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    Easy Homemade Cakes & Cupcakes Recipes

    Looking for easy cakes and cupcakes recipes perfect for birthdays, afternoon tea and everything in between? From classic butter cakes to fluffy cupcakes and indulgent mud cakes, these simple and delicious recipes are guaranteed to impress!

    Try my all-time favourite Chocolate Mud Cake, my easy Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, or a batch of my classic Vanilla Cupcakes! For something extra special, try my Ultimate Butter Cake, Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, or my gorgeous Caramilk Mud Cake.

    Most Popular Cake & Cupcake Recipes

    • A slice of rich mud cake with chocolate frosting and blueberries on a white plate.
      Chocolate Mud Cake
    • A fork full of cake with frosting next to a piece of cake.
      Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
    • A cake with pink icing on a round cake tray
      The Ultimate Butter Cake Recipe with Buttercream Frosting
    • A slice of layered carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
      Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
    • A cupcake with white icing and coloured sprinkles that has been cut and more cupcakes in the background.
      Easy Vanilla Cupcakes | Basic Recipe
    • A block of Caramilk chocolate behind a piece of mud cake.
      Caramilk Mud Cake
    A slice of rich mud cake with chocolate frosting and blueberries on a white plate.

    reader favourite!

    The Ultimate Chocolate Mud Cake

    Rich, fudgy and completely irresistible - this is the chocolate cake recipe everyone asks for. 💕

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    always a hit

    Cupcake Recipes

    Perfect for parties, birthdays and lunchboxes!

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    • A cupcake with white icing and coloured sprinkles that has been cut and more cupcakes in the background.
      Easy Vanilla Cupcakes | Basic Recipe
    • Our famous chocolate cupcakes with chocolate fudge frosting really are the best! So simple to make and perfect for birthday parties.
      Quick & Easy Chocolate Cupcakes
    • A chocolate chip cupcake with buttercream frosting.
      Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
    • Little mini cupcakes topped with vanilla buttercream and decorative flowers.
      Mini Cupcakes

    Birthday Cake Recipes

    • A slice of rich mud cake with chocolate frosting and blueberries on a white plate.
      Chocolate Mud Cake
    • A block of Caramilk chocolate behind a piece of mud cake.
      Caramilk Mud Cake
    • A piece of caramel mud cake with frosting on top.
      Caramel Mud Cake
    • A cake with pink icing on a round cake tray
      The Ultimate Butter Cake Recipe with Buttercream Frosting
    • A slice of layered carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
      Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
    • A simple White Chocolate Mud Cake made with a deliciously smooth and creamy white chocolate buttercream. The perfect cake for any celebration!
      White Chocolate Mud Cake

    Lucy's favourite

    Cake Recipes

    These are my go-to cake recipes every single year - the best!

    • A fork full of cake with frosting next to a piece of cake.
      Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
    • A cake with pink icing on a round cake tray
      The Ultimate Butter Cake Recipe with Buttercream Frosting
    • A slice of layered carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
      Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
    • A piece of half eaten cake in front of a can of sweetened condensed milk.
      Condensed Milk Cake

    Banana Cakes & Breads

    • A fork full of cake with frosting next to a piece of cake.
      Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
    • Pieces of moist banana bread with a crunchy sugar top.
      Banana Bread
    • A bowl of banana muffins.
      Banana Muffins
    • A chocolate loaf with chocolate chips on top, sitting on a white and grey patterned tea towel.
      Fudgy Chocolate Banana Bread
    • A stack of double chocolate and banana muffins in silver cases.
      Healthy Chocolate Banana Muffins
    • A banana muffin with chunks of strawberries on a paper case.
      Strawberry Banana Muffins with Yoghurt

    Cheesecake Recipes

    • A half eaten piece of New York cheesecake with blueberries on top.
      New York Baked Cheesecake
    • A half eaten piece of chocolate cheesecake with raspberries next to it.
      No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake
    • A white chocolate cheesecake topped with raspberries.
      White Chocolate Cheesecake
    • A white chocolate and Cadbury Creme Egg Cheesecake that's perfect for any chocoholic! Completely no-bake, super simple to make and totally delicious!! 
      Creme Egg Cheesecake
    • A slice of cookies and cream Oreo cheesecake being removed with a cake slice.
      Oreo Cheesecake
    • A piece of salted caramel cheesecake being removed from the dessert.
      Salted Caramel Cheesecake
    • A butterfly cake dusted with icing sugar on a floral plate.
      Butterfly Cakes
    • Easy White Chocolate Easter Cake (15 Minutes!) image
      White Chocolate Easter Cake
    • Our Easter Chocolate Ripple Cake is a fun twist on a favourite Australian dessert. A 10 minute recipe made using Arnott's chocolate ripple biscuits, whipped cream and decorated with Easter eggs. 
      Easter Chocolate Ripple Cake
    • A spoonful of chocolate Easter egg mug cake with ice cream.
      Easter Mug Cake
    • 15 Minute Chocolate Overload Easter Cake Image
      Chocolate Easter Cake
    • A chocolate cupcake topped with chocolate buttercream, a Easter bunny and sprinkles.
      Easter Cupcakes
    • A slice of tall, light and fluffy custard cake.
      Custard Cake
    • finished chocolate cake on a wooden board
      Easy Chocolate Cake
    • This Christmas Chocolate Ripple Cake Wreath is the perfect showstopper dessert! Topped with caramel sauce, Nutella, Malteser reindeers and silver baubles... it makes a great table centrepiec
      Christmas Chocolate Ripple Cake Wreath
    • Christmas Cupcakes decorated with M&Ms.
      Christmas Cupcakes
    • A piece of chocolate cake with half on a fork.
      Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake
    • A slice of butter cake with layeres of apples and almonds on top being removed from the cake.
      Easy Apple Cake
    • A half eaten piece of cake with cream cheese frosting.
      Cream Cheese Frosting
    • A sugar-topped muffin with blueberries mixed throughout.
      Blueberry Muffins
    • My all-time favourite buttercream icing recipe... it's so simple and needs just two ingredients! Plus it's absolutely perfect for icing your favourite cakes, birthday cakes or cupcakes!
      How To Make Buttercream | Super Easy Recipe
    • A gold fork cutting into a piece of fluffy Persian love cake with a sweet glaze and pistachios on top.
      Persian Love Cake
    • A forkful of almond and orange cake.
      Gluten-Free Flourless Orange Almond Cake
    • A spoon holding a fluffy vanilla cake with sprinkles and ice cream.
      Gluten Free Vanilla Mug Cake
    • A cake stand topped with fluffy lemonade scones with whipped cream and jam.
      3 Ingredient Lemonade Scones Recipe
    • A spoonful of a rich chocolate mug cake.
      Gluten Free Chocolate Mug Cake
    • 3 Ingredient Christmas Cake
      3 Ingredient Traditional Christmas Fruit Cake
    • A moist and rich chocolate cake on a gold fork with raspberries in the background.
      Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
    • An overhead shot of a chocolate cake with buttercream icing.
      Melt & Mix Chocolate Cake
    • A collage of muffins, cakes and breads made using banana.
      The Very Best Banana Recipes
    • Two pieces of moist gluten free lemon cake with a zesty sugar glaze.
      Gluten Free Lemon Drizzle Cake
    • A slice of moist cake with fresh plums and a crunchy sugar top.
      Yogurt Plum Cake
    • A collage of sweet recipes including cakes, muffins, pies, crumbles and slices made with apples.
      The Very Best Apple Recipes
    • A raspberry crumble cake with apple on a cake plate.
      Raspberry & Apple Crumble Cake
    • A glass jar filled with creamy buttermilk.
      How To Make Buttermilk
    • A piece of chocolate cake topped with creamy chocolate buttercream.
      Chocolate Buttercream
    • A piece of fluffy cinnamon tea cake with a cinnamon sugar topping.
      Cinnamon Tea Cake
    • A close up shot of a jelly and cream pink cake.
      Raspberry & Cream Jelly Cakes
    • Apple Oat Muffins
    • Soft finger buns with pink icing and sprinkles.
      Finger Buns
    • A double layered fudgy mud cake with cookies and cream frosting.
      Oreo Mud Cake
    • A half eaten moist and gooey Nutella cake made with 2 ingredients.
      Nutella Cake
    • A piece of nutmeg cake with icing sugar on top.
      Armenian Nutmeg Cake
    • A collage of chocolate ripple cake recipes.
      The Very Best Chocolate Ripple Cake Recipes
    • A piece of three coloured cake.
      Marble Cake
    • A Pinterest collage showing images of cheesecakes.
      The Very Best Cheesecake Recipes

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    I’m Lucy! A mum, a wife, a food blogger and a lover of all things to do with food! I love creating delicious, no-fuss Thermomix and conventional recipes the whole family will love. Classic baking favourites, lunch box snacks, quick and easy family dinners and more!

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