Quirky cakes and bakes

Calling all peanut butter fans, have you seen our new favourite cake? The Reese’s Pieces peanut butter cake. With a rich chocolate sponge and nutty peanut butter buttercream your family are going to love this cake.

Get the recipe: Reese’s Pieces chocolate peanut butter cake

If you love Oreo biscuits you really must try making this delicious Oreo cake. It’s full of flavour and the perfect treat for special occasions – be it birthday or Father’s Day!

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Have you ever made an ice box cake before? It’s really simple using a light creamy filling and layers of biscuits.

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Creme Egg fans, it doesn’t have to be Easter for you to enjoy this delicious chocolatey Creme Egg cake. With Creme Eggs in the filling and on top too, this cake is a chocoholic heaven!

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The kids are going to go crazy for this amazing anti-gravity cake. Learn how to make your own in 7 simple steps.

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These delicious cake bars take our two favourite flavours – rhubarb and custard together to make mouth-watering, bite-sized treats.

Get the recipe: Rhubarb and custard cake bars

If you’re bored of the same old cake then you should try making this crepe cake. Stacked with layer upon layer of freshly made pancakes and drizzled in a chocolate ganache, there’s plenty to love about this cake.

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The kids are just going to love this polka dot cake. Not only is it covered in polka dots, it’s also hiding colourful cake polka dots inside. Plus it’s much easier to make than you may think!

Get the recipe: Polka dot cake

The special ingredient in this delicious bundt cake is a dash or two of limoncello. It gives the sponge a tangy flavour and makes it the perfect late night treat.

Get the recipe: Treacle bundt cake with limoncello drizzle

If you love coke and you love cupcakes you’re definitely going to love this mix! The coke adds a moist, sweetness to the sponge and each cupcake is topped with a scoop of ice cream to recreate the classic childhood drink.

Get the recipe: Coke float cupcakes

Beetroot is an unusual veggie to add to cakes but it works wonders and turns your sponge into a moist, dense bake – and don’t worry, it doesn’t actually taste of beetroot! Get your friends and family to guess the hidden ingredient – they’ll be quite surprised!

Get the recipe: Beetroot and chocolate cake

If you’ve never tried salted caramel before you really have to – especially with chocolate! A dark chocolate ganache icing and a creamy salted caramel filling mmm… can we have some now?

Get the recipe: Salted caramel chocolate Swiss roll

Bored of your same old sponge? Flip it over and make an upside down cake instead just like Lorraine Pascale! This delicious recipe is made with caramelised pineapple, rum and vanilla upside-down cake – need we say anymore?

Get the recipe: Lorraine Pascale’s upside down cake

These rich, sweet dark chocolate cupcakes are bursting with flavour, one of which is chilli – hot and spicy chilli. This combination really does work and is perfect if you’re a fan of spice.

Get the recipe: Dark chocolate and chilli cupcakes

If you’re a fan of the Twix chocolate bar you’re going to love these! This recipe combines chocolate with caramel and shortcake to make one quirky tray bake which will be the talk of the town!

Get the recipe: Homemade Twix

Courgette in a cake? These cupcakes combine courgette with lime to make tangy, moist muffins that are perfect served with a cuppa. It’s a great way to sneak some veggies into the kids’ diet – shhh, we won’t tell if you won’t!

Get the recipe: Courgette and lime muffins

Who needs butter when you can use olive oil instead? This recipe swaps the fats and adds the zest of a lemon for extra zing. You’ll feel weird using oil and first but we guarantee you’ll be pleasantly surprised with the results.

Get the recipe: Citrus olive oil cake

Turn your cupcakes into quirky hamburgers! A delicious, double chocolate chip cookie as the ‘burger’ and honey cupcakes halved as the ‘buns’. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and ta-dah, you’ve got hamburger cupcakes – the kids will love them!

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A cake without flour?! No way! This flourless fudge cake is perfect served with a dollop of ice cream for dessert. Leaving out the flour in this recipe makes the sponge gooey and moist – mmm we want a slice now!

Get the recipe: Flourless fudge cake

If you love a classic apple crumble after your roast on a Sunday then you’re going to want to make these treats again and again! A sweet apple sponge, custard buttercream and buttery crumble topping – what more could you want?

Get the recipe: Apple crumble cupcakes

Yes, this really is a tomato soup cake! The tomato adds a red tint to the sponge along with making it extra moist and spongy. Dusted in icing sugar, this recipe is a quirky keeper!

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Give your friends and family a surprise with this creative rainbow cake. Covered in buttercream this cake just looks like your average bake, but once you cut into its dense sponge you reveal the brightly coloured layers which are sure to wow!

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Turn your cupcake into a giant one! All you need is a giant cupcake mould and a steady hand for piping the buttercream. Giant cupcakes are perfect for birthdays or special occasions, especially when you have this easy recipe up your sleeve.

Get the recipe: Giant cupcake

If you’ve never added butternut squash to a cake you really must try it – it adds a delicious moist texture to the sponge. Topped with a thick cream cheese frosting and drizzled with caramel, this cake will be so well received – they’ll never believe it’s actually made with vegetables.

Get the recipe: Spiced squash ring cake

Cupcake bouquet anyone? Turn your basic cupcakes into a giant cupcake bouquet instead. A few brightly coloured buttercream roses later and your bouquet is ready to be admired – who needs flowers when you can have cupcakes ones instead?

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These hidden shape cupcakes are a great way of adding a bit of character to your average batch of vanilla sponges. Each cupcake has a hidden pink butterfly inside! You could try this recipe with different shapes and colours too – the possibilities are endless!

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Cake… In a mug? Yes, really! This delicious mug cake is a great way of making your bake that little bit special. It’s so simple to make – you mix all the ingredients in your chosen mug and cook it in the microwave, 3 mins later – you’ve got mug cake! It’s dangerous once you know how easy it is!

Get the recipe: Mug cake

Summer just isn’t the same without a tall glass of Pimms and these cupcakes are the perfect summery treat! Topped with fresh mint, cucumber, strawberries and orange, these cupcakes have all the flavours of the classic cocktail – just in a cake!

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If you love Eton mess for dessert you’re going to want to try making these Eton mess cupcakes – a gooey meringue topping and sweet strawberry sauce turns your cakes into mini puddings.

Get the recipe: Eton mess cupcakes

We know what you’re thinking – strawberry and basil? But trust us when we say it really does work! The herby twist is a great way to update your cupcakes with a weird and wonderful flavour.

Get the recipe: Strawberry basil cupcakes

Bacon, bacon, bacon! Bacon seems to be everywhere these days and it’s even sneaked into classic muffin recipes like these banana and bacon muffins. These are the perfect treats for breakfast and the soft banana and salty bacon really does work well together.

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Give your cupcakes an Irish makeover by adding in some Guinness. This recipe is for adults-only – what a great excuse not to share them!

Get the recipe: Guinness cupcakes

Cake pops are a great way of turning leftover cake into sweet treats. These pig cake pops are so easy to make and once you’ve perfect this recipe you can make other farm animals too – watch the kids’ faces light up!

Get the recipe: Pig cake pops