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Emelia Jackson

Emelia Jackson

Emelia Jackson

Emelia is a former MasterChef Australia winner and Good Food's Better Baking columnist.

Emelia Jackson’s perfect black forest cake.

This retro celebration cake will never go out of fashion. Here’s the secret to whipping up a great one

Bring out a black forest cake – a high-rise stack of airy chocolate sponges, sweet-sour cherries and clouds of cream – then stand back and soak up the accolades.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson’s lemon, lime and bitters tartlets.

Emelia Jackson’s lemon, lime and bitters tartlets with a ‘dream’ curd you’ll want to eat by the spoonful

Take a refreshing mixed drink and turn it into a luxurious dessert that’s tart, sweet and bitter in all the right ways.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Pavlova stack with passionfruit and mango.

Patience and grunt work: Emelia Jackson’s secrets to making the perfect pavlova

So many things can go wrong with Australia’s best-known dessert. Follow these simple tricks, and you’ll have the crisp, snowy meringue of your dreams.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Emelia Jackson