Better baking
Expert baker Emelia Jackson reveals the pantry ingredients she can’t live without
Emelia Jackson shares her baking tips, including the best butter to buy at the supermarket and how to avoid sifting icing sugar.
- Emelia Jackson
Three tricks to reduce cracks on a baked cheesecake, the ‘little black dress’ of desserts
Emelia Jackson shares the secrets to a soft, luscious sour cream cheesecake without a crack in sight.
- 1-2 hrs
- Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s light, airy chocolate mousse is the sweetest way to see in 2025
This make-ahead retro dessert, an irresistible combination of dark chocolate custard and whipped cream, is making a comeback on restaurant menus.
- < 30 mins
- Emelia Jackson
Get your festive bake on with Emelia Jackson’s Christmas cookies
Handmade biscuits are the perfect way to spread some holiday cheer – delicious, fun, and a treat everyone will enjoy.
- Emelia Jackson
The secret to these fluffy cinnamon doughnuts? It’s all in the mashed spuds
The difference between gloriously puffy doughnuts and dense, oily rings comes down to an ingredient found in the vegie aisle.
- < 30 mins
- Emelia Jackson
This retro celebration cake will never go out of fashion. Here’s the secret to whipping up a great one
Bring out a black forest cake – a high-rise stack of airy chocolate sponges, sweet-sour cherries and clouds of cream – then stand back and soak up the accolades.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s lemon, lime and bitters tartlets with a ‘dream’ curd you’ll want to eat by the spoonful
Take a refreshing mixed drink and turn it into a luxurious dessert that’s tart, sweet and bitter in all the right ways.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s secret to the perfect wobbly panna cotta
Magic happens when Italy’s favourite pick-me-up, tiramisu, meets the creamy just-set dessert.
- < 30 mins
- Emelia Jackson
Patience and grunt work: Emelia Jackson’s secrets to making the perfect pavlova
So many things can go wrong with Australia’s best-known dessert. Follow these simple tricks, and you’ll have the crisp, snowy meringue of your dreams.
- 1-2 hrs
- Emelia Jackson
Looking for the ultimate party pud? Emelia Jackson’s retro ice-cream cake is the bombe
This showstopping summer celebration cake delivers plenty of bang but is much easier to make than it looks.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Emelia Jackson
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