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Adam Liaw’s Swedish almond loaf is finished with a moreish butterscotch almond topping.
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Adam Liaw’s Swedish almond loaf cake with butterscotch topping

Serve a slice with sour cream and a strong black coffee.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw

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TV personality and radio host, Hamish Blake has become widely celebrated for his annual attempts at baking complex birthday cakes for his children.

Birthday cakes have become the new battleground for fathers. I blame Hamish Blake

The “Hamish Blake cake night” phenomenon is having real-world consequences for stressed-out fathers, including me.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Helen Goh’s Dubai chocolate brownies.

Helen Goh takes the viral Dubai chocolate bar and makes it even better

Inspired by the pistachio chocolate, this brownie is a textural treat in every bite.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Top with cream cheese or a dusting of icing sugar.
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This nutty ingredient will take your carrot cake to the next level

A missing ingredient led Helen Goh to improvise this winning update to the classic cake.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
As more people leave Facebook, remembering birthdays has become harder.

I supported the Facebook exodus … until my birthday rolled around

I rarely miss Facebook. But when I jolt awake at 3am realising it was my mum’s birthday the day before, and I missed it, I do lament what was lost.

  • Wendy Syfret
Apricot, almond and cardamom cake.
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Apricot, almond and cardamom cake

This gently spiced cake contains nuggets of sun-dried apricot for a perfect balance of sweet and tart.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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Helen Goh’s coffee cake with buttercream and pecan brittle.

Sunday baking project: Helen Goh’s coffee layer cake with buttercream and brittle

This layer cake recipe is an update of an old-fashioned coffee and walnut cake.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Danielle Alvarez’s double lemon cake with vanilla sugar.
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Double-lemon loaf cake with sugar crust

Danielle Alvarez’s lemon cake of dreams also happens to be dairy-free.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s lime and coconut sheet cake.
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Lime and triple coconut sheet cake

This tropical traybake will brighten the dreariest winter’s day.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
The worst of part of being an adult? No one cares about your birthday.

Unhappy birthday to me: How Facebook ruined my big day

The decline of Facebook means no one knows it’s your birthday any more which means I don’t get to hear from people I almost never think about.

  • Thomas Mitchell

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/birthday-l9p