Easy cake recipes
From chocolate to carrot cake, here are our easiest cake recipes. They are guaranteed to make your time in the kitchen efficient and effortless!
Do you fancy a sweet treat but want a quick fix? Do you find yourself with very few ingredients in your storecupboard and are unable to get to the shops but need to provide a cake for family and friends? Or are you new to the whole baking thing and want to start somewhere but find it too daunting? We are here to help. We have collected our favourite low ingredient, easy and delicious cakes.
From traybakes to loaf cakes, try our best cheats recipes. Including delicious flavours such as a classic chocolate cake, a three ingredient orange cake, and a simple carrot cake. We have got you covered for any situation you might find yourself needing a cake in!
Jam Slice Traybake
Nostalgic desserts are all the rage right now! We have recreated the school dinner classic of a vanilla sponge topped with strawberry jam and desiccated coconut and it’s every bit as good as we remembered.
Recipe: Jam Slice Traybake
The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time
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