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Helen Goh's baking recipes

Pastry chef Helen Goh is a talented Melburnian who works in London alongside superstar chef Yotam Ottolenghi.

99 recipes
Helen Goh's giant floating island.

Helen Goh's floating island with chilled brandy custard

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Decorate the cookies with a sprig of rosemary (pictured) or lavender.

Helen Goh's spiced German cookies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Hazelnut-infused individual panna cottas.

Helen Goh's roasted hazelnut panna cotta with strawberries and lime

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
A new take on pineapple upside-down cake.

Salted pineapple and brown sugar upside-down cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Yoghurt pudding rippled with mango puree.
EASY

Helen Goh's yoghurt pudding with mango and medjool dates

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Spring quiche: Spinach tart with pine nuts, herbs and three cheeses.

Helen Goh's spinach tart with pine nuts, cheese and herbs

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
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Yeasted buns filled with rhubarb compote and vanilla cream.

Helen Goh's rhubarb and vanilla cream splits

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Moscow mule inspired madeleine-shaped cakes.

Helen Goh's cocoa, lime and ginger 'madeleines' with vodka glaze

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Bacon, beer and onion quickbread.
EASY

Helen Goh's bacon, beer and onion loaf

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Boston cream cupcakes sandwiched with whipped coconut custard.

Helen Goh's Boston cream cupcakes with coconut custard

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Puffed rice, pecan and maple granola with optional coriander seeds.
EASY

Helen Goh's puffed rice, pecan and maple granola

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Serve these green tea wafers with a cuppa (or coffee, pictured).
EASY

Matcha, coconut and black sesame wafers

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Saffron-infused milk adds a bright splash of colour to this cake and its icing.

Orange milk cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Is it a cake? Is it a slice? Lemon 'brownies' with frozen berries.
EASY

Lemon 'brownies' with winter berries

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Parsnip, apple and lime loaf cake decorated with 'filleted' lime segments (optional). 

Helen Goh's parsnip, apple and lime loaf cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
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Helen Goh's French toast can be made ahead.
EASY

Baked French toast with almond and blueberry maple sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh's ricotta cake with amaretto raisins and chocolate ganache.

Ricotta cake with amaretto raisins and chocolate ganache

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Broccoli and miso (or anchovy) hand pies.

Broccoli and miso pasties

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Feel free to use any fruit in this dessert. Pouring cream to serve, however, is non-negotiable.

Helen Goh's apple and blackberry slump

  • Helen Goh
Babka baked in a bundt tin.

Babka with chocolate and halva

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Havregrynskugle (Danish chocolate oat balls) with assorted coatings.

Danish oat and chocolate balls

  • Helen Goh
Serve this dessert with two spoons.

Baked chocolate custard with pecan brittle

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Serve the crumble-topped baked peach halves with cream.
EASY

Baked peaches with polenta and almond crumble

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh recipe: fig, rosemary and chorizo shortbread.

Fig, rosemary and chorizo shortbread

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
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Chocolate and cherry semifreddo with pistachio praline.

Pistachio semifreddo with chocolate and cherries

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Spiced sweet potato cake with 'marshmallow' topping.

Sweet potato 'marshmallow' cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh developed this recipe after a friend's take on her chocolate cake converted her to traybakes.
EASY

Raspberry, pistachio and lime traybake with cream cheese icing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
'Bones of the dead' biscuits.

Ossi dei morti (bones of the dead) biscuits

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Treat this cheesecake as a blank canvas for nearly any seasonal fruit.

Strawberry and lime cheesecake with pretzel crust

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Banoffee pie in frozen form.

Vegan frozen banoffee pie

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Buckwheat carrot cake with buckwheat praline.

Gluten-free carrot cake with buckwheat praline

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Chai-spiced three-milk cake.

Chai tres leches cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
These cheesy potato muffins are great with soup.
EASY

Mashed potato, cheese and chive muffins

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Tear and share crepe with chocolate sauce.
EASY

Tear and share oven-baked crepe with chocolate sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Helen Goh
Individual marmalade and whisky puddings.

Buttermilk puddings with whisky and marmalade

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Choc-dipped digestive biscuits.
EASY

Helen Goh's chocolate-coated digestive biscuits

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
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