I love the smell of a freshly baked cake that diffuses throughout the home. They are the perfect accompaniment to a coffee or tea and a great to share with the people with love.

In Australia, we are half way though spring. We are starting to see beautiful days (even here in Melbourne, except for this past week) and the weather is getting warmer. We are starting to wear lighter clothing, the trees are starting to blossom, and new fruit has arrived on our tables. The secret of great Italian food in general is using seasonal ingredients which means eating produce at its best. And since it’s spring, why not focus on seasonal ingredients? Bananas, blood oranges, lemons, mangoes, pineapple, strawberries, and oranges are an excellent base for preparing the best cakes in spring.

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, autumn (also known as fall) is here and apples, bananas, figs, lemons, lime, mandarins, mangoes, pears and oranges (Navel) are in season.
Discover our top 10 Italian cake recipes and make one right away!

1.Easy orange cake
2.Best choc chip banana cake

3.Best apple upside down cake
4.Tiramisu cake

5.Red wine chocolate cake
6.Carrot cake with mascarpone icing

7.Caramelised upside-down pear cake
8.Pistachio and lemon cake

9.Easy almond cake
10.Coconut pineapple cake

Happy cooking!

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Vanessa Bottaro

Author, Founder and Creative Director at Italian Spoon

In my eyes, Italian cuisine is love on a plate.

Vanessa is Creative Director of the Italian Spoon website and Author of The Italian entertaining cookbook, a collection of home-style Italian recipes and tips for entertaining in true Italian-style. In addition to cooking and taking photographs, Vanessa writes the recipes and blogs to bring the love of Italian cooking to life! The collection of recipes and blogs on the website have been inspired by travels to Italy and desire to share what she has learnt from the great ‘Mamma’s and ‘Nonna’s in her life!

Vanessa is an entrepreneur and wife to husband Simone and the mother of two beautiful kids Dante and Mia. Even so she was born and lives in Melbourne Australia, Vanessa has a deep connection to Italy. Perhaps it is the food, or maybe it is because it is the place where Vanessa met the love of her life, Simone to whom she has been happily married for so many years.

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