TO DRINK: Dalla Cia Chardonnay 2009, a yeasty, flinty wine, well-balanced with a low acidity.
Pound cake is always a favourite for afternoon tea. So take things one step further and serve up this delicious maraschino cherry pound cake that your guests are…
Print Recipe Vanilla poppy-seed cake with caramel praline Serves: 10 Ingredients 1 hour 15 mins 100g butter, at room temperature 100g castor sugar 3 large eggs, beaten 100g cake flour 5ml (1 tsp) baking powder 60ml (¼ cup) poppy seeds ICING 80g butter, softened 130g (1 cup) icing sugar, sifted 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract
Print Recipe Sweet potato, banana and cinnamon loaf cake with meringue buttercream Serves: 2 x 25cm loaf cakes Cooking Time: 1 hour 30 mins Ingredients CAKE 200g (1 cup) brown sugar 2 large eggs 125ml (½ cup) milk 80ml (? cup) vegetable oil 15ml (1 tbsp) vanilla extract 150g cake flour, sifted 7ml (1,5 tsp)
Print Recipe Country rice cake -torta campagnola Serves: 1 cake Cooking Time: 1 hour 10 mins plus overnight Ingredients 150g unsalted butter 50ml fine breadcrumbs, toasted 100g raisins 30ml (2 tbsp) sweet dessert wine 200ml milk 200ml water 100g sugar grated zest of 2 lemons 2,5ml (½ tsp) salt 180g Arborio rice 100g candied peel,