A gluten-free vegan cake must be boring, right? WrongCreating a recipe for a vegan and gluten-free banana bread was my Mount Everest. Taking out wheat flour, dairy and eggs from traditional cake baking left me with just bananas and sugar, but, thanks t…
‘The bakery is like a family to me’: the asylum seekers and refugees building a new life on sourdough starter
For the trainees of the Bread and Butter project, learning to bake is the source of new beginningsWhen Tseten Dorjee arrived in Sydney from Tibet five years ago with his political refugee father, he had, understandably, never heard of sourdough. “At ho…
Beyond the sarnie: no-cook packed lunches to beat back-to-work blues | Kitchen aide
Noodles, tortillas and curry doughnuts are among the many ideas you could try• Got a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.comIf my office fridge, microwave and kettle are out of bounds thanks to Covid, what can I look to for a tasty packed lunch? …
James Cochran’s recipe for Cornish-Caribbean jerk goat patties with plantain ketchup
It may be postponed this year, but you can still celebrate Notting Hill Carnival weekend at your own street party with a spicy pasty-patty mash-upA spicy mash-up to celebrate Notting Hill Carnival weekend: the famous Cornish pasty with a Caribbean patt…
How to make the perfect lamingtons – recipe | Felicity Cloake’s How to make the perfect…
Australians are very protective of their national cake, and with good reason, but who makes the best?Lamingtons are one of those things, like Tim Tams and toad racing, that are big in Australia but, despite the best efforts of the residents of Ramsay S…
How to make cherry clafoutis – recipe | Felicity Cloake’s masterclass
Cherry season is brief, so make the most of it in this classic French pudding (other summer fruits also work wonders)Cherries, like asparagus or the 99 Flake, are one of those foods I can’t get enough of during their brief but glorious season. My favou…
Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for apricot camomile cake | The sweet spot
It’s straightforward to make this nutty, summery cake featuring sharply sweet apricot with camomile overtonesApricots rank pretty high up on my list of favourite stone fruits, and they score extra points when they’ve had some time in the oven to soften…
Early risers: from flatbread to grissini, instant yeast is easy and dependable
Lockdown baking might have launched thousands of natural ferments but for top cooks dried yeast is a quick win, not a cheatSourdough starter show and tell was a thing well before collective lockdowns. There’s a modern impulse to Instagram bubbling or o…
How to make apricot tart – recipe | Felicity Cloake’s masterclass
Apricots seem almost to have been created to be baked into cakes such as this summery tart, where they reveal their jammy sweetness to full effectApricots are one of those fruits that, in Britain at least, promise so much, yet often deliver minor disap…
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for strawberry tart with crema pasticcera | A kitchen in Rome
This strawberry custard tart is perhaps best known by Italians as one of the many tiny cakes to enjoy with coffee, but there’s nothing to stop you enjoying them on a larger scale …The bar in Linari must be 12m long, at least, and it’s shaped like an “L…