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Meet our everyday baker Anneka Manning. In her weekly online column, she shares baking rituals, modern and ancient, and techniques from around the world, from her oven to yours. Read all her columns here.

How to make the perfect meringue

Bake Anneka's ultimate meringe sweeties (see recipes below). Source: Alan Benson

This month we're celebrating Bakeproof's 50th column anniversary the only way we know how - with these showstopper cakes. Hurrah! Happy baking!
Celebration layer cakes
Celebration layer cakes Source: Alan Benson
Need to give your festive baking an edge this year? Add fresh and fragrant savoury herbs, like basil, rosemary, thyme and sage. There'll be no competition as to whose dessert is best.
Strawberry, basil and lemon trifle
Strawberry, basil and lemon trifle Source: Alan Benson
Our guide to gluten-free baking with tips and a glossary of alternative flours and ingredients, plus recipes (which happen to be dairy-free too!).
Gluten-free lemon and pistachio cake with rosewater icing
Gluten-free lemon and pistachio cake with rosewater icing Source: Alan Benson
Our foolproof guide on how to make the perfect meringue, plus tips, tricks and fixes to troubleshoot any problems.
Chocolate swirl meringue kisses with caramel ganache
Chocolate swirl meringue kisses with caramel ganache Source: Alan Benson
A bedrock of wonderful food traditions, steeped with symbolism.
Dairy-free flourless chocolate cake
Dairy-free flourless chocolate cake Source: Alan Benson
Bundt cakes

Beautiful Bundts may be the It Cake social media pin-ups but they have origins in the homely European kugelhupfs.
Bundt cakes
American Bundt cakes are descended from the European kugelhupf. Source: Alan Benson
A practical, step-by-step guide with tips, tricks and timelines to making your own sourdough starter and baking with it. The method is logical and simplified for beginner bakers to follow (and expert bakers to hone).
Sourdough starter changes in appearance over time.
While the process of making a sourdough starter is a little lengthy (at least 5 days) it isn’t difficult. Source: Alan Benson
Fruit that feels like water balloons when ripe, that smells like vanilla but is inedible until cooked, that is from the Tree of Life, that stains your hand crime-scene crimson - welcome to the world of persimmons, quinces, figs and pomegranates.
Fig, honey and sage tart
Fig, honey and sage tart Source: Alan Benson
There's more to Easter baking than hot cross buns and chocolate eggs (as much as we love them). Around the world, Easter is celebrated with a range of butter-enriched yeasted breads, laden with spices.
Romanian sponge cake (cozonac)
Romanian sponge cake (cozonac) Source: Alan Benson
How do you impress your future Lebanese mother-in-law? Bake her the recipes, steeped in cultural and family history, closest to her heart.
Sweet pastry fingers with ashta cream (znoud el sett)
Sweet pastry fingers with ashta cream (znoud el sett) Source: Alan Benson
They are rich, dark and fudgy - or sometimes cakey. Or both.
Bakeproof brownies
Fudgy chocolate and cherry brownies Source: Alan Benson
We call it a cookie tin, Germans know it as Weihnachtsplätzchen and it's 7 Sorters Kakor in Swedish. Whatever you call it, know that these biscuits are delicious and ideal for holiday gift-giving.
Christmas cookies
Offer guests a spice-laden cookie these holidays. Source: China Squirrel
The celebratory season is rolling on in, so bring your party A-Game with these shareable, playful desserts from our resident baker Anneka Manning.
Desserts to share
Desserts to share Source: Alan Benson
Flatbread is a clever multitasker. It's used to dip into, scoop up or sop up, wrap, cover and carry other food, and works well as a blank edible canvas to top as you wish.
Turkish flatbread (bazlama)
Turkish flatbread (bazlama) Source: Alan Benson
Little cakes satisfy that exquisitely selfish pleasure of having a sweet treat all to one’s self, without having to share.
The not-so-sweet truth.
Greek lemon yoghurt syrup cakes Source: Alan Benson

This column is a collaboration with SBS Food Deputy Editor, Farah Celjo, a keen home baker who shares some of the love and delight behind her Bosnian heritage, plus a few treasured homespun recipes.
Mini cheese rolls
Mini cheese rolls Source: Alan Benson

The melt-in-the-mouth deliciousness of the modern pie evolved from food wrapped in a parcel of reeds. Let's all be thankful for butter, lard and oil, without which, our flaky pie crust would just be, ah, crusty.
Rhubarb and apple pie
Rhubarb and apple pie Source: Alan Benson

This week’s Bakeproof column celebrates winter’s bounty with a selection of recipes for root vegetables, in all their robust, rugged glory.
Roasted root vegetables with herbs and ricotta salata
Source: Alan Benson

This week's delicious Bakeproof column is all about classic caramel, with a tasty savoury tart and a host of sumptuous sweet treats.
Layered banana and hazelnut cake with caramel
Source: Alan Benson

 

Indulge in sweet, spicy comfort food direct from the heart of Scandinavia. Anneka's recipes for buttery biscuits, luscious cakes and more-ish cinnamon buns from Sweden, Norway and Denmark will infuse your kitchen with irresistible aromas and captivate all who taste them.
Bakeproof: Scandi baking
Source: Alan Benson

My love affair with baking started early...
Sticky cinnamon pecan scrolls
Source: Alan Benson

Classic Aussie treats get a playful update in this week's Bakeproof column. From Anzac bikkie ice-cream sandwiches to a meat pie with Asian influences, Anneka Manning's recipes will become your new-found favourites!
Aussie favourites
Source: Alan Benson

Kids can be incredibly capable in the kitchen – and working through recipes is a fun way for them to develop skills and self-esteem. Our resident baker Anneka Manning, herself a mother of two, shares sweet and savoury recipes that everyone will enjoy making and eating.
Bakeproof: Kids in the kitchen
Source: Alan Benson

From rich choc-orange panforte to salty, addictive rosemary-spiced cashews, these recipes from our resident baker Anneka Manning will make the perfect festive gift.
Edible gifts opener
Source: Alan Benson

From a chocolate-custard cake that performs magic in the oven to the deliciously sweet pastel de tres leches, the cakes of Latin America are rich and indulgent. In this month’s column our everyday baker Anneka Manning shares six recipes to satisfy any sweet tooth.
Bakeproof: Latin American cakes
Bakeproof: Latin American cakes Source: Alan Benson

Little golden puffs of choux pastry are one of the kitchen's acts of magic. It's easier than you think with this step-by-step guide from our everyday baker, Anneka Manning, who this week shows you how to make eclairs, profiteroles and clever salted caramel choux swans.
Cinnamon espresso profiteroles
Source: Alan Benson

Meet our everyday baker Anneka Manning. Each month, she'll be sharing her baking rituals, modern and ancient, and baking techniques from around the world. This week, she shares ideas for making the most of oranges, lemons and other citrus.
Naked orange poppy seed cake with orange blossom frosting
Source: Alan Benson

Meet our everyday baker Anneka Manning. Each month, she'll be sharing her baking rituals, modern and ancient, and baking techniques from around the world. This week, she explores baked and stirred custard in the form of puddings, pastry and tarts.
Crème brûlée ginger tart
Source: Alan Benson

Meet our everyday baker Anneka Manning. Each month, she'll be sharing her baking rituals, modern and ancient, and baking techniques from around the world. This week, she shares six British classics with fascinating back stories.
Bakeproof: Best of British baking
Source: Alan Benson

Bakeproof: Austrian baking
Source: Alan Benson

Easter brunch
Source: Alan Benson

Easy chocolate cakes
Easy chocolate cakes Source: Alan Benson

Bakeproof: Stone fruit
Source: Alan Benson

Bakeproof: Cakes for crowds

Yule log
Use a blowtorch to toast the meringue lightly to resemble bark.

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Anneka Manning's scones
Source: Alan Benson

Bakeproof sponge recipes
Source: SBS Food

Lamington fingers
All hail the humble combination of sponge, chocolate and coconut on this most welcome day: Lamington Day. Source: Alan Benson

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Dried cherry and chocolate hot cross buns
Dried cherry and chocolate hot cross buns. Source: Alan Benson



 


Anneka's mission is to connect home cooks with the magic of baking, and through this, with those they love. Visit her at BakeClub. Don't miss what's coming out of her oven via FacebookTwitterInstagram and Pinterest.


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