A really good pineapple upside down cake, I make a syrup with the juice and soak it through the cake when cooling. That’s the kid friendly version, but for the grown ups, a dash of dark rum in the syrup or Malibu is also a hit(I adapt the recipe to include coconut to punch the flavour up)
Dark chocolate and pear cake, it has to be done with top shelf cocoa powder, ground almonds to add to the texture and taste, and fresh pears that are full of flavour and ripe and firm. I make a chocolate ganache to cover it so it looks glossy and beautiful. Serve with single cream or if you want to go all out crystallised ginger ice cream.
Amaretto Raspberry Bakewell Cake, is also a hit.
Im currently perfecting a sour lemon meringue cake, im up to version 7, just needs tweaking.
My mum was a fantastic patissiere, who started her training at 15, all my life I have been surrounded by cake, and other confections.
I love making cakes for others, it makes people happy.
I would always pick a slice of really good fruit cake, or something with blackcurrants in, that sourness is a thing of beauty.