

A picture of Delia's Chocolate Fruit and Nut Refrigerator Cake recipe

Fruit and Nut Refrigerator Cake Flourless

This is obviously perfect for children to make because there’s no cooking involved. But the grown-up ver...

This is obviously perfect for children to make because there’s no cooking involved. But the grown-up version could include other combinations of fruits and nuts (pr...

A picture of Delia's Chocolate Fudge Cake recipe

Chocolate Fudge Cake

This recipe was born in the Seventies, when there was a sudden surge of partiality for all things healthy a...

This recipe was born in the Seventies, when there was a sudden surge of partiality for all things healthy and 'whole'. The problem was, 'whole' sometimes meant heav...

30 minutes - 35 minutes

A picture of Delia's Chocolate Hazelnut Meringue Roulade recipe

Chocolate Hazelnut Meringue Roulade

When we first put this on the menu at Delia's City Brasserie at the football club, it was one of the fastes...

When we first put this on the menu at Delia's City Brasserie at the football club, it was one of the fastest-selling desserts ever. Please don't worry about rolling...

A picture of Delia's Chocolate Soured Cream Cake recipe

Chocolate Soured Cream Cake

This is for people who don’t like things too sweet but, that said, if you do, add a tablespoon of sugar to ...

This is for people who don’t like things too sweet but, that said, if you do, add a tablespoon of sugar to the filling. The Delia Online Cookery School: Fond of cho...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

A picture of Delia's Chocolate, Prune and Armagnac Cake recipe

Chocolate, Prune and Armagnac Cake Flourless

This is the very lightest chocolate cake of all, the reason being that no flour is used – it's simply made ...

This is the very lightest chocolate cake of all, the reason being that no flour is used – it's simply made with eggs and cocoa powder. It's very fragile, almost sou...

A picture of Delia's Christmas Sherry Mincemeat Cake recipe

Christmas Mincemeat Cake

If you've been meaning to make a Christmas cake but haven't got round to it, fear not – this one can be mad...

If you've been meaning to make a Christmas cake but haven't got round to it, fear not – this one can be made at the last minute. In fact you could bake it on Christ...

2 hours - 2 hours 30 minutes

A picture of Delia's Chunky Apple Cake recipe

Chunky Apple Cake

Apples are superb in cakes, so in the autumn when there are lots of windfalls around, why not make a few of...

Apples are superb in cakes, so in the autumn when there are lots of windfalls around, why not make a few of these and freeze them. The Delia Online Cookery School: ...

A picture of Delia's Classic Christmas Cake recipe

Classic Christmas Cake

This is my original Christmas cake from the first book – a combination of my grandmother’s, my mother’s and...

This is my original Christmas cake from the first book – a combination of my grandmother’s, my mother’s and a few tweaks from me. (There are more fruit cake recipes...

4 hours - 4 hours 45 minutes

A picture of Delia's Classic Sponge Cake recipe

Classic Sponge Cake

This is where it all begins: what I am aiming to do here is get you started on cake making. Once y...

This is where it all begins: what I am aiming to do here is get you started on cake making. Once you have mastered the art of the classic sponge cake you can ...

A picture of Delia's Coffee and Cardamom Cake with Pistachios recipe

Coffee and Cardamom Cake

A friend of a friend of mine always grinds cardamom seeds and adds them when she drinks coffee. It has t...

A friend of a friend of mine always grinds cardamom seeds and adds them when she drinks coffee. It has to be said the two flavours together are sublime. So here the...

A picture of Delia's Coffee and Walnut Sponge Cake recipe

Coffee and Walnut Sponge Cake

This is a revised, more contemporary, version of one of the original sponge cakes in the earlier book. I...

This is a revised, more contemporary, version of one of the original sponge cakes in the earlier book. I am still very fond of it and have continued to make it regu...

A picture of Delia's Damp Gingerbread recipe

Damp Gingerbread

There has been much debate about the title of this recipe. ‘Damp’ is not the usual adjective to describe...

There has been much debate about the title of this recipe. ‘Damp’ is not the usual adjective to describe a cake, but a recent group of tasters nodded in assent – it...

A picture of Delia's Dark Jamaican Gingerbread recipe

Dark Jamaican Gingerbread

This cake, originally from the sugar-and-spice island of Jamaica, has sadly become a factory-made clone, bu...

This cake, originally from the sugar-and-spice island of Jamaica, has sadly become a factory-made clone, but made at home it’s dark, sticky, fragrant with ginger – the...

1 hour 15 minutes - 1 hour 30 minutes

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