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Helen Goh

Helen Goh

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Helen Goh is a chef and regular Good Weekend columnist.

Chocolate, hojicha and pecan cookies.
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If you like matcha, these extra-toasty choc chip cookies will be your cup of tea

A different powdered Japanese green tea gives these biscuits a mellow, nutty backbone.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh's almond and raspberry ripple cake.
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Almond and raspberry ripple cake

With its marbled interior and pink icing, this delicious almond butter cake is perfect for Mother’s Day.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh's apple, raisin and armagnac croustade.

Helen Goh’s ‘crumpled and generous’ apple pie is crunchy like autumn leaves underfoot

This rustic, brandy-spiked dessert is inspired by the apple pastries of south-west France.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh's Anzac biscuits.
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Helen Goh’s golden Anzac biscuits are the perfect treat to bake today

Elevate the icon with toasted coconut and sea salt. By pulling your trays two minutes apart, you can deliver both syrupy-soft and golden-crisp in a single batch.

  • < 30 mins
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh's chocolate, fig and marsala cake.

Helen Goh’s rich yet surprisingly light chocolate cake is your new gluten-free dessert

This is just the dessert to bring out after a long lunch, with dried figs lending bursts of crunch.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
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Helen Goh's traditional (left) and chocolate hot cross buns.

Team Choc or Team Trad? The only two hot cross bun recipes you’ll ever need

We thought last year’s pillowy buns were the peak of Easter. But Helen Goh is back with a decadent chocolate version that might just convert traditionalists.

Helen Goh has broken with tradition to add chocolate to her favourite hot cross bun recipe.

Helen Goh’s sophisticated choc spin will tempt even the most traditional hot cross bun fans

In this grown-up twist on the Easter classic, cocoa and dark chocolate chunks add depth, casting fruit and spices into molten relief.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh's pear and caramel self-saucing pudding.

Treat yourself to this self-saucing pudding on the couch on a Saturday night

There’s something incredibly comforting about eating warm food with a spoon at the end of a hard day (or week).

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh’s kefir and vanilla jelly with stone fruits and cherries.
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Kefir and vanilla jelly with stone fruits and cherries

A dessert for the tail end of summer when stone fruits are at their sweetest.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Dutch baby pancake with mortadella and rocket.

Upgrade your Shrove Tuesday pancakes with Helen Goh’s savoury Dutch baby

These oven-puffed pancakes boast crisp edges and a custardy heart. They’re easy to master and even easier to customise.

  • Helen Goh