This cake was a big hit at morning tea. Moist and tasty, the cake could be served warm or at room temperature and with the option of cream or yoghurt as an accompaniment. The recipe is based on one, for small individual cakes, taken from Bakeclass by Anneka Manning. Ingredients for cake 120 g butter…

Recently I had a morning tea with some of my old team members. This gluten free carrot cake was a big hit. Moist and tasty. I made the cake a second time, but this time one of the diners was allergic to walnuts so substituted hazelnuts for the walnuts and again it was big hit….

A couple of weeks ago, a good friend and I had our birthdays a week apart. My friend gave me a recipe book (always a welcome gift) and chose a cake from it for her birthday afternoon tea. I happened to have a Bundt tin just like the one in the picture in the book….

This cake was made to celebrate a special birthday for one of the team members. The cake design was made up by me, but the cake recipe was based on a chocolate cake by Gordon Ramsey in Cooking for Friends. I split the cake into two pieces and sandwiched the pieces together with home made…

Covid has prevented alot of face to face meetings and so the need for cake has been limited, but there have been a few occasions when we needed cake. This cake was made for a colleague’s birthday which we celebrated while maintaining social distancing. The cake has been made with both fresh plums in summer…

The week before Christmas, the team celebrated the birthdays of two of the team members. This cake is a spin on the usual orange and almond cake. It is moist and delicious. Can be served warm with whipped cream as a dessert or at room temperature for a morning or afternoon tea. The bonus of…

This week we had three people with birthdays in one week. This cake was really tasty and possibly would have tasted even better slightly warm. If served warm, it would make a lovely dessert. The recipe is from Ostra by Julia Busuttil Nishimra. This is the third cake I have made from this book and…

This is a recipe for my vegan and dairy free friends. I made it for an afternoon tea and all the non- vegans enjoyed it as much as the vegans, It can be made as a single cake or as two cakes to make a layer cake. The recipe is taken from The Minimalist Baker…

I made this cake  to celebrate one of our colleague’s birthdays a few weeks ago maintaining social distancing. Everyone who has tasted this cake, loves the mix of flavours. The recipe is taken from the Delicious magazine or website https://www.delicious.com.au   Ingredients 150 g unsalted butter, cubed and softened 150 g caster sugar 2 eggs…

I made this cake as part of our covid-19 cooking sessions with friends over zoom. It was suggested the cake could also be called the 3x cake as all ingredient amounts are a factor of 3, except for the lemons which you could adjust to 3. The cake is quite moist (see tips) and was…

Another recipe tried in the covid-19 cooking class. It is a great time of year to try this cake with an abundance of apples available. It is easy to make and tastes best, in my opinion, served slightly warm with either whipped cream or ice-cream. The recipe was taken from “Simple” by Yotam Ottolenghi  …

Covid-19 has meant we cannot meet with friends as we have in the past, so my baking is limited. A long-time friend who has always disliked cooking, has decided to learn some basic recipes while she is restricted to home. Her first request was for a simple chocolate cake so together with another friend and…