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Today7:30am - 8:30pm
Sunday7:30am - 8:30pm
Monday7:30am - 8:30pm
Christmas Eve7:30am - 8:30pm
Christmas DayClosed
Boxing Day8:30am - 7:30pm
Friday7:30am - 8:30pm
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Cake recipes

If you want to 'make it' rather than 'fake it' check out our delicious and surprisingly easy to make cake recipes.

Whether you are after a celebration cake to impress your guests, or a simple afternoon tea cake to satisfy your sweet tooth – we have you sorted with our selection of cake recipes. From a classic chocolate cake to a towering layer cake, we've got a cake recipe for every occasion.

Classic cakes

1 hr 15 mins
Serves 8

Carrot cake with cream cheese icing
1 hr 10 mins
Serves 8

Lemon yoghurt cake

90 mins
Serves 6

Banana and butterscotch syrup cake

Layer cakes

Peanut butter and jam layer cake

A lunch time favourite turned into a cake! Peanut butter and jelly are by far the best combination and we have taken these flavours to the next level. Use rich and smooth Fix and Fogg peanut butter to create an experience that takes your right back to your childhood.

1 hour
Serves 8
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Chocolate and strawberry cream layer cake

So many people don’t like fruitcake so this chocolate cake is certain to wow the fussiest of crowds at Christmas time. Eat within a few days of assembly.

40 mins
Serves 8
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Rose and almond layer cake

With alternate layers of rose and almond sponge, this cake is as pretty as it is delicious.

85 mins
Serves 8
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Fruity cakes

120 mins
Serves 8

Easy pineapple fruitcake
2 hrs 5 mins
Serves 8

Pina colada bundt cake
1 hour 20 mins
Serves 8

Sunken chocolate, apple and hazelnut cake
1 hr 40 mins
Serves 8

Nectarine upside down cake
65 mins
Serves 12

Feijoa, pear and ginger cake
60 mins
Serves 23 cm cake

Plum and cinnamon upside-down cake

Gluten free cakes

Gluten free carrot cake

Enjoy this truly delicious gluten-free carrot cake. The mixed spice and cinnamon enhance the flavours of the carrot and pineapple plus the orange zest gives the cream cheese icing a bit of zing. Make a cuppa and have a slice while you relax with the family.

1 hr 20 mins
Serves 8
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Flourless orange cake

Our orange and almond cake is incredibly moreish and moist, perfect for dessert or with a mid-arvo cup of tea. It also uses whole oranges – resulting in a cake packed full of flavour and no food waste!

2 hours
Serves 8
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