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Let us eat cake! 30+ celebration cakes for every occasion

From icing slathered single storey cakes to multi-layered showstoppers, here are 30+ of our best bakes for a special occasion (such as our @goodfoodau Instagram cracking 300,000 followers!).

31 recipes
Adam Liaw's stress-free children's birthday cake.

Adam Liaw's birthday traycake

  • Adam Liaw
The world's best chocolate cake?

Is this chocolate cake recipe from Yotam Ottolenghi's baking cookbook Sweet the world's best?

  • Yotam Ottolenghi
Helen Goh's Irish coffee cake recipe.

Irish coffee cake with Bailey's filling

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
White chocolate mousse and rhubarb cake

White chocolate mousse and rhubarb cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jeremy and Jane Strode
Helen Goh's lemon and rose petal chiffon cake recipe.

Lemon and rose chiffon cake with white chocolate cream icing

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Danielle Alvarez's summer showstopper.

Mango and coconut layer cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
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Danielle Alvarez's milk-soaked cake decorated with soft Swiss meringue and dulce de leche.

Banana, caramel and rum tres leches cake with Swiss meringue

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Vegan vanilla sponge cake.

Vegan vanilla sponge cake with cream 'cheese' icing, maple and pomegranate

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Raspberries and pistachios make a festive colour combination, but you could use any berries or nuts.

Donna Hay's pistachio and almond layer cake with raspberry creme fraiche

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Donna Hay
Spiced caramel rose pear cake, made by Katherine Sabbath.

Katherine Sabbath's spiced caramel layer cake with rosewater cream

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katherine Sabbath
Chocolate cake wioth ganache.

Neil Perry's chocolate mud cake with ganache

  • 1-2 hrs
This double chocolate cake is made using olive oil.

Double chocolate olive oil cake with white chocolate mascarpone buttercream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Gluten-free chocolate birthday cake with soft-set cocoa icing.

Gluten-free chocolate cake with soft-set cocoa icing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
There's no need to cut and fill this sponge cake - simply spread the whipped cream on top.

Condensed-milk Victoria sponge cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Glaze or no glaze, just make this cake.

Raspberry bitters sponge cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
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Saffron-infused milk adds a bright splash of colour to this cake and its icing.

Orange milk bundt cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh's apple cake, icing and praline optional.

Apple cake with maple cream cheese icing and caramelised walnuts

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Banana, rhubarb and yoghurt cake with pistachios and halva.

Karen Martini's banana, rhubarb and yoghurt cake with pistachios and halva

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Ginger cake with lemon and pistachio icing,

Ginger cake with lemon and pistachio icing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
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Raspberry and mascarpone cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Chocolate ricotta cake

Chocolate and ricotta cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Peach and mascarpone torte

Peach and mascarpone torte with roasted white peaches and cherries

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Dan Lepard's raspberry almond mousse cake.

Raspberry almond mousse cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Dan Lepard
Helen Goh's devilish chocolate cake.

Helen Goh's devil's food cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
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Adam Liaw's chocolate love cake.

Chocolate Persian love cake (serves 2)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Tarte tatin meets upside-down cake.

Cake tatin aka apple upside-down cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Dan Lepard recipe Chocolate date layer cake Photograph by William Meppem Styling and food prep by Hannah Meppem

Chocolate-date layer cake with peanut butter chocolate ganache

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Helen Goh's burnt butter parsnip cake with white chocolate cream recipe.

Burnt-butter parsnip cake with white chocolate cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Neil Perry's almond and chocolate cake (with a dash of rum).

Almond and chocolate cake with rum syrup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Hazelnut gateau with strawberries and cream

Hazelnut gateau with strawberries and cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Brigitte Hafner
Dan Lepard's coconut cake is a real pearler.

Vegan gluten-free coconut pearl cake recipe

  • Dan Lepard

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