Cheat your way to cake creations fit for Bake Off!

WITH the launch of the latest series of The Great British Bake Off just around the corner, you might understandably be feeling the pressure to impress in the kitchen.

But just because we’ll all be watching incredible feats of culinary engineering (left) doesn’t mean we aren’t allowed a bit of help with our own attempts.

To construct a beautiful rainbow cake (right), use a rainbow cake kit (£11.69,

lakeland.co.uk). Complete with five non-stick cake tins and foolproof recipes, it’s just a shame it doesn’t come with a pot of gold.

For the perfect Christmas pudding or even a football cake for an avid fan, use two hemisphere cake tins (£12.59, lakeland.co.uk).

Simply fill both tins with cake mix, bake and then stick together with icing and decorate. All that mixing can get tiring, so for the big spender, try a KitchenAid mixer (£739, selfridges. com) and let it do all the hard work for you. A piece of cake, in fact.