Clementine poppy seed loaf

This easy, zesty loaf cake makes a lighter festive alternative to traditionally dense fruitcakes – pipe the icing and add candied peel to add a touch of Christmas sparkle

Gingerbread cake with caramel biscuit icing

This sumptuous Christmas bake is covered in a decadent icing, finished with gingerbread biscuits and dusted with desiccated coconut ‘snow’

Giant cookie cake

Studded with white and milk chocolate chips, Lisa Lipman’s moreish cake is delicious served either warm with a dollop of ice cream or cold, with its chewy cookie texture

Toffee apple cake

This showstopping bake is a celebration of classic apple desserts with spiced sponge, vanilla icing and a sticky caramel apple filling

Allotment cake

Carrot meets courgette cake in this ultimate vegetable bake from Good Food reader Katie Ready – smother in cream cheese icing and finish with chopped nuts

Plum crumble cake

This sumptuous seasonal bake is topped with halved plums or apricots and a buttery crumble topping – serve as a pudding or cake

Spiced fig, coffee & hazelnut cake

This sophisticated cake is gently spiced and full of treacly flavours from dried figs and muscovado sugar, finished with a cream cheese icing

Fifteens

Good Food reader Alice Colley shares her recipe for this Northern Irish fridge cake with digestives, marshmallows and glacé cherries

Pistachio, courgette & lemon cake

Big on flavour but light on texture, this easy bake is just as good packed into a tin for a picnic or served with Greek yogurt for dessert

Pastel de choclo – corn cake

Martin Morales’ recipe for this Peruvian sweetcorn, feta and olive side dish is adapted from his book, Ceviche

Cookies & cream party cake

Stack up our best ever chocolate sponges and smother in an Oreo biscuit icing to make this towering celebration cake

Gravity-defying sweetie cake

Anti-gravity cakes are this year’s must-have trend for birthdays or parties – this stunning Smartie cake will delight kids and grown-ups alike