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Rich and luscious ... Caroline Velik's chocolate mousse.

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Cake recipes: Decadent dessert recipes

End your next dinner party or special family gathering on a lavish note with a sumptuous, take-no-prisoners dessert.

45 recipes
Perry's bavarois

Neil Perry's passionfruit bavarois sponge

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Dan Lepard recipe Chocolate date layer cake Photograph by William Meppem Styling and food prep by Hannah Meppem

Chocolate-date layer cake with peanut butter chocolate ganache

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Orange and Gran Marnier custard.

Orange and Grand Marnier custard

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Apple, carrot and macadamia cake.

Carrot, almond and macadamia cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Roasted strawberries with liquorice cream.
EASY

Roasted strawberries with licorice cream

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chocolate cake wioth ganache.

Chocolate cake with ganache

  • 1-2 hrs
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Goat's milk cheesecake with poached rhubarb.

Goat’s milk cheesecake recipe with poached rhubarb

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Frank Camorra
Soft chocolate, coconut jelly and hazlenut macaroon.

Soft chocolate, coconut jelly and hazelnut macaroon

  • 1-2 hrs
Berry, Sauternes and mascarpone trifle.

Berry, sauternes and mascarpone trifle

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Chocolate gianduja mousse with hazelnut praline.

Dark chocolate and gianduja mousse with hazelnut praline

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
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Raspberry and mascarpone cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry tiramisu.

Tiramisu

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Strawberry French meringue.

Strawberry French meringue

  • 2 hrs +
  • Justin North
Buttermilk waffles with maple bacon butter.

Buttermilk waffles with maple bacon butter

  • < 30 mins
Chocolate floss eclairs.

Chocolate floss eclairs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
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Raspberry and vanilla bavarois.

Raspberry and vanilla bavarois

  • 1-2 hrs
Cherries and butterscotch pudding.

Cherries and butterscotch pudding

  • 2 hrs +
Walnut filled pancakes with chocolate sauce

Walnut filled pancakes with chocolate sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Lemon and raspberry tart

Lemon and raspberry tart

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Stephanie Alexander
Summer brioche pudding

Summer brioche pudding

  • < 30 mins
  • CAROLINE VELIK
Orange ricotta tart.

Orange ricotta tart

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Chocolate and coffee mousse.

Chocolate and coffee mousse

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Chocolate loaf cake served with vanilla custard and saffron roasted pears.
EASY

Roasted pears with saffron, rosemary and bay

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Walnut, macadamia and honey tart.

Walnut, macadamia and honey tart

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
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Spiced apple-ginger pudding with butterscotch.
EASY

Spiced apple and ginger pudding

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Frank Camorra
Soft chocolate with almond prailine.

Soft chocolate with almond praline

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Frank Camorra
Rich chocolate mousse

Rich chocolate mousse

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Caroline Velik
Butter, apples and sugar become one of the finest desserts in the world.

Jill Dupleix's tarte tatin

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Food. Stephanie Alexander's Walnut and rum tart. SHD SUNDAY LIFE Picture by VANESSA LEVIS SLIFE120401

Walnut and rum tart

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Stephanie Alexander
MOLTEN CHOCOLATE PUDDING. Jill

Molten chocolate pudding

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Vanilla creme-catalan.

Frank Camorra's luscious vanilla desserts

  • Frank Camorra
Cucumber and Pimm's Sorbet.

Icy cold treats for summer

  • Karen Martini
Mango rice pudding brulee.

Taste of summer: Mango recipes from Frank Camorra

  • Frank Camorra
Chocolate.

Advice from the chocolate master: A kilo a week keeps the doctor away

  • Jessica Wright
Cooking with chocolate: Mousse.

How to make classic chocolate mousse

  • Justine Costigan
Baker Christopher Montebello of Let Them Eat Cake in South Melbourne.

How to ice a cake like a professional

  • Justine Costigan

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