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Johnny cakes with peach salsa and golden syrup.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s johnny cakes with peach salsa and golden syrup

Fry the johnny cakes slowly, so they cook all the way through before they get too brown on the outside.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw

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This is the right kind of vanilla slice, says its creator Katrina Meynink.

Vanilla slice with caramelised pastry and passionfruit

Katrina Meynink’s version of the Aussie bakery classic is a thing of beauty.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Emelia Jackson’s chocolate mousse.

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
Katrina Meynink’s two-tone jelly and panna cotta.

Raspberry, moscato and elderflower jelly with yoghurt and white chocolate panna cotta

On our hot Christmas days, this light and refreshing pudding is the kind of dessert we all need.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Danielle Alvarez’s blueberry pancakes with whipped demerara butter.
EASY

Blueberry pancakes with ‘irresistible’ whipped demerara butter

Dotted with berries, these light and fluffy pancakes are the stuff of weekend dreams.

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s lemon ciambella (Italian ring cake).
EASY

Cake for breakfast? Bring it on with this lemon ciambella

This Italian breakfast cake is simple and quick to make, and stays moist for a good few days.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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Sarah Rusbatch, pictured, wants to make sure her kids will never think “Mum can’t find out about this”.

Nervous about your teen at Leavers? Here’s how to start the conversation

I grew up in a house where alcohol was at every social occasion and appeared to be the only way adults had fun. I’m avoiding that, but not by being “anti-alcohol”.

  • Sarah Rusbatch
Helen Goh’s lemon, orange and almond cake.

Lemon, orange and almond cake

A simple but rich cake, fine-textured and full of bright citrus flavours.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Danielle Alvarez’s polenta and strawberry scones.
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Get your Sunday bake-on with these quick polenta and strawberry scones

Pre-filled with jam, these delicious little double-decker scones come together and bake up quickly.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Strawberry and mascarpone parfait.
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Adam Liaw’s strawberry and mascarpone parfait

Parfait can refer to a pâté-type arrangement of chicken livers, a French frozen custard or an arrangement of fruit, cream and sorbet. This is more the latter.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/mother-s-day-1myn