35 cakes that will make birthday wishes come true

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The correct tablespoon measure can dictate whether a recipe like Helen Goh’s raspberry and curd cake succeeds or fails.

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More Australians celebrate birthdays this week than any other, making it the perfect excuse to bake. Here are our favourite cake recipes, from fudgy chocolate cakes to easy loaf cakes.

35 recipes

Emelia Jackson’s perfect black forest cake.

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Emelia Jackson’s black forest cake

30 mins - 1 hr
Emelia Jackson

Danielle Alvarez’s double lemon cake with vanilla sugar.

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Double-lemon loaf cake with sugar crust

1-2 hrs
Danielle Alvarez

Helen Goh’s raspberry and lemon curd cake.

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Helen Goh’s raspberry and lemon curd cake

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

This simple lemon cake has a triple hit of citrus (in the batter, syrup and glaze).

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Emelia Jackson’s zingy lemon drizzle cake

1-2 hrs
Emelia Jackson

Top with cream cheese or a dusting of icing sugar.

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Carrot and ground hazelnut cake

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

Everyday chocolate cake with whipped cocoa cream.

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Everyday chocolate cake with whipped cocoa cream

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

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Dutch-process cocoa powder gives this cake and its icing a rich colour.

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Adam Liaw’s classic chocolate cake

30 mins - 1 hr
Adam Liaw

Emelia Jackson’s Flourless chocolate souffle cake.

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Emelia Jackson’s flourless chocolate souffle cake

30 mins - 1 hr
Emelia Jackson

Vanilla and ricotta cake.

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Vanilla and ricotta cake with lemon icing

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Helen Goh's lemon and rose petal chiffon cake recipe.

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Lemon and rose chiffon cake with white chocolate cream icing

2 hrs +
Helen Goh

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s blueberry sour cream cake.

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Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s simple blueberry sour cream cake

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

This strawberry and white chocolate almond cake, with macerated berries, is a delicious afternoon treat.

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Gluten-free strawberry and white chocolate almond cake

30 mins - 1 hr
Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy

Strawberry, coconut and lime sandwich cake.

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Strawberry, coconut and lime sandwich cake

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

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

1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw

There's no need to cut and fill this sponge cake - simply spread the whipped cream on top.

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Condensed-milk Victoria sponge cake

1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw

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A slab of banana cake with cream cheese icing and swirls of optional miso caramel.

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Banana cake with cream cheese icing and miso caramel

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

Emelia Jackson’s spiced apple layer cake with burnt butter cream cheese icing.

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Emelia Jackson’s apple layer cake with brown butter icing

1-2 hrs
Emelia Jackson

Danielle Alvarez’s chocolate loaf cake with mascarpone icing.

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Chocolate loaf cake with mascarpone icing and jam

1-2 hrs
Danielle Alvarez

Helen Goh's desert island cake.

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Helen Goh’s lemon and raspberry loaf cake recipe

Helen Goh

Easy berry Chantilly cake.

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Easy berry Chantilly cake

30 mins - 1 hr
Adam Liaw

Adam Liaw’s orange, almond and olive oil cake.

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Adam Liaw’s orange, almond and olive oil cake with yoghurt cream

2 hrs +
Adam Liaw

Another Slice by Natalie Paull (Hardie Grant Books, RRP $50.

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This cocoa sour cream layer cake is beloved Melbourne bake shop Beatrix’s most requested recipe (and we’ve got it)

March 1, 2024
Natalie Paull

Chocolate ricotta cake with chocolate ganache.

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Chocolate ricotta cake

October 31, 2022
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Hummingbird cake stacked with lemon curd and cream cheese icing, and topped with golden-hued decorations if you're feeling 'extra'.

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Hummingbird layer cake with lemon curd, honeycomb and chamomile

2 hrs +
Katrina Meynink

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Spiced apple cake with mascarpone and maple frosting

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Jill Dupleix's rose, lime and coconut chiffon cake.

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Rose, lime and coconut chiffon cake

2 hrs +
Jill Dupleix

Helen Goh’s lemon, orange and almond cake.

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Lemon, orange and almond cake

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

Adam Liaw's stress-free children's birthday cake.

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Adam Liaw’s birthday traycake

October 1, 2021
Adam Liaw

Lemon and ricotta cake.

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Adam Liaw’s lemon and ricotta cake

1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw

Chocolate loaf with vanilla cream.

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Adam Liaw’s chocolate loaf with vanilla cream

30 mins - 1 hr
Adam Liaw

This recipe was a closely-guarded secret, until now.

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Helen Goh’s favourite orange cake

2 hrs +
Helen Goh

Saffron-infused milk adds a bright splash of colour to this cake and its icing.

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Orange milk cake

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

A new take on pineapple upside-down cake.

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Helen Goh’s salted pineapple and brown sugar cake

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

Lemon and blueberry cream cheese pound cake (pictured with an optional lemon icing).

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Lemon and blueberry cream cheese pound cake

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

Helen Goh's Irish coffee cake recipe.

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Irish coffee cake with Bailey’s filling

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

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