"Interesting" cake recipes for a foodie

[kdctu]

My DSis is very much a 'foodie' (as am I!) and is coming over on Sunday for cake and a cup of tea. What interesting cake recipes would you recommend to make? She always likes something that's a bit different or a bit of a talking point.

Miso caramel blondies - delicious. Magazine https://share.google/pol9Mkr7lBlfjQd5v

I've made these a couple of times and they've gone down very well.
I swapped the chocolate chips for pistachios once and chopped pecans the second time for less sweetness and a more interesting texture.

Tahini, brown butter and sea salt blondies recipe | delicious. magazine https://share.google/vCovt22KST0yqYzeg
Just remembered that these were delicious too.

These are amazing ideas!! Thank you all - has made me feel very hungry this morning 😂

I make a lavender and lime cake, homemade lavender syrup to flavour the sponge and use as a drizzle, lime buttercream and lime curd...it's divine 😋

I did an amazing coffee, cumin and pistachio once - no idea what the recipe was but Google will help if you like the sound of it

Bookmarking this thread for all the exotic ideas... thanks all

Make a 3 foot tall croquembouche and stick sparklers in the top. Always impresses my friends.🎇

I am of Indian heritage and while my people make delicious food, we are not so good at desserts! But this fusion cake is delicious, fairly easy, and a little unusual: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/rasmalai_cake_48932

Another few:
https://whereismyspoon.co/egyptian-hazelnut-cake/
https://www.linsfood.com/basbousa-middle-eastern-semolina-cake/

Not cake, but a delicious dessert https://www.hungrypaprikas.com/umm-ali/

Go traditional! Caraway seed cake has a lovely spiced taste and takes me back to my childhood.

So very retro, it’s also delicious spread with black cherry jam or with some ripe raspberries.

www.deliaonline.com/whats-new/2026/02/cake-of-the-week-caraway-seed-cake

We need to know what you made!!

And maybe see a photo ...

I ended up badly injuring myself on Friday morning! So unable to get to the shop I cobbled this together from what I had in the cupboards on Sunday morning.
It's delicious! Really easy to make (don't tell DSis that!) and weirdly made with breadcrumbs. This is the gf version.

https://desertislanddishes.co/ballymaloes-tunisian-orange-cake-gluten-free-2/

not sure how to upload pic as on desktop but it was great

@kdctu sorry to hear that! I hope your sister appreciated your efforts given the injury. 🙂

I recently had (didn’t make) a tea loaf, where the tea was Chai rather than ordinary tea.

That sounds delicious!