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Use your favourite type of chocolate for the ganache, which cloaks the caramel.

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28 of Emelia Jackson’s beautiful and best weekend bakes

From rainy Sunday arvo bakes to show-stopping cakes, Emelia’s creations just don’t look and taste glorious, they’ll help make you a better baker, too.

28 recipes
Vanilla slice.
EASY

Foolproof vanilla slice

  • < 30 mins
  • Emelia Jackson
Foolproof brownies.
EASY

Perfect glossy chocolate brownies

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s spiced apple layer cake with burnt butter cream cheese icing.
EASY

Apple layer cake with brown butter icing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Emelia Jackson
This simple lemon cake has a triple hit of citrus (in the batter, syrup and glaze).
EASY

Zingy lemon drizzle cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Emelia Jackson
Sticky date pudding with rich caramel sauce is a perfect treat for those avoiding gluten.
EASY

Gluten-free sticky date puddings

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s Flourless chocolate souffle cake.

Flourless chocolate souffle cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
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The perfect Swiss roll.

Chocolate Swiss roll

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s Basque cheesecake.

Basque cheesecake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Chocolate caramel tart.

Chocolate caramel tart

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Emelia Jackson
Hazelnut tiramisu.
EASY

Make-ahead hazelnut tiramisu

  • < 30 mins
  • Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s sour cream cheesecake.

Baked cheesecake with poached rhubarb (and other toppings)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s doughnuts contain a secret ingredient.

Fluffy cinnamon doughnuts

  • < 30 mins
  • Emelia Jackson
Egg custard and a layer of quince puree baked in the perfect tart shell.

Egg custard tart with quince puree

  • 2 hrs +
  • Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s chocolate mousse.

Light, airy chocolate mousse

  • < 30 mins
  • Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s Chocolate and malt self-saucing pudding.
EASY

Malted chocolate puddings

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
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Emelia Jackson’s blueberry crumble cookies.
EASY

Blueberry cookies with a crumble topping

  • < 30 mins
  • Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s lemon, lime and bitters tartlets.

Lemon, lime and bitters tartlets with a ‘dream’ curd

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson recipe: Perfect chocolate eclairs.

Chocolate eclairs

  • 2 hrs +
  • Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s perfect black forest cake.

Black forest celebration cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Hazelnut tiramisu.
EASY

Make-ahead hazelnut tiramisu

  • < 30 mins
  • Emelia Jackson
Pavlova stack with passionfruit and mango.

Pavlova stack with mango, passionfruit and whipped cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Emelia Jackson
Tiramisu panna cotta with sponge fingers.

Wobbly tiramisu panna cotta

  • < 30 mins
  • Emelia Jackson
Limoncello tiramisu.
EASY

Make-ahead limoncello tiramisu

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Emelia Jackson
Strawberry and cream bombe Alaska.

Strawberry and cream bombe Alaska

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
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Double chocolate peppermint cookies.

Festive cookies

  • Emelia Jackson
Cheese straws twisted with chilli crisp.

And for savoury tooths: Cheese straws with a spicy twist

  • 2 hrs +
  • Emelia Jackson
Springtime pea galette with herby goat’s cheese.
EASY

Herby goat’s cheese, leek and pea tart

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s garlic butter knots.

Garlic butter rolls

  • 2 hrs +
  • Emelia Jackson