• Recipe collection
• Best of

Comforting, sweet and trending: The 20 most popular recipes of May

During May, the recipes that captured your kitchens included hearty mince and sausage dishes, the comfort of classic cakes, and riffs on TikTok trends.

• Celebrity life

Martha Stewart weighs into RecipeTin Eats v Brooke Bellamy recipe stoush

During a headline event for Vivid Sydney, the 83-year-old food doyenne was asked about recipe “ownership”.

• May 29, 2025
• Lauren Ironmonger

• Recipe collection
• Biscuit

10 must-try recipes to satisfy your cookie cravings

Is your sweet tooth calling? Perfect. International Biscuit Day falls on Thursday, May 29, and it’s the only excuse you need to get your bake on.

• Carrot

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

• Cheese

What do you call this golden, cheesy six-ingredient pie? A Greek legend

Brushing some of the filling onto the top gives this simple tiropita a burnished, salty finish.

• 1-2 hrs
• Julia Busuttil Nishimura

• Recipe collection
• Mother's Day

A bunch of banana cakes (and loaves) to make for Mother’s Day

Turn sweet, ripe bananas into a gift or a treat to share using one of these recipes for banana cake, loaf or bread.

• Pear

Banana and pear loaf with fudgy caramel icing

Take your banana cake to the next level with extra fruit and a rich penuche topping.

• 1-2 hrs
• Helen Goh

• Banana

Adam Liaw’s apple and banana loaf

This apple and banana loaf is incredibly moist and perfect as a dessert with a dollop of cream, toasted for breakfast, or packed into a lunch box.

• 1-2 hrs
• Adam Liaw

• Opinion
• Social media

When did we stop listening to experts and start listening to the girl with the best hair?

Influencers are relatable, we’re told. They’re us, only thinner, happier and always just back from Sardinia. But are they really us?

• May 2, 2025
• Kate Halfpenny