Blackcurrants and beetroot form an unlikely but successful alliance in a colourful sponge cake.

Clever spicing adds warmth to a fruity pineapple and banana cake.

You will need two 23cm sandwich tins, greased and lined with a disc of baking parchment.

This meringue gâteau is sandwiched with salted caramel butter cream and chocolate ganache

Stawberries, mascarpone, cream and honey make up this mouth watering cake.

It takes a lot of work, but Croquembouche - a traditional French cake - is well worth the effort.

Enjoy a slice of delicious Battenburg cake with a well earned cup of tea.

Nice and easy chocolate hazelnut cake. Make a cake, enjoy a slice.

A light, buttery fruit cake with a double dose of home-made almond paste for your Easter table

Apple polenta cake and sticky toffee bread and butter pudding; guarenteed to feed a happy gang.