Cakes are best stored in airtight tins rather than plastic boxes. Once a cake has been cut, the cut surfaces will start to dry. Covering them with a piece of aluminium foil minimises the effect.

For the cinnamon swirl Bundt cake, use a 10-cup bundt pan; for the layer cake, use two 9-inch rounds. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl ...

This impressive rainbow cake is the perfect celebration and party centrepiece. It’s deceptively simple to make too – all you need is basic cake ingredients and a rainbow of food colouring!

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Heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease two 18cm/7in cake tins and line the bases with baking paper. Cream the butter and the sugar together until pale and fluffy. This will take a few ...

Social media users are double-taking at pictures of foods or objects that, when cut into, reveal a magical secret: they are made of cake. In fact some of these cakes are so convincing, you might ...

Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease a 23cm/9in springform cake tin with butter and line the base with baking paper. Put the butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla or almond extract, almonds ...

But if if you're looking to cut costs ahead of the big day, one place you can start is the wedding cake. Supermarket wedding cakes can help massively cut costs, and you don't need to make ...

The trick to getting a sponge cake to rise is to mix the wet ingredients together before gently folding in the dry ingredients to keep air in the mixture. The creaming method, in which butter and ...