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Strawberry kisses: 20 ways to get your berry bake on

Pick up a punnet and pop on your pinny. Now’s the perfect time to turn that sweet, ruby-red fruit into sensational cakes, tarts, and scones.

20 recipes
Spring crumble with pineapple, pecan and strawberry
EASY

Helen Goh’s pineapple, pecan and strawberry crumble

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh’s strawberry ricotta crostata.

Strawberry ricotta crostata

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Strawberry slab cake.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s strawberry slab cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Best enjoyed with clotted or double cream.
EASY

Quick polenta and strawberry scones

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Strawberry and almond cream tart.

Strawberry and almond cream tart

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s rhubarb and strawberry sponge pudding.
EASY

Strawberry and rhubarb sponge pudding

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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Strawberry, coconut and lime sandwich cake.

Strawberry, coconut and lime sandwich cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Strawberry and sourdough trifle.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s strawberry and sourdough trifle

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Easy berry Chantilly cake.

Easy berry Chantilly cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Is it a cake? Is it a slice? Lemon 'brownies' with frozen berries.
EASY

Helen Goh’s lemon ‘brownies’ with berries

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Strawberry galette with rose cream.

Strawberry galette with rose cream

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Strawberry, elderflower and pistachio cake.
EASY

Strawberry, elderflower and pistachio cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Strawberries and cream roll cake.

Strawberries and cream roll cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Strawberry mille feuille.

Strawberry and mascarpone millefeuille

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Treat this cheesecake as a blank canvas for nearly any seasonal fruit.

Strawberry and lime cheesecake with pretzel crust

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
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Lemonade scone slab with strawberry jam, cream and fresh strawberries.
EASY

Scone slab with chunky strawberry jam and cream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Helen Goh's rhubarb and strawberry galette recipe.

Rhubarb and strawberry galette with cream cheese pastry

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Somewhere between sponge and biscuit.
EASY

Agrarian Kitchen’s strawberry shortcakes with rosewater cream

  • < 30 mins
  • Rodney Dunn
Scones meet strawberry shortcakes - the creme fraiche makes for a deliciously tender dough.

Strawberry, lime and creme fraiche scones

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
There's no need to cut and fill this sponge cake - simply spread the whipped cream on top.

Condensed-milk Victoria sponge cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw