Swiss meringue buttercream

Fill your cakes with a silky smooth meringue buttercream. This recipe makes enough to fill and ice a three-tier cake, and it’s easily halved for smaller bakes

Strawberry lemonade cake

Wow guests with this showstopping celebration cake. It tastes of strawberry lemonade, with lemon-syrup-soaked sponges, a cheesecake icing, candied lemons and popping candy

Blueberry cake

Bake this simple blueberry cake when you’re craving something sweet. This easy, fruity bake uses natural yogurt to keep the sponge moist and squidgy

Christmas light cake

Wow guests with our fairy light Christmas cake topping, made with fondant icing and sugared almonds. You could also use jelly sweets, if you like

Super-simple fruitcake

This easy fruit cake by one of our younger readers, Bree Hamilton, is simple, uses storecupboard ingredients and is perfect for a quick winter pick-me-up

Cranberry & hazelnut cake

A versatile and light fruitcake with a hint of spice and plenty of juicy cranberries and cherries – ice as you wish!

Suits-all Christmas cake

Give the classic Christmas fruitcake a makeover with cinnamon, rose, orange blossom and tropical mango for a fruity and fragrant cake

Fruit-filled clementine cake

A beautiful, moist gluten-free cake packed with zingy citrus flavours, wonderful for Christmas

Jewelled fruit, nut & seed cake

If you’re not keen on icing and marzipan, bake a crown of toasted nuts, seeds and juicy cherries onto
your cake instead

Elegant berry wreath cake

Simple, smart, but still reassuringly traditional