When it’s time for a special occasion, this is the traditional Italian cake to make. Layers of sponge, doused in liqueur, filled with custard and coated in buttercream. Most often, this cake is decorated around the edges and the centre is left smooth to write “Happy Birthday”or “On Your Christening Day” or whatever the special…
Cakes
Chocolate Cake with Blackberries and Pomegranate Syrup
Blackberries and chocolate are such a delicious combination. This fudgy chocolate cake is studded with blackberries and served with rich chocolate ganache and sweet, tangy pomegranate syrup. It really is quite decadent. The chocolate cake is one I’ve been making for years. It is a simple melt and mix cake that always comes out moist…
Hazelnut Meringue Torte
Meringue studded with roasted, chopped hazelnuts is absolutely divine! Nutty, sweet and very, very moreish. These nutty meringue discs are filled with honey sweetened cream and fresh berries and finished with some toasted almonds and chocolate, resulting in a decadent layer cake. I love cakes like this. Incredibly impressive looking, yet very simple to make….
Lemon Mascarpone Meringue Cake
When you need a cake with wow factor, this is it. Light airy sponge, layered with lemon spiked creamy mascarpone and lemon curd, covered in a thick marshmallow-like mass of Italian meringue. It is as heavenly to eat as it is spectacular to look at. Making your own lemon curd is optional here. You can…
Flourless Lemon Ricotta Cake
I have tried for so many years to grow a lemon tree in my back yard. I’m not really a green thumb, so I’m not the type to have a whole veggie garden going on. I just like a few things so I can pick them fresh, things like fresh basil, parsley, chillies, cherry tomatoes,…
Quick Almond Cake
This almond cake comes from one of my favourite books from my cookbook collection: Casa Moro by Sam and Sam Clark ( a husband and wife duo who amusingly share the same name). The reason why it is one of my favourites is because the Moroccan/Spanish recipes are so full of flavour, gutsy, yet simple…
Whole Orange and Yoghurt Cake
I bought my very first blood oranges this week. Yep – never ever have I had the opportunity to buy them before. Living in a remote town with only two supermarkets makes it very difficult to get your hands on certain ingredients. Seriously, if you get to go to a local farmer’s market every week…
Upside Down Pear Cake
This pear cake was born out of necessity. As a mother of two, I have spent the past 20 plus years trying to coax my boys into eating fruit. Up until quite recently, the only fruit they would eat were apples. Only apples. And they HAVE to be Pink Ladies. Now, I have nothing against…
Torta Sbrisolona – Crumbly Cake
It’s still school holidays and my boys are home. I love having them around. I enjoy their company. The house just feels right with them both here. My eldest son spends much of the year at university, 2000km from home, so this time of the year is extra special for me. Don’t get me wrong,…
Fresh Plum Cake
Plums. Aren’t they beautiful? My grandparents always grew their own in their backyard and this time of the year was when we could pick them off the tree, ripe and hot from the sun. I remember how sweet they were, and how the juice would explode in my mouth, dribbling down my chin and staining…
