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RECENT BAKES

Lemon, meringue, poppyseed

Yule log is my favourite Christmas bake! So festive and delicious and I am obsessed with the meringue mushrooms. A super soft chocolate sponge filled with chocolate custard folded through whipped cream and dotted with lots of fresh raspberries. Cover

The ultimate summer slice if so say so myself 🤪olive oil chiffon filled with custard cream, passion fruit curd and fresh chunks of strawberry covered in white chocolate mixed citrus (orange lemon lime) butter cream

Coconut pineapple pies 🥥 flaky pastry filled with caramelised pineapple jam, toasted coconut sponge, coconut custard and whipped coconut cream topped with fresh pineapple mixed through some of the jam and some lime zest. Very summery bake for the wa

One of the market cakes 🎃 even though it’s not autumn and we don’t have thanksgiving in NZ I’m obsessed with all the pumpkin desserts. This is spiced pumpkin cake, cream cheese mousse, salty caramel, brown sugar butter cream and ca

Lemon sponge soaked with lemon syrup filled with lemon curd and vanilla chantilly cream covered in lemon buttercream and topped with torched Italian meringue, candied lemons and more curd

Not my usual vibe but had tons of fun piping this vintage cake for a friend ❤️ two layers of carrot cake sandwiched with baked ny cheesecake and covered in whipped cream cheese which is just equal parts cream cheese and cream with some sugar and vani

Pistachio genoise, tangelo mousse and rhubarb jam covered in whipped creme fraiche

🍏mini apple cakes 🍎

Tamarillo and almond thumb prints using @csaffitz almond and raspberry thumb print recipe but with an nz twist. The cookies have toasted and roughly ground almonds folded through a meringue base so are naturally gluten free and soft&chewy

There is an entirely new cake menu on my website now featuring this berries and cream cake 🍰lots of custard cream, fresh strawberries and blueberries, mascarpone cream and some cake to bind it all together

Big banana black sesame slab

Coconut caramel cake
Coconut sponge cake
Caramel creme diplomat
White chocolate cream cheese
Coconut Swiss meringue buttercream

Black sesame sponge cake
Banana jam
Fresh banana
Swirled vanilla and black sesame mascarpone
Black sesame speckled vanilla swiss buttercream

Chocolate & blackberry

Spiced apple cake
Creme mousseline
Salty caramel
Oat pecan crumble
Brown butter cream cheese frosting

Chocolate sponge cake
Cajeta
Blackberry jam
Chocolate mousse
Milk chocolate icing

Chocolate cake filled with milk choc ganache, whipped mascarpone and raspberry compote iced in milk choc frosting

Lemon cake
Lemon sponge soaked in lemon syrup
Lemon curd
Vanilla cream
Torched Italian meringue
Candied lemon

Black sesame banana cake
Black sesame sponge
Banana jam
Fresh banana
Whipped mascarpone cream
Sesame brittle
Black sesame buttercream

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Jake the Chef