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An easy-to-make ginger cake that's sticky, sweet and subtly spiced. A perfect tea-time treat for the colder months.

Ginger sponge cake

flour

sugar

ginger

tsp bicarbonate of soda

55 grams/2 ounces margarine, plus extra for greasing

egg,

golden syrup

240 milliliters/9fl oz hot water

This chocolate drip cake is the ultimate birthday treat for chocolate fans.

For this recipe you will need four 20cm/8in sandwich cake tins (approximately 4cm/1.5in deep), a 20cm/8in and a 30cm/12in cake board, two non-slip cake mats trimmed to about 18cm/7in and 25cm/10in diameter, a cake side scraper and a medium piping bag with a large star-shaped nozzle. 

Chocolate drip cake

400 grams/14 ounces plain flour,

cocoa powder

1½ tsp baking powder

1½ tsp baking soda

dark chocolate,

270 milliliters/½ pint milk

300 grams/10½oz dark soft brown sugar

300 grams/10½oz caster sugar

free-range eggs, beaten

double cream

250 grams/9 ounces salted butter,

icing sugar

tbsp vanilla extract

chocolate,

grams/1½oz salted butter

sunflower oil

grams/3½oz chocolate,

Edible gold lustre dust, for dusting the dark chocolate shards

Our easy carrot cake recipe only needs one tin and two bowls – just add the wet ingredients to the dry and bake.  This classic carrot cake has a touch of orange and walnuts plus the obligatory cream cheese icing. It's incredibly quick to put together, but because it is baked in a single layer, it needs to cook slowly all the way through to the centre. This results in a dense, moist carrot cake that isn't too sweet with too much icing. It will keep for several days in an air-tight tin, if you can restrain yourself.

Easy carrot cake

eggs,

200 milliliters/7fl oz vegetable

raisins

grams/3½oz walnut pieces,

orange, zest only

tsp mixed spice

salt

light brown sugar

grams/5½oz unsalted butter, softened

tbsp caster sugar

300 grams/10½oz full-fat cream cheese,

Apple cake is revered in Germany, and Rick Stein's classic apfelkuchen with a crunchy cinnamon topping will show you why. Any dessert apples will work for this, but avoid using Bramleys that won't keep their shape.

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