Mother's Day: Stunning cake recipes

One of Delia's cake recipes will be a welcome sight for any mum.

The Delia Online Cookery School: If you prefer a chocolate cake, take a look at our video showing you how easy it is to make them.

A layered cake with frosting and walnuts on top, displayed under a glass dome.

Austrian Coffee and Walnut Cake

This is unashamedly rich and luscious. Firstly, coffee and walnuts have a great affinity; secondly, so d...

This is unashamedly rich and luscious. Firstly, coffee and walnuts have a great affinity; secondly, so do coffee and creaminess; and thirdly, because the cake is so...

Vegetarian

Chocolate Fudge Cake

This recipe was born in the Seventies, when there was a sudden surge of partiality for all things healthy a...

This recipe was born in the Seventies, when there was a sudden surge of partiality for all things healthy and 'whole'. The problem was, 'whole' sometimes meant heav...

30 minutes - 35 minutes

A slice of chocolate cake on a white cake stand with a glass lid

Chocolate Soured Cream Cake

This is for people who don’t like things too sweet but, that said, if you do, add a tablespoon of sugar to ...

This is for people who don’t like things too sweet but, that said, if you do, add a tablespoon of sugar to the filling. The Delia Online Cookery School: Fond of cho...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

Coffee and Cardamom Cake

A friend of a friend of mine always grinds cardamom seeds and adds them when she drinks coffee. It has t...

A friend of a friend of mine always grinds cardamom seeds and adds them when she drinks coffee. It has to be said the two flavours together are sublime. So here the...

25 minutes

Fresh Lime and Coconut Cake

This is a new adaptation of the cake in Summer Collection. I have to say the coconut milk powder is an e...

This is a new adaptation of the cake in Summer Collection. I have to say the coconut milk powder is an essential ingredient, as we have tried other products which s...

25 minutes

Iced English Walnut Cake

You can obviously make this with ready-shelled walnuts. But in the late autumn when English walnuts are ...

You can obviously make this with ready-shelled walnuts. But in the late autumn when English walnuts are about, if you sit down with music or a good radio programme ...

30 minutes

Iced Lemon Curd Layer Cake

This one’s always been a winner with my family and friends – it’s even become a much-requested birthday cak...

This one’s always been a winner with my family and friends – it’s even become a much-requested birthday cake. This time round we’ve added a whipped cream and lemon ...

25 minutes

Lemon Griestorte Flourless

Because there’s no flour in this it’s unimaginably light and airy, and very lemony, which makes it a very e...

Because there’s no flour in this it’s unimaginably light and airy, and very lemony, which makes it a very elegant dessert cake. The Delia Online Cookery School:&nbs...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

A round chocolate cake with smooth, dark frosting on a white platter. The cake is decorated with light pink flower petals around the edge, with a few petals scattered on the platter. The background is white.

Sachertorte

This is a perennial favourite, named after the famous Viennese hotel, where you can still buy it in boxes a...

This is a perennial favourite, named after the famous Viennese hotel, where you can still buy it in boxes and bring it home. It’s dark, very chocolatey and sophisti...

40 minutes - 45 minutes

Spiced Apple Muffin Cake

I have included this because I still get letters from people saying they can't make muffins. My message ...

I have included this because I still get letters from people saying they can't make muffins. My message to them is don't try too hard – undermixing is the golden ru...

1 hour 15 minutes

Vegetarian

Strawberries and Cream Sponge Cake

This may look a little complicated, but in fact the final result makes it so much easier to serve for a par...

This may look a little complicated, but in fact the final result makes it so much easier to serve for a party. The Delia Online Cookery School: For more sponge cake...

30 minutes - 35 minutes