Little Cakes

Inspired by the Little Cakes chapter in the book Delia's Cakes, find more recipes for Little Cakes in our cookery school video.

Dainty and delicate, or something with a bit of crunch, our collection of Little Cakes includes recipes from the book but we've also added in a few of our favourites.

There's plenty to choose from for afternoon tea, ranging from plain, fruit or feta scones, little chocolate cakes and cup cakes. Our biscuits include gingerbread men, oat biscuits and ginger nuts, and if you need a bit of a wow factor we have strawberry cup cakes with a surprise inside and butterfly cakes that look like you've worked very hard in the kitchen, even though you haven't!

Squidgy Cakes Flourless

When I had dinner with a friend from New York recently, he asked me how the low-fat recipes were coming alo...

When I had dinner with a friend from New York recently, he asked me how the low-fat recipes were coming along and gave me a challenge: 'If you can come up with a lo...

12 minutes - 15 minutes

to cook

Traditional Lancashire Eccles Cakes

Eccles cakes are pastries really, but have always been referred to as cakes. Traditionally in Ecc...

Eccles cakes are pastries really, but have always been referred to as cakes. Traditionally in Eccles they were served with Lancashire cheese and this has bee...

15 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Viennese Tartlets

The texture of these is not like anything else. They are very short and buttery, and seem to just melt i...

The texture of these is not like anything else. They are very short and buttery, and seem to just melt in the mouth. We like them filled with morello cherry jam bec...

20 minutes

to cook

White Rice Krispie Cakes

This recipe is so dead easy that anyone from 5 to 105 can knock off a batch of these little cakes in no tim...

This recipe is so dead easy that anyone from 5 to 105 can knock off a batch of these little cakes in no time at all. I’ve always found them to be a hit with childre...

Girdle Cakes

Unlike oven-baked scones, girdle cakes are cut quite thin and cooked on top of the stove. Traditionally ...

Unlike oven-baked scones, girdle cakes are cut quite thin and cooked on top of the stove. Traditionally cooked on a heavy iron girdle, we can now make them in a thi...

6 minutes

to cook

Winners' Cup Cakes

We make birthday cakes for children’s parties at the football club that look like football pitches, shirts ...

We make birthday cakes for children’s parties at the football club that look like football pitches, shirts etc. But for us at home these little cakes, made in footb...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

to cook