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Ricotta and Lemon Cake with Warm Blueberry Glaze

This Italian-inspired ricotta cake is impossibly moist with a tender, almost custardy crumb, brightened by fresh lemon zest and finished with a glossy, jewel-toned blueberry glaze. It comes together in one bowl and looks stunning on any table, making it the kind of recipe you will return to again and again.

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Classic Battenberg Cake with Homemade Marzipan

A quintessentially British teatime showstopper, this Battenberg hides a cheerful pink-and-yellow checkerboard inside a golden marzipan wrap. Once you understand the simple trick of baking the two sponges side by side in one divided tin, it is far less fussy than it looks.

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Peach Upside-Down Cake with Ginger Caramel

Caramelized fresh peaches sit on a burnished ginger-spiked caramel, all supported by a tender brown butter vanilla cake that flips out in one glorious reveal. This is the summer cake you will make every year.

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Lemon Olive Oil Cake with Rosemary Syrup

This fragrant, golden cake is impossibly moist thanks to good olive oil and fresh lemon zest, then finished with a warm rosemary-infused syrup that soaks into every crumb. It is the kind of effortlessly elegant bake that tastes even better the next day.

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Dark Rum Fruitcake with Brandy-Soaked Fruit

This deeply spiced, mahogany-dark fruitcake is a world away from the dreaded holiday doorstop, thanks to fruit that soaks for days in brandy and a generous pour of dark rum in the batter itself. Make it weeks ahead and feed it with rum as it matures, and you will have a showpiece worth every minute of patience.

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Cardamom Bundt Cake with Honey Glaze

Fragrant with freshly ground cardamom and kissed with a silky honey glaze, this Bundt cake is the kind of showstopper that tastes even better than it looks. One slice and you will understand why cardamom deserves a permanent place in your spice drawer.

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White Chocolate Raspberry Mud Cake with Whipped Ganache Frosting

Dense, fudgy, and impossibly moist, this white chocolate mud cake is ribboned with tart raspberry jam and finished with a cloud-soft whipped white chocolate ganache. It’s the kind of cake that earns gasps when you slice into it.

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Apricot and Almond Upside-Down Cake with Brown Butter Caramel

Fresh apricots nestle into a glossy brown butter caramel and sit atop a tender almond-scented sponge that is as beautiful as it is easy to make. This is the summer cake you will want on your table every weekend from June through August.

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Coconut Rum Bundt Cake with Tangy Lime Glaze

This gloriously moist Bundt cake is soaked in a warm coconut rum syrup, then finished with a puckery lime glaze that cuts right through the sweetness. It tastes like a tropical vacation in cake form, and it comes together with one bowl and no mixer required.

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Classic Victoria Sponge with Strawberry Jam and Whipped Cream

Light, buttery sponge layers sandwiched with bright strawberry jam and softly whipped cream – this is the quintessential British afternoon tea cake done properly. Simple enough for a relaxed weekend bake, but impressive enough to bring to any occasion.

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