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Mother's Day

Bill Granger’s ricotta hotcakes.
EASY

How to make Australia’s most famous weekend brunch dish at home

Like the recipe’s creator, Bill Granger, these fluffy ricotta hotcakes, served with honeycomb butter and banana, are the stuff of Australian legend.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Bill Granger
Emelia Jackson’s sour cream cheesecake.

Three tricks to reduce cracks on a baked cheesecake, the ‘little black dress’ of desserts

Emelia Jackson shares the secrets to a soft, luscious sour cream cheesecake without a crack in sight.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Emelia Jackson
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s blackberry and espresso hazelnut cake.
EASY

Blackberry and espresso hazelnut cake

Bake this simple cake for someone you love (or as a gift to yourself). All you need is a bowl and whisk, nothing fancy.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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
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
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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
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

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