Indulge in the rich, chocolatey goodness of our baked chocolate cheesecake. Made with cottage cheese and coconut cream for a protein boost, enjoy it with a dollop of coconut yoghurt and a sprinkle of coconut flakes for an extra touch of indulgence.

“This recipe made me finally fall in love with Basque cheesecake. The Pedro Ximénez sherry adds a complex raisin-y, spicy licorice sweetness to the batter and brings out extra fruity beauty in the chocolate flavour.” – Natalie Paull

“Everything I love when the need for dark flavours and gooey caramel takes over. A gently sweet/savoury, buttery, nutty crust and a balanced chocolate top, lightly baked so as not to overwhelm. A hidden layer of butterscotch makes it feel like a bougie caramel slice with reverse ratios.” – Natalie Paull

Quick tip: pitted morello cherries can be found in the canned foods/dessert aisle at Woolworths – this is one flavour-punch ingredient you won’t want to skip.

There’s nothing quite like having a really good, simple melt-and-mix chocolate cake up your sleeve – one that wows everyone every time it’s served up. This is that cake.

“Chocolate mud cake is such an easy cake to make, and one that yields truly impressive results. Once you’ve melted together the wet ingredients, be sure to let them cool completely before adding in the flour. This will ensure you don’t get a gummy texture. A little hack to speeding up this process is to use fridge-cold eggs. This needs to be baked low and slow – it needs time to set. After all, it is predominantly made from chocolate, butter and sugar. Don’t be tempted to increase the oven temperature.” – Emelia Jackson. You'll need to start this recipe at least 6 hours ahead, and you’ll need a 20cm round, 7cm-deep cake pan.

This orange and chocolate creation is perfect for any occasion, from afternoon tea to dinner parties.

Chocolate and caramel rule in this easy layer cake. Perfect as a birthday cake idea or for special celebrations, you can be sure that there won’t be any leftovers. You’ll need 2 x 20cm round cake pans for this recipe.

“This cake is always guaranteed to impress, but is really quite simple to prepare. Not that anyone needs to know…” – Tracey Pattison. You'll need 2 x 20cm springform pans for this recipe.

"Snacking cakes are just that – they’re the perfect cake to keep in your kitchen, so you (and your loved ones) can simply keep coming back over the next day or two to slice off sections for snacking on… if it lasts that long!" – Tracey Pattison. You'll need a 22cm x 32cm x 3cm-deep slice pan and a kitchen blowtorch for this recipe. Hot chocolate snacking cake

This impressive hybrid cake will have you floating on a dessert Cloud Nine.

If you're looking for the ultimate chocolate cake to impress guests, Yotam Ottolenghi's deliciously dark devil's food cake is a clear winner. All of your favourite sweet textures feature in this devilishly good cake, including generous lashings of creamy mascarpone filling and swirls of sweet hazelnut praline sandwiched between two large slabs of insanely rich and moist chocolate cake. Indulgent icing is then spread across the top, before being sprinkled with a crunchy hazelnut crumble. Just try to stop at one slice.

“Simply irresistible. This beauty is covered in luscious chocolate ganache and crowned with a halo of fresh raspberries, peanuts, marshmallows and milk chocolate. The inside of the cake is also studded with rocky road surprises. It’s so much more than just another chocolate cake." – Kirsten Tibballs

"This melt-and-mix recipe has a sturdy structure which actually improves with age (you can wrap it in plastic wrap and store it in the fridge for 1-2 weeks; it just gets fudgier and fudgier), making it the perfect choice for a stacked celebration cake." – Emelia Jackson. You'll need to start this recipe a day ahead, and you’ll need a piping bag with a large round nozzle.

“This makes a gorgeous, large single-layer cake that’s perfect for birthdays and celebrations. A classic to make over and over again. Between the moist, tender chocolate cake and the decadent ganache-like icing, this is one for chocolate lovers.” – Danielle Alvarez