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Australian baking recipes

35 Australian baking recipes, in a suggested order.

These are the 35 Australian recipes filed under baking: 35 of the 646 bakes on the site, and 35 of its 123 Australian recipes. Of these, 2 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Lemonade Scones (25 min) and Cornflake Cookies (30 min). For 14, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 24 easy and 11 medium.

As written, 35 are vegetarian and 1 gluten-free.

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Australian bakes and breads

Anzac Biscuits
Australian
Prep
15m
Cook
18m
Serves
20
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Anzac Biscuits

Oats, coconut, golden syrup and bicarbonate of soda bloomed in melted butter, baked chewy or crisp depending on how…

33 min · Easy
Lamingtons
Australian
Prep
40m
Cook
30m
Serves
16
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Lamingtons

Squares of day-old butter sponge dipped in thin chocolate icing and rolled in desiccated coconut, sometimes split…

12 hr+ · Medium
Anzac Slice
Australian
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
16
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Anzac Slice

A chewy slab of oats, coconut and golden syrup baked in a tin and cut into squares.

40 min+ · Easy
Apple Slice
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
35m
Serves
16
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Apple Slice

A buttery shortcrust base layered with stewed apple and topped with an oat crumble, baked and cut into squares.

55 min+ · Easy
Apple Tea Cake
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
45m
Serves
8
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Apple Tea Cake

A soft, buttery cake topped with overlapping slices of apple and cinnamon sugar and baked until golden. It is an…

65 min · Easy
Apricot Slice
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
30m
Serves
16
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Apricot Slice

A buttery shortcrust base layered with stewed dried apricots and a coconut topping, baked and cut into squares.

50 min+ · Easy
Banana Cake with Chocolate Icing
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
40m
Serves
12
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Banana Cake with Chocolate Icing

A moist, tender banana cake made with very ripe bananas and cinnamon, covered in a glossy chocolate icing. The…

2 hr · Easy
Blueberry Bread Loaf
Australian
Prep
15m
Cook
55m
Serves
10
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Blueberry Bread Loaf

A tender loaf with blueberries and lemon zest, baked with a sugar crust on top. It slices cleanly and keeps for days.

85 min · Easy
Boiled Fruit Cake
Australian
Prep
15m
Cook
90m
Serves
12
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Boiled Fruit Cake

A dark, moist fruit cake made by boiling the dried fruit with butter, sugar and water, then stirring in the flour…

4 hr · Easy
AI-generated illustration of Cheesymite Scrolls
Australian
Prep
30m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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Cheesymite Scrolls

Soft yeast dough rolled up with Vegemite and cheese and baked into golden spirals. The Australian bakery scroll.

115 min · Medium
Cherry Ripe Slice
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
5m
Serves
20
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Cherry Ripe Slice

A no-bake slice of coconut, glacé cherries and condensed milk pressed into a tin and topped with dark chocolate. It…

2.5 hr · Easy
AI-generated illustration of Cinnamon Teacake
Australian
Prep
15m
Cook
30m
Serves
8
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Cinnamon Teacake

A plain butter cake, brushed with melted butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar while it is still hot. Best eaten warm…

45 min · Easy
Coconut Slice
Australian
Prep
25m
Cook
40m
Serves
16
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Coconut Slice

A shortbread base spread with raspberry jam and covered with a baked coconut topping, then iced pink. A tea-table…

2.5 hr · Easy
Australian
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
20
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Cornflake Cookies

Butter, sugar and flour cookie dough rolled in crushed cornflakes and cooked for 15 minutes until golden. Twenty…

30 min · Easy
Cream Buns
Australian
Prep
40m
Cook
18m
Serves
12
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Cream Buns

Soft, lightly sweet yeast buns with a simple icing, split and filled with jam and whipped cream. The Australian…

118 min+ · Medium
Damper
Australian
Prep
10m
Cook
30m
Serves
8
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Damper

A round loaf of self-raising flour, butter and milk, cut with a cross and baked until golden, then torn open and…

40 min · Easy
Honey Joys
Australian
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
12
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Honey Joys

Cornflakes coated in melted butter, sugar and honey and baked in paper cases until crisp. A children's party standby.

25 min+ · Easy
Jam Drops
Australian
Prep
25m
Cook
15m
Serves
24
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Jam Drops

Soft, buttery biscuits with a well of jam pressed into the middle before baking. An Australian biscuit-tin favourite.

40–60 min · Easy
Lemon Butter Cake
Australian
Prep
15m
Cook
40m
Serves
10
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Lemon Butter Cake

A buttery cake made with lemon zest and juice, finished with a thin lemon glaze.

55 min · Easy
Lemonade Scones
Australian
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
8
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Lemonade Scones

Self-raising flour, cream and lemonade, mixed and baked. Three ingredients and a light, tall scone, served with jam…

25 min · Easy
Macadamia Nut Cookies
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
24m
Serves
20
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Macadamia Nut Cookies

Chewy brown sugar cookies with roasted macadamias and white chocolate chunks. Australia's native nut, in the best…

44 min · Easy
Mango Cake
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
40m
Serves
10
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Mango Cake

A soft mango sponge with fresh mango folded into the batter and a lime icing on top.

60 min+ · Medium
Mars Bar Slice
Australian
Prep
15m
Cook
5m
Serves
16
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Mars Bar Slice

Chopped Mars Bars melted with butter and stirred through puffed rice, pressed into a tin, topped with melted…

80 min · Easy
Melting Moments
Australian
Prep
30m
Cook
15m
Serves
12
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Melting Moments

Very short, tender butter and cornflour biscuits sandwiched in pairs with passionfruit buttercream. They dissolve in…

45 min · Medium
Milo Cake
Australian
Prep
15m
Cook
35m
Serves
12
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Milo Cake

A malted chocolate sponge made with Milo drink powder and iced with a thick Milo buttercream.

50 min+ · Easy
Mud Cake
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
60m
Serves
12
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Mud Cake

A dense, fudgy chocolate cake made by melting butter and dark chocolate with hot water, baked low and slow.

80 min+ · Medium
Neenish Tarts
Australian
Prep
50m
Cook
15m
Serves
12
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Neenish Tarts

Little sweet pastry tarts with a jam and vanilla cream filling, iced half in chocolate and half in white. The…

115 min+ · Medium
Orange and Almond Cake
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
150m
Serves
12
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Orange and Almond Cake

A flourless cake made from whole oranges, boiled until soft and blended, with eggs, sugar and ground almonds. Dense…

3.5 hr · Medium
Passionfruit Cake
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
40m
Serves
10
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Passionfruit Cake

A soft butter cake with passionfruit pulp in the batter, finished with a tangy passionfruit icing.

60 min+ · Medium
Pumpkin Scones
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
8
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Pumpkin Scones

Soft scones made with mashed pumpkin, baked close together so they rise tall and eaten warm with butter. A…

35 min · Easy
Tim Tam Cake
Australian
Prep
30m
Cook
30m
Serves
12
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Tim Tam Cake

A moist chocolate cake with crushed Tim Tams in the batter, covered in dark chocolate ganache and decorated with…

2.5 hr · Medium
Tim Tam Slice
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
3m
Serves
16
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Tim Tam Slice

Crushed chocolate biscuits mixed with condensed milk and butter into a fudgy base, topped with melted chocolate and…

2.5 hr · Easy
Vegemite Scrolls
Australian
Prep
25m
Cook
22m
Serves
8
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Vegemite Scrolls

Quick scone dough rolled with Vegemite and cheese and cut into scrolls, baked until golden. Makes 8 in 47 minutes.

47 min · Medium
Australian
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
16
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Weet-Bix Slice

A chewy chocolate and coconut slice made from crushed Weet-Bix, flour, sugar and butter, baked in one tin and topped…

85 min · Easy