Helen Goh’s Perfect Hot Cross Buns

 I couldn’t resist trying out Helen Goh’s recipe for hot cross buns on @goodfoodau - and they are just as fluffy and delicious as promised. 

This is my first time baking buns using a tangzhong and I was impressed with the results. 

I didn’t have citrus peel, so I just replaced it with more fruit.

These buns are so good, especially served warm with butter.

TWD - A Big Banana Cake

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is A Big Banana Cake. The original is a three layer banana cake containing allspice and Greek Yoghurt, topped and filled with biscoff cream cheese frosting.

I didn’t have an immediate use for a big banana cake, so I made a half recipe and turned it into 12 cupcakes instead.

I made a third of the frosting recipe which was more than enough to frost the 12 cupcakes.

The highlight for me was the biscoff cream cheese frosting - it’s so good.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.

Adam Liaw’s Lemon and Ricotta Cake

This week, I made Adam Liaw’s Lemon and Ricotta Cake recipe.
 

This light lemony cake doubles as a dessert with icecream or custard.

I enjoyed this cake heated slightly just on its own with a cuppa.

Look at the texture - lush! It comes from the ricotta and olive oil in the cake.

This recipe is a “keeper”.