Baking

Best-ever cake recipes

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

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Mango Mousse Cake with Coconut & Passion Fruit

Mango Mousse Cake with Coconut & Passion Fruit. Perfect for a sunny afternoon, this delicious gluten-free mousse cake uses coconut […]

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Alfajores Recipe

To celebrate the launch of Nespresso’s latest Limited Edition Colombian Terroirs, acclaimed chefs Ben Milgate and Elvis Abrahanowicz of Sydney’s Bodega and Porteno have created a recipe for two bespoke alfajores, a popular Colombian treat.

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Gluten-free Chocolate, Peanut Butter Cake

Gluten-free Chocolate, Peanut Butter Cake. Can you believe this delicious cake is gluten-free and sugar-free? Believe us when we say […]

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Plum & Salted Caramel Tart

Plum & Salted Caramel Tart Recipe Put delicious in season plums to good work with this delectable tart recipe. With […]

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Honeycomb, Meringue Shards and Shortcake Cookie

Honeycomb, Meringue Shards and Shortcake Cookie. Whether you’re recreating our sixth birthday cake or you’re on another baking adventure, these tasty […]

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Snapper Pie, Slow Braised Green Beans, Fennel, Kataifi

Snapper Pie, Slow Braised Green Beans, Fennel, Kataifi. Baking is a staple of Greek cuisine, and these hearty and flavoursome […]

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Be my Valentine! Top cupcake recipes

Bake some cupcakes for your cupcake this Valentine’s Day! We make it easy with our best ever cucpcake recipes.

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Berry and White Chocolate Blondies

Get baking and whip up a batch of these blackberry-dotted treats. Quick and easy to make they are perfect with coffee or tea.

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Macadamia Chocolate Lamingtons

The quintessential Aussie lamington features a nutty twist.

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Lamb, Mint and Macadamia Sausage Rolls

Always a favourite come picnic time, these lamb and macadamia sausage rolls are packed full of surprise flavours.

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Pineapple Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Filling

For a healthy cupcake alternative, try these wholemeal and spelt pineapple patty cakes with a light cream cheese filling.

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Baked Eggnog and Raspberry Ripple Cheesecake

Eggnog is a traditional drink made and enjoyed in the lead up to Christmas. We’ve taken all the fragrant spices […]

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Best ever edible Christmas gifts

Best ever edible Christmas gifts: for a personal, homemade gift, try these delicious treats. Guaranteed to impress and delight friends and family.

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Christmas Granola

Place granola in airtight containers or jars for a gift that will keep on giving for up to a month after Christmas.

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Ginger Ninjas

Ginger ninjas are a twist on the ordinary gingerbread men we see every year.

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Free-Form Apple, Pear and Cinnamon Pie

Indulge in some relaxed baking with this easy recipe for a free-form pie from Karen Martini. Serve with plenty of ice-cream.

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Merle Parrish’s: Best Baking Recipes

Merle Parrish’s: Best Baking Recipes. CWA champion baker Merle Parrish shares her favourite foolproof recipes from basic scones to a coconut slice and retro custard slice.

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Merle Parrish’s Custard Slice

Take a walk down memory lane with this retro dessert. A custard slice is guaranteed to impress any guest young or old.

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Merle Parrish’s Coconut Slice

This delicious slice makes good use of the crunchy desiccated coconut siting in your pantry and is so easy to create.

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Ricciarelli Biscuits

Originating in Siena, these traditional Italian almond biscuits are often shared as Christmas gifts throughout Italy.

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Pistachio Biscotti

Made using the traditional method, this pistachio biscotti is simple to prepare and doubles as a great gift idea.

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Walnut Shortbread

A beautiful, buttery walnut biscuit that is so simple to create, you’ll find it becomes a regular in your baking repertoire.

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Orange Blossom Baklava

A hint of orange-blossom gives this Middle Eastern sweet a wonderful citrus flavour.

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Strawberry Upside-Down Cake with Strawberry Ice-Cream

This sweet and sticky strawberry upside-down cake is in the oven in minutes and presents beautifully with Strawberry Ice-Cream. Strawberry […]

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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.