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Morning & afternoon tea

White chocolate muffins.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s white chocolate and caramel muffins

The addition of caramel chips along with the white chocolate helps to give these muffins an extra-rich flavour.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Vanilla slice.
EASY

Emelia Jackson’s foolproof vanilla slice is easier to make than you might expect

This zesty twist on the nostalgic country bakery classic is more “modern chic”, less “sugar coma”.

  • < 30 mins
  • Emelia Jackson
Summer peach cake.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s summer peach cake

Peaches are the hero in this simple mix-and-pour cake, delicious served with ice-cream or cream.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Emelia Jackson’s foolproof brownies.
EASY

The secret to perfect glossy brownies: Emelia Jackson’s best recipe

These simple, foolproof tips guarantee you’ll bake chocolate brownies with a fudgy centre and that signature crackly top every time.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Small enough to keep on the kitchen bench for grazing, but portable enough to tuck into a bag for a picnic.
EASY

Helen Goh’s nectarine, pistachio and brown-butter friands make the perfect January treat

These little nectarine and brown-butter cakes suit January’s rhythm perfectly: hot days, long matches on TV, slow drifting between indoors and out.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
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Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s pistachio amaretti.
EASY

Pistachio amaretti

These soft and chewy biscuits are so festive and make for a wonderful offering during the holiday period when visitors are coming and going.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Helen Goh’s mango mascarpone sponge cake.

Mango mascarpone sponge cake

This genoise sponge is a very useful recipe to have in your baking arsenal.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Spiced lemon posset with summer berries.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s spiced lemon posset with summer berries

Posset is a dessert of cream set with citrus juice. The process is a bit like making a sweet ricotta, but here I’ve added fragrant spices as well.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
The perfect accompaniment to an afternoon coffee.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s hit apple, lemon and ricotta cake plus four more fruity faves to bake this weekend

Juicy with summer fruits, light, crumbly and fluffy all at once. Julia Busuttil Nishimura specialises in gorgeously golden cakes perfect for impromptu afternoon teas.

No-bake date cheesecake.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s no-bake date cheesecake

Date syrup, which you can buy from Middle Eastern grocers and most supermarkets, makes a simple, flavourful drizzle for this no-bake cheesecake.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw