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40 beautiful autumn cakes and bakes (including some new Easter classics)

Fruit-filled, crumbly and chocolatey bakes for beginners (hello Adam Liaw's easy berry Chantilly cake!) and accomplished home bakers alike.

40 recipes
Marble chocolate layer cake decorated with candy-shelled chocolate 'bird's eggs'.

Marble chocolate layer cake with chocolate buttercream, chocolate crumb and Easter eggs

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
A simple chocolate cake slab dressed-up with ganache and Easter eggs.
EASY

Old-school slab cake with milk chocolate ganache and Easter eggs

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Helen Goh: "I do urge you to try the bay seasoning in this strudel."

Helen Goh's apple, blackberry and bay leaf strudel

  • Helen Goh
These gooey-centred brownies just so happen to be gluten-free.
EASY

Gluten-free chocolate, buckwheat and sea salt brownies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Cherry, pistachio and lemon cake.

Helen Goh's cherry, lemon and pistachio loaf cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Golden syrup pudding.

Golden syrup pudding

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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A portable traycake with passionfruit icing.
EASY

Helen Goh's passionfruit picnic cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Katrina Meynink swaps dainty individual financier fingers for a slab.

Slab financier with pear and slightly fancy fennel sugar

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This crumble cake works with many combinations of fruit.

Helen Goh’s nectarine and blueberry crumble cake

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

Strawberries and cream roll cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
This crostata recipe works with various fruity fillings.

Blood plum crostata

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
Easy berry Chantilly cake.

Easy berry Chantilly cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Hazelnut shortcakes sandwiched with brown sugar creme fraiche and plum compote.

Helen Goh's plum and hazelnut shortcakes with brown sugar creme fraiche

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Bursting with orange and lime, this simple cake is perfect winter baking.
EASY

Citrus and ginger semolina cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Jill Dupleix's rose, lime and coconut chiffon cake.

Rose, lime and coconut chiffon cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
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Helen Goh's apple cake, icing and praline optional.

Apple cake with maple cream cheese icing and caramelised walnuts

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh's ricotta cake with amaretto raisins and chocolate ganache.

Ricotta cake with amaretto raisins and chocolate ganache

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Parsnip, apple and lime loaf cake decorated with 'filleted' lime segments (optional). 

Helen Goh's parsnip, apple and lime loaf cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Gooey, chewy chocolate hazelnut cookies. For crunchier biscuits, adjust the baking time.

Spiced chocolate, spelt and hazelnut crackle cookies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Chocolate brioche-babka (save leftovers for breakfast!).

Chocolate babka meets brioche

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Danielle Alvarez's brown butter and cardamom pear tart.

Brown butter and cardamom pear tart

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Apple and rhubarb lattice-topped pie.

Apple and rhubarb lattice-topped pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Dan Lepard
Dark chocolate and pear are a classic combo.

Chocolate, pear and olive oil cake with cocoa crumble

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Warm apple crumble cake

Warm apple crumble cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
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Neil Perry's blueberry brown butter tart.

Blueberry tart recipe with almond pastry

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
This strawberry and white chocolate almond cake, with macerated berries, is a delicious afternoon treat.
EASY

Gluten-free strawberry and white chocolate almond cake recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Next-level pecan pie with a layer of dark chocolate ganache.

Chocolate ganache and espresso, buckwheat and pecan caramel pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Quince frangipane tart.

Quince frangipane tart

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Brigitte Hafner
Plum and hazelnut streusel cake.

Plum and spiced hazelnut streusel cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Helen Goh's honey cake gets better with age.

Honey cake with figs and whisky

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Just a handful of ingredients and a few hours in the fridge.

No-bake crunchy chocolate-almond tart

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Alison Roman
Swedish-style cream buns with almond and cardamom.

Helen Goh's semlor buns

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Edible flowers take this cake from simple to special.
EASY

Helen Goh's simple apple cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Brownie pudding with poached pears.

Helen Goh's pear and ginger brownie pudding

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
If you are ready to tuck into wintry baking, this is the perfect cake to give you that cozy feeling.

Buckwheat apple cake with crumble topping

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
These financiers use olive oil instead of the traditional beurre noisette.

Cherry, lemon and olive oil financiers

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh

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