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Baking

Jill Dupleix's chicken pot pie recipe.

Five of the best family-sized pies to cook this weekend

Who ate all the pies? You will after baking these absolute beauties.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s blueberry sour cream cake.
EASY

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s simple blueberry sour cream cake

Scented with lemon and vanilla and topped with blueberries, this is the perfect cake for afternoon tea.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Neutral oils are generally better for baked goods, and help to create a tender, moist texture.

Vegetable, canola and more: A guide to neutral oils for cooking and baking

Chances are you already have several of these cooking oils in your pantry. Here’s what you need to know, and when to use them.

  • Becky Krystal
Lemon drop cookies

Five basic but beaut biscuits to bake for mum (or anyone) this weekend

Warm out of the oven, with a cup of tea, make mum’s day with a batch of slightly gooey biscuits.

Helen Goh’s pear and molasses cake served with creme fraiche.
  • Recipe collection
  • Pear

20 perfect pear cakes and bakes (that won’t go pear-shaped)

Pair these warming autumn desserts with cream, creme fraiche or ice-cream.

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Danielle Alvarez’s crab and tomato quiche.

Real kings eat quiche (and here are 10 recipes fit for one)

These golden pastry cases are worthy of a coronation celebration.

Danielle Alvarez’s crab and tomato quiche.

Crab, tomato and saffron quiche

This elegant quiche is perfect for a celebratory picnic in the park. The tomato and saffron work together to heighten the flavour of the crab.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Adam Liaw’s frozen nougat.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s frozen nougat

A simple meringue is folded with cream, nuts and dried fruit for a surprisingly easy and impressive dessert.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
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Jill Dupleix's Buttermilk scones.
For Good Food Magazine April cover story on Jill Dupleix's golden rules of cooking.
Photography by William Meppem (photographer on contract, no restrictions)

Five of the finest scones to bake this weekend

Whether you’re watching the King’s coronation or not, there’s nothing like a simple scone to add a sense of occasion to your weekend.

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

Why you should add Adam Liaw’s orange cake to your baking arsenal

Always moist and delicious – and easily adapted to gluten-free baking – an orange cake is a necessary weapon in your culinary arsenal.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw