Best cake recipes
Our favourite and most popular cake recipes, all in one place. Whether you want a chocolate cake, basic sponge cake, carrot cake, lemon cake or banana cake, we've got a tried and tested recipe to suit you.
by Rachel Manley
Our really easy chocolate cake recipe is perfect for birthdays. It’s so moist, dark and decadent and will keep well for 4–5 days. For buttercream quantities, instead of ganache, use our cake calculator.
Each serving provides 477 kcal, 6.5g protein, 56g carbohydrates (of which 40g sugars), 25g fat (of which 10.5g saturates), 2.5g fibre and 0.6g salt.
