I have made this pie a couple of times this summer and it is really tasty with the occasional ping of ginger. It is especially good when made with the blackberries from Westerway Raspberry Farm in southern Tasmania. The recipe is taken from The Pie project by Phoebe Wood and Kirsten Jenkins. Ingredients for pastry…

My friend Jill admirably follows a no sugar diet, so I made this cake for her birthday. The cake has no refined sugar, but has a sweetness from the oranges, and is also gluten free and dairy free. The cake in the photo was made by doubling the recipe and cooked in a 30 cm…

This is my favourite mud cake recipe that I have used many times. The recipe can easily be doubled to make a larger cake. The recipe is taken from a book printed in the mid 1990s – Baking (the good taste collection) by Anneka Manning. Ingredients for cake 200 g butter 200 g good quality…

This cake is one of the team’s all-time favourite cakes and one I make for team meetings every February when plums and apricots are in abundance. This year is the first year we have had the cake without the Satsuma plums supplied from one of our colleagues; unfortunately he chose another career last year. Any…

This is another favourite cake  of the team. It is especially good when made with the certified organic blueberries from Twelve Trees Farm, south of Hobart. The recipe is taken from The Free Range Cook by Annabel Langbein. Ingredients for cake 140 g softened butter 1 cup castor sugar 2 eggs at room temperature 1…

I have a gluten intolerance so am always on the look out for tasty gluten free cakes. This cake looks great, is really tasty and has been enjoyed by everyone. The recipe is taken from River Cottage Gluten Free by Naomi Devlin. Ingredients for cake 230 g salted butter, softened 180 g light muscovado sugar…