Diana Lee
Fluffy, Light Matcha Stripe Cake with Fresh Strawberries and Cream
Recipe for a super light and fresh matcha 'stripe cake' with whipped cream frosting and berries, perfect for a special celebration.
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Diana Lee
- May 19, 2020
- 6 min
Lemon Blueberry Cake with Lemon Curd and Mascarpone Frosting
A lemony layer cake filled with fresh blueberries, lemon curd and mascarpone frosting, perfect for a party or a special brunch.
Diana Lee
- May 6, 2020
- 5 min
Limoncello Lemon Olive Oil Cake with Mascarpone Frosting
This limoncello lemon olive oil cake with mascarpone frosting will take you to the sunny coast of southern Italy where the lemon trees grow.
Diana Lee
- Apr 26, 2020
- 6 min
My Favourite Carrot Cake Recipe (Small Batch Baking)
Here is my favourite carrot cake recipe, shared with and loved by many friends over the years. Try it now.
Diana Lee
- Apr 21, 2020
- 7 min
Chocolate Raspberry Tahini Cake with Tahini Buttercream Frosting
A recipe for a special chocolate cake with a delicious secret that deserves the title 'best chocolate cake ever'.
Diana Lee
- Apr 15, 2020
- 4 min
Strawberry Basil Loaf Recipe
An easy recipe for a strawberry and basil loaf cake with pink lemon glaze that will bring joy to your afternoon tea or breakfast time.
Diana Lee
- Apr 6, 2020
- 5 min
No-egg, Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe
A recipe for a simple, egg-free, vegan chocolate banana bread that anyone can make. Just-sweet, rich, and made without any refined sugar.
Diana Lee
- May 19, 2018
- 3 min
Chocolate Rosemary Loaf Cake, for a Weekend Breakfast Treat.
Are you a sweet or savoury breakfast person? Or more likely if you live in Italy, a cereal/fruit/yoghurt person or are you down with a...
Diana Lee
- May 3, 2018
- 5 min
Hummingbird Cake and a Blooming Milan.
Oh, what's in a name, Hummingbird Cake? This is a cake that you definitely want to try if it's not one of your favourite cakes already -...
Diana Lee
- Mar 13, 2018
- 6 min
Sunny Days, Parties and a Wonderful Coconut Chiffon Bundt Cake.
The sun peeked out a couple of times last week in Milan - literally, twice, briefly. And here's what's been going on on my side in the...
Diana Lee
- Mar 8, 2018
- 4 min
A Buckwheat Banana Bread Recipe
One of the first things I baked during my time in Italy is this simple thing - banana bread. It was my friend Francesco who started...
Diana Lee
- Feb 28, 2018
- 4 min
A Heavenly Lemon Drizzle Cake
Plum cakes (pronounced 'ploom cake' in Italian) have always caused great confusion in me - 'a ploom is a fruit, no?' 'why is there...
Diana Lee
- Feb 18, 2018
- 4 min
Fluffy, Light as a Cloud Matcha Cake.
It's February and the world just seems to be in deep hibernation. We're all just trying to beat the last cold snap of the seemingly...
Diana Lee
- Nov 7, 2017
- 7 min
A Tropical Pineapple and Orange Mousse Layer Cake.
'Living in Italy is like a holiday that never ends, right?' It's what a friend of mine from NYC said to me when she came by Milan a few...
Diana Lee
- Mar 9, 2017
- 5 min
Rosewater, Raspberry + The Best Vanilla Sponge
As an avid baker, the question I get most frequently by friends is how my boyfriend and I don't look like reality TV weightloss show...
