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Danielle Alvarez’s double lemon cake with vanilla sugar.

Five zingy lemon cakes to bake this weekend

Pro tip: Use your fingertips to rub the zest into the sugar to release the oils and enhance the citrus flavour.

Danielle Alvarez’s double lemon cake with vanilla sugar.
EASY

Double-lemon loaf cake with sugar crust

Danielle Alvarez’s lemon cake of dreams also happens to be dairy-free.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s lime and coconut sheet cake.
EASY

Lime and triple coconut sheet cake

This tropical traybake will brighten the dreariest winter’s day.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Helen Goh’s Morning glory loaf cake.

Eat cake for breakfast: Five healthy-ish bakes to wake up to this weekend

A healthy breakfast masquerading as cake? That’s certainly the case of Helen Goh’s revamped Morning Glory recipe.

Helen Goh’s Morning glory loaf cake.
EASY

Morning Glory breakfast loaf

The hefty, healthy apple, pecan, carrot and raisin muffins never go out of style, says Helen Goh. Here she adapts her recipe into a loaf cake.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
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Helen Goh’s pear and cinnamon tea cake.
EASY

Helen Goh’s melt and mix cinnamon tea cake topped with pears (or plums)

This quick and easy cake batter only requires a mixing bowl and a whisk (OK, and a small saucepan).

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Danielle Alvarez’s chocolate loaf cake with mascarpone icing.

Home baker’s dozen: 13 fabulous new cakes to make for Mother’s Day

Does your Mum love Ab Fab? She’ll love Danielle Alvarez’s absolutely fabulous loaded chocolate loaf cake.

‘Le Weekend’ loaf aka French-style pound cake with pink grapefruit

This is a lovely citrus cake to bake for snacking over a weekend.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Everyday chocolate cake with whipped cocoa cream.
EASY

Creator of the ‘world’s best chocolate cake’ shares her new, improved kid-friendly recipe

Helen Goh swaps the original’s dark chocolate ganache for whipped cocoa cream in this simple “everyday” recipe.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s spiced apple cake with mascarpone and maple frosting.

Freshly baked recipes: Five new apple cakes to make this weekend

Apples are abundant now, and as Julia Busuttil Nishimura says, the fruit is the perfect muse for warming, spiced cakes.