Nana Ling's Handwritten Recipes

This Christmas Cake Recipe is from Nana Ling’s handwritten collection and dated 5 December 1941. It’s a little slice of history and – today – a cake to make your …

A light and fresh sponge cake that’s full-to-the-brim with wonderful zesty passionfruit flavours and infused with nostalgia. It’s easier than you might think to whip up this old-fashioned Passionfruit Sponge …

This is a recipe for old-fashioned Golden Syrup Dumplings. Around the world, dumplings are the comfort food of choice for many and come in various sweet and savoury versions. They’re …

This Tomato Sauce recipe will take you back to a time when the internet, Uber and Insta didn’t exist – but tomato sauce tasted a whole lot better. Remember what …

If you love traditional Lamingtons, then you might like to try this pretty variation. Jelly Lamingtons are a delectable twist on this Aussie favourite. Making Jelly Lamingtons The process of …

This Lamington Recipe delivers everything that is wonderful about the Aussie icon – perfect sponge cake and a rich chocolate sauce, all rolled up in plenty of coconut. Here, we’ll …

This chilled mango pudding is made with tapioca pearls and fresh mango. Topped with coconut cream, berries and mint, it’s the perfect end (or start) to a summer day. Mangoes: …

It’s the wonderful dessert that both Australians and New Zealanders call their own. This easy pavlova recipe creates pav perfection, with a smooth and fluffy marshmallow centre encased in a …

This fragrant floral fruit cake incorporates flower essences and Jordan almonds along with all the usual fruit and alcohol ingredients. It has all those things that make fruit cakes so …

These Christmas Shortbread Cookies are made with an 80-year-old shortbread recipe. I’ve also used a beautifully handcrafted embossed rolling pin. I can see myself enjoying one or two of these …