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67. Peanut honeycomb banana cake
66. Slice and bake cookie dough
65. Reduced-sugar chocolate marble cake
64. Nutella cornflake brownies
63. Clotted cream and lemon drizzle bundt cake
62. Walnut and orange cake
61. Peanut butter caramel brownies
60. Wheat-free cookies with white chocolate and cranberries
59. Orange and almond cake
58. Burnt Basque cheesecake
57. Overnight cinnamon buns
56. Quick chocolate torte
55. Buttercream fruit cupcakes
54. Strawberry shortcake
53. Flourless chocolate cake
52. Brown butter, banana, tahini and chocolate cookies
51. Crème brûlée cake
50. Sourdough brownies
49. Vanilla cake
48. Grapefruit meringue pie
47. Seedy almond cake
46. Peanut butter and banana oat bars
45. Baked chocolate cheesecake
44. Marbled coffee ring cake
43. Tarte Tatin
42. Bran and blueberry muffins
41. Clementine and cardamom upside-down cake
40. Banana and peanut butter crumble
39. Vegan Victoria sponge
38. Mixed berry crumble
37. White chocolate, peanut butter and banana blondies
36. Chocolate and cardamom carrot cake
35. Brioche, frangipane and apple pudding
34. Chocolate and hazelnut boozy roulade
33. Spiced latte cake
32. Ginger and almond Florentines
31. Apple rose tart
30. American cheesecake with banana fritters
29. Ras malai cake
28. Almond brittle cake
27. Orange, almond and cardamom madeleines
26. Coffee, cardamom and walnut cakes
25. Baked double chocolate pudding
24. Caramelised clementine tart
23. Baked blueberry cheesecake
22. Chocolate-dipped orange shortbread
21. Chocolate brownies with dulce de leche
20. Twice-baked chocolate cake
19. Triple chocolate cheesecake brownies
18. Rosemary banoffee pie
17. Salted caramel apple pie
16. Banana bread porridge loaf
15. Pecan pie
14. Chocolate fondant
13. Pineapple and ginger upside-down cake
12. Raspberry and vanilla brownies
11. New York cheesecake
10. Ultimate profiteroles
9. Vanilla sugar cookies
8. Red velvet cake
7. Sticky toffee pudding
6. Chocolate chip cookies
5. Scones
4. Vanilla layer cake
3. Carrot cake
2. Lemon drizzle cake
1. Chocolate cupcakes
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The wonderful thing about baking is that it can be as simple as whipping up a batch of sugar cookies, or as complicated as constructing a showstopping pyramid of profiteroles. In the mood to roll up your sleeves? Have a browse through our ultimate ranking of the best baking recipes ever – featuring everything from snackable oat bars to classic lemon drizzle cake.

Click or scroll through our gallery to discover the only baking recipes you'll ever need – counting down to the most iconic cake of them all.

We've based our ranking on the enduring popularity of each bake, as well as the opinions of our well-travelled (and well-fed) team. This list is unavoidably subjective.

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Jane Curran

12 September 2024

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