Baking

Best-ever cake recipes

Time to get busy baking - we’ve trawled the archives to collate our most popular cake recipes....

Baking Topics

Baci di Dama (‘lady’s kiss’ choc-hazelnut biscuits)

Liguria, Piedmont and Aosta all offer their own version of a kiss in sandwiched biscuit form and they share a common trait: the use of nuts and chocolate.

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Takaka Ginger Crunch

Meet your favourite new slice. Ginger Crunch is a classic New Zealand slice that’s beloved for its simple ingredients and […]

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Sweet Tortillas with Apples and Cinnamon

Use store-bought tortillas to make this easy apple dessert.

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Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon Rolls Recipe Try making these easy cinnamon rolls, they are delicious served warm or cold with or without butter. […]

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White Chocolate & Orange Layered Mousse Cake

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Tomato Galette with Nut Crumble

This Tomato Galette with Nut Crumble is easy to make for a simple meal.

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Best Festive Slice Recipes for Christmas Entertaining

MiNDFOOD tray bakes are perfect for Christmas entertaining.

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Luscious Vegan Gingerbread

This recipe is everything you want out of a gingerbread – sticky, spicy, deeply aromatic – and you would never miss the butter or eggs.

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Passionfruit and Raspberry Meringue Tarts

Homegrown star pastry chef Lauren Eldridge does it again with these flavour-bomb tarts.

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Gingerbread Men

Who doesn’t love a gingerbread cookies?

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Greek Lamb and Vegetable Pie

This Greek Lamb and Vegetable Pie is pie perfection.

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Asparagus Puff Pastry Tartlets

Spring is the perfect time to eat asparagus, so make the most of inseason asparagus and prepare these tasty Asparagus […]

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Potato and Ham Flammkuchen

This Potato and Ham Flammkuchen is delicious for lunch or an easy dinner. Flammkuchen comes from the French-German border region […]

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Asian Fruit Cake

Asian-style fruit cake is a staple at any traditional bakery, known for its light, airy sponge and fresh fruit layers.

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Bougatsa with Crema

Bougatsa is a much-loved Greek pastry and one that has become synonymous with Thessaloniki. You will find bougatsa in nearly every bakery and cafe, baked fresh daily.

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Mosaiko (Greek Chocolate Slice)

Every country has its own version of mosaiko, and this is how the Greeks make it. In our cookbook Peináo, we included a mosaiko recipe that featured walnuts and sour cherries, and we had to include another version here again as it’s such a popular sweet to finish the night on.

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Roasted Carrots and Goat Cheese Galette

Try this rustic savoury tart full of sweet roasted baby carrots.

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Gluten-Free Sticky Carrot Pudding with Spiced Butterscotch

I love this pudding because it perfectly combines two of my all-time favourite sweet treats – carrot cake and sticky date or sticky toffee pudding.

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Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Caramel

These might be some of the richest, most decadent chocolate cupcakes I’ve ever had!

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Caramelised Onion, Mushroom and Brie Tartlets

These little morsels are an excellent way to enjoy my perfected savoury pastry because the buttery dough goes so beautifully with the filling.

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Homemade Sausage Rolls

These are the best sausage rolls.

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Maple Pumpkin Pie

A classic pumpkin pie dessert to make this Halloween season.

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Pomegranate-Sesame Dark Chocolate Bark

This is the perfect sweet treat to prep for the week. If you’re anything like me and have a 3pm sugar craving, then you absolutely need to try this.

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Maple Rum Balls – A No Bake Recipe

Learn how to make rum balls with this simple no-bake recipe, naturally enriched with pure maple syrup!

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Baking is one of life’s simple pleasures—whether it’s cookies and biscuits for the kids or classic cakes like banana cake or chocolate cake, you’ll find the recipes here at MINDFOOD. We’ve even got Christmas and wedding cake recipes for those special occasions, scrumptious sweet and savoury muffins for school and work, and pies like pumpkin or apple pie for that special treat.

While baking requires careful measuring and precise methods, it can be fun and challenging to stretch your creative muscles and give your baked creations your own personal touch. This could mean adding some creative decorations, adding some extra layers or a little bit of a flavour that’s uniquely yours.

For cupcake lovers, most basic cake recipes can be adapted to cupcakes quite easily.