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Have you been inspired by this year’s Bake Off? If you’ve got the urge to get your mixer out, we’ve got the recipes to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Healthy cake recipes can be difficult to find, however, serving up our slim-safe cakes (with no soggy bottoms in sight), biscuits and other tasty bakes is a sure-fire way to steal that star baker crown. On your marks, get set… bake! 

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Week one: cakes

Lemon drizzle cake

Slimming World lemon drizzle cake

This delicious lemon drizzle cake recipe is simply the zest!

Bake it! Try this Slimming World cake recipe 

Week two: biscuit

Carrot cake cookies 

All the flavours of a carrot cake in a slimming-friendly cookie – yum! 

Bake it! Try this carrot cake cookie recipe  

Week three: bread week 

Banana bread

Chocolate banana bread

It may be a bread by name, but a slice of this lovely loaf pairs perfectly with a cuppa! 

Bake it! Try this banana bread recipe 

Week four: Back to school

School cake

Slimming World school cake

Tuck into a taste of childhood with a slice of this slimming-friendly version of a sweet and sticky school cake – with sprinkles!

Bake it! Try this school cake recipe

Week five: Chocolate

Chocolate brownies  

Chocolatey, crisp on top, gooey in the middle… these brownies have it all. Plus, they’re packed with pieces of dried apricots, to create a really fruity, fudgy treat.  

Bake it! Try this Slimming World cake recipe  

Week six: pastry

Cornish-style vegan pasties

Cornish-style Quorn pasties

The perfect pick for pastry week! Weʼve swapped out the beef to make our version of Cornish pasties vegan. While we were at it, we switched the high-Syn shortcrust pastry for Food Optimising-friendly filo, too! 

Bake it! Cornish-style vegan pasties 

Week 7: meringue

Lemon meringue pie

Lemon Meringue Pie

This classic dessert is a real showstopper – and we’ve managed to make it slimming-friendly!

Bake it! Classic lemon meringue pie

Week 8: Desserts

Bakewell trifles 

These pretty two-in-one puds come with a big old dollop of nostalgia! 

Week nine: patisseries 

Apple and custard puffs 

You absolutely enjoy pastry-based treats on the Slimming World plan – and this puff has the classic flavours of apple pie and custard! 

Week 10: the final

Slimming World strawberry sponge cake

Classic Victoria sponge cake is hard to beat. Try this simple 3-step recipe for a showstopping strawberries and cream sponge that pairs perfectly with a cuppa.

An extra slice? 

A selection of Slimming World cakes

Have you been bitten by the baking bug? When you join Slimming World, you’ll get access to more than 2,000 recipes on our website and app, including a sweet sprinkling of Slimming World cakes, with sponges, loaf cakes, cupcakes, cheesecakes, biscuits, puddings, tarts, pies and more.  

Find out more about joining Slimming World here. 

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