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50 simple summer cakes and bakes

These comforting bakes make the most of seasonal fruit and tropical flavours, and are just the thing with a cuppa.

50 recipes
Ice and then decorate this cake with flowers and berries of your choice.

Pistachio picnic cake with cream cheese icing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
A portable traycake with passionfruit icing.
EASY

Helen Goh's passionfruit picnic cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Coconut sponge sandwiched with papaya compote and coconut cream.

Helen Goh's coconut sponge with lime and papaya compote

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Strawberry and almond cream tart.

Strawberry and almond cream tart

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
melting moments

Melting moments with passionfruit butter

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Easy berry Chantilly cake.

Easy berry Chantilly cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
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Passionfruit sponge cake.

Sponge cake with passionfruit icing

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Helen Goh's lamington-inspired chocolate cake.

Helen Goh's lamington chocolate cake with marmalade and coconut

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Caramelised nectarine scones.
EASY

Caramelised nectarine scones

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Lyndey Milan
Plum and semolina shortcake.

Semolina, almond and blood plum cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Lemonade scone slab with strawberry jam, cream and fresh strawberries.
EASY

Scone slab with chunky strawberry jam and cream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Fig and lemon yoghurt cake.

Fig and lemon yoghurt cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Strawberry and yoghurt cake.
EASY

Strawberry and yoghurt cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Triple lemon drizzle cake.
EASY

Triple lemon drizzle cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Dan Lepard
Helen Goh's desert island cake.
EASY

Lemon and raspberry loaf cake

  • Helen Goh
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Helen Goh developed this recipe after a friend's take on her chocolate cake converted her to traybakes.
EASY

Raspberry, pistachio and lime traybake with cream cheese icing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Pineapple and polenta cake.

Gluten-free pineapple and polenta cake (fruit flower optional)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Refreshing and fruity: passionfruit syrup cake with mango salsa.

Passionfruit syrup cake with mango salsa

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Lemon and blueberry cream cheese pound cake (pictured with an optional lemon icing).
EASY

Lemon and blueberry cream cheese pound cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
A great way to make the most of cherry season.

Neil Perry's cherry clafoutis pudding recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Strawberry and cream shortcakes.
EASY

Strawberry and cream shortcakes

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Picnic-friendly raspberry frangipane tart.

Raspberry frangipane tart

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Queensland cake with macadamias.
EASY

'Queensland cake' with ginger, macadamias and coconut

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Prue's blueberry bake

Prue's blueberry (or raspberry) bake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Brigitte Hafner
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Neil Perry's Coconut and Yoghurt Cake with Fresh Peach Compote.

Coconut and yoghurt cake recipe with fresh peach compote and whipped cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Lime and almond slice.

Lime and almond slice

  • < 30 mins
  • Lynne Mullins
Almond cake with lemon curd

Almond cake with lemon curd

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Frank Camorra
Stone fruit cheesecake

Stone fruit cheesecake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jane and Jeremy Strode
These financiers use olive oil instead of the traditional beurre noisette.

Cherry, lemon and olive oil financiers

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Lamington cupcakes

Lamington cupcakes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
Scones meet strawberry shortcakes - the creme fraiche makes for a deliciously tender dough.

Strawberry, lime and creme fraiche scones

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Chocolate and coconut banana bread.
EASY

Chocolate and coconut banana bread

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Apricot tart

Apricot tart

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Brigitte Hafner
There's no need to cut and fill this sponge cake - simply spread the whipped cream on top.

Adam Liaw's cheat's Victoria sponge with condensed milk

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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
Put those ripe peaches to good use.

Peach melba cobbler with rosewater cream recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw

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