Shiraz gin and pear brioche cake with gin ice-cream
This recipe calls for a pear poaching syrup made with shiraz gin that flavours and colours the pears, but doubles as the base for the accompanying ice-cream.
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Gianduja and affogato mousse cake
Topped with roasted hazelnuts and toffee shards.
Our favourite carrot cake recipes
We're calling it – a slice of carrot cake counts towards your daily vegetable intake.
Mat Lindsay’s guide to making a Basque cheesecake
A smoky-sweet cake with a tell-tale scorched top. The Ester chef shows how it's done.
Jaclyn Koludrovic’s gluten-free pistachio, lime and coconut cream cake with melon, apple and mint
Talk about a showstopper cake.
A no-bake strawberry crème fraîche cheesecake
The best bit? There's no need to turn on the oven.
How to make the perfect sponge cake
Few know the art of baking like Lorraine Godsmark of Lorraine's Patisserie. She shares her method for making light, fluffy sponge.
Ricotta-polenta cake with lemon-rosemary syrup
Enjoy a slice of this fragrant, versatile cake at any time of day. And you can make the whole thing in just over an hour.
A pâtissière’s guide to making Black Forest cake
Chocolate and kirsch are the stars of this knockout classic German dessert gâteau, with a light, airy sponge the key to success. Catherine Adams shows how it's done.
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How to make a chocolate mousse cake
Chocolate fiends will love the triple-hit in this irresistible chocolate mousse cake. Catherine Adams shows how it's done.