Type: Cakes
Celebration cake
All cakes are cause for a certain degree of celebration, but certain celebrations are cause for a cake with layers! This is…
Belinda’s flourless coconut and chocolate cake
Every month or so we gather in the test kitchen with our pastry chefs. It’s an open forum, with the chefs presenting…
Lemon and poppy seed cake (National Trust version)
However ambitious and discerning Helen’s palate, this light lemon cake is the one she’d take with her to a desert island if…
Tessa’s spice cake
This is a simple spiced pound cake, but one that is seriously moist, with a lovely fine crumb. There’s enough going on,…
Neapolitan pound cake (for the family)
We’ve gone for the classic Neapolitan colours – brown, white and pink – with a pink icing. It’s basically heaven for the…
Coffee and cardamom pound cake
These next two (companion) recipes are adapted from the ‘Perfect Pound Cake’ recipe in Rose Levy Beranbaum’s Cake Bible. As it really…
Pineapple and star anise chiffon cake
This cake is as light as it is large – the benefit being, of course, that everyone can have a great big…
Almond butter cake with cardamom and baked plums
When Helen was working as a pastry chef at Donovan’s restaurant in Melbourne, there was a seriously VIP reservation: Stephanie Alexander and…
Louise cake with plum and coconut
This is inspired by (but completely different to!) the ‘Louise’ cake: a hugely popular tea time treat in New Zealand. More of…