40 easy cake recipes for baking beginners (2024)

Made with butter cake mix, this light and fluffy pineapple cake is so easy to pull together. It's kept super moist with the addition of the crushed pineapple which adds bursts of flavour and sweetness throughout the cake.

This easy cake made with canned peaches, smooth ricotta and almond milk can be served with whipped cream as dessert or for morning or afternoon tea.

This traditional Italian cake is moist, zesty and will keep in an airtight container for up to 4 days, so it’s great to have on hand for a mid-morning pick me up with coffee. You could also serve it with ice-cream or thick cream for an indulgent dessert.

This cake is wonderfully moist and a great way to use some seasonal apples. Traditionally this style of apple cake contains rum, but we’ve used milk instead - feel free to swap!

An easy yet impressive chocolate custard cake that is beautifully tender and moist. With layers of chocolate and custard, there is truly nothing better.

Chocolate and banana are a match made in heaven. Ready in under an hour our Choc-banana butterfly cakeis the perfect decadent treat to share with family or friends.

We've used ripe bananas and an all-natural sugar substitute to make this healthier banana cake sing!

This is a super simple recipe for a basic cake that can be eaten as is with just some sprinkling of icing sugar (and some cream or ice-cream on the side, if that's your thing). You can also use it as a base for a celebration cake, adding your favourite icing and decorations to it.

So simple – just mix, bake and enjoy our healthy twist on a classic banana cake.

This clever coconut cake recipe by taste member, 'mcrangle' is easy to whip up and tastes fantastic fresh from the oven.

The only thing better than a chocolate cake is a super-easy chocolate cake - try this one and let us know what you think!

It was supposed to be the easiest butter cake recipe ever – and 125 trials later, it is. You read that right.I wrote this cake recipe in 2001. It was feels like another lifetime (yet only yesterday in my mind). In fact, this recipe is the same age as one of our taste.com.au team members (scary!).Read the full story on how this recipe was perfected after 125 test runs.Everyone needs a go-to butter cake recipe in their repertoire. One you’ve committed to memory that can be brought out for all occasions. For the taste.com.au team this is the one. Buttery with a tender crumb and loaded with aromatic vanilla, this one-bowl wonder is cake for a crowd.One of the reasons it’s a favourite of ours is that all the ingredients are just thrown into a bowl and mixed. It’s as easy as preparing a cake mix but with a fresher, livelier homemade flavour. We cook this vanilla butter cake recipe low and slow so that the crumb slowly develops, and the cake doesn’t over brown. What else can you make with this easy vanilla cake batter?This simple vanilla cake recipe is also super versatile and can be adapted to become any of your favourite cakes; be it chocolate, banana or carrot, or even turned into super cute cupcakes. Check out our notes section below the recipe to get the timings just right for cupcakes and different cake pan sizes.If you’re looking for the perfect icing to go with your vanilla cake, this is the most fool-proof buttercream icing recipe we’ve come across. For a less-sweet topping, our version of ermine frosting is a great option (and one that’s garnered many compliments over the years!).125 rounds of cake testing later…I’m pleased to tell you that we created a great easy butter cake recipe that you can not only twist to make the flavour you like, but also twist to cook in different sized pans and different shaped pans.With a slight recipe tweak (listed in the notes under the recipe) you can also make these 5 cake flavours into:A 25cm round and serve 15-20 peopleA 20cm round and serve 8-12 peopleA 25cm square and serve 20-25 people24 cupcakesAnd wait, there’s more! Using this recipe as the base, you can also make:Our chocoholics’ delight cakeThis planes, trains and automobile cakeA zingy citrus sensation cake, andMy heaven scent cake.And, I’ve created the ideal icing to top our easy butter cake!My easy butter icing is the perfect match for the butter cake.Looking for more cake inspiration? Check out our pick of the best vanilla cake recipes we’ve come across.

Did you know you can 'bake' a cake in your crockpot? The secret is the tea towel under the lid, as it absorbs the condensation so the top of the cake doesn’t get soggy. It's delicious served warm with ice-cream, or topped with your favourite chocolate icing.

Made with in-season blueberries, this moist cake is easy to whip up for any family occasion.

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