Favourite cake recipe

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I used to bake a lot before I had two under the age for 3 to deal with, I absolutely love baking and I am going to get a couple of hours free to myself tomorrow and would love to bake a cake for my husband who has been having a very hard time this last while back. He's really not fussy about what type of cake he eats but I would like to make something special but not too difficult for him as a surprise. Please give me your favourite cake recipes as I really need some inspiration! 🙏🏼

https://www.inspiredtaste.net/25753/carrot-cake-recipe/

This is absolutely delicious, although I leave out the raisins because I hate them and use 100g chopped pecans and 100g of chopped walnuts.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cherry-bakewell-cake

Or this is very easy and delicious.

https://www.nigella.com/recipes/chocolate-fudge-cake

Or this is the most requested birthday cake in our house.

Not a cake fan but Sophie Grigson’s Tunisian orange cake is heavenly. Sorry don’t know how to link.

Lemon drizzle is my favourite.
Mary Berry is my go to.

The good food website have a recipe for rhubarb and orange cake......its absolutely gorgeous!!! Freezes well too if you are lucky enough for leftovers lol. Sorry I can't give you the link for the recipe but it's on the BBC good food website x happy baking ❤️

Anything from Jane's Patisserie- her recipes are foolproof. I haven't baked for ages but am going to attempt the Malteser cake next week- someone baked it a while ago and I haven't stopped thinking about it!
Can't do fancy links:
https://www.janespatisserie.com/2017/03/30/malteser-cake/

When I was about 7, Blue Peter made a cake they called a New Zealand Banana Cake. I wrote it down at the time and badgered my mum to let me make it. 50 years later I'm still making it and would love to see the episode again, just because! It's definitely cake not a banana loaf. And yes, it's in Imperial units and I've never translated it to metric or electric ovens! Use 'going over', spotty bananas.

New Zealand Banana Cake
3 bananas   4oz butter/marg
2tbsp milk 4oz sugar
1tsp bicarb 6oz SR flour
2 eggs

Cream sugar and marg. Squash bananas in bowl. Mix bicarb with eggs and mix into sugar/marg mix with the bananas. Fold in the flour and milk and put in 7" prepared tins. Bake Gas 4, 45 mins.

I usually sandwich them together with plain buttercream. They come out quite moist (sorry) and flatter than you might expect. I use a potato masher to squash the bananas.

<goes off thinking she needs to buy some bananas>

Oooh what a lovely thread. 😋

Thanks everyone for the replies! Some delicious looking cakes suggested! The nigella fudge cake seems to be a winner I may give it a go today! ❤️❤️❤️

Another vote for Jane's Patisseries!

I'm obsessed with her. I couldn't get baking right before I found her. Now I make these beautiful and delicious cakes without any trouble. I follow her recipes 100% and they've never let me down.

Lemon and raspberry cake was a favourite. But any are good! Also love the cupcakes and traybakes too. If you follow her on instagram she makes brilliant videos.

Love the lemon raspberry cake and the kinder cookies! So good

I've just made depression cake and it's lovely and fudgey and not ridiculously expensive either. Bonus of being dairy free for my son's allergy.

https://www.budgetbytes.com/chocolate-depression-cake/

That Nigella chocolate cake sounds lush. Does anyone know what corn oil is though?

Ignore me, I've been lazy and seen they stock it on Ocado. Never heard of corn oil before!

Magnolia Bakery’s red velvet cake with ermine icing.

I've currently got an old school sprinkles cake in the oven, I've been craving it for ages!
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/school-days-sprinkle-sponge

Nigellas chocolate Guinness cake is all done in a saucepan and then baked with cream cheese frosting

It is flawless everytime and I'm always asked to make it

www.nigella.com/recipes/chocolate-guinness-cake

I love school cake! I made Jane Patisserie's one a few weeks ago. I bought the Get Bakes sprinkles and they're brilliant