Modern Classics Book 2: Cookies, Biscuits & Slices, Small Cakes, Cakes, Desserts, Hot Puddings, Pies & Tarts by Donna Hay

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  • Shortbread

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Dessert
    • Ingredients: rice flour; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Individual shortbread biscuits

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    • Ingredients: rice flour; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Lemon shortbread

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Dessert
    • Ingredients: lemons; rice flour; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Ginger shortbread

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    • Ingredients: rice flour; store-cupboard ingredients; crystallized ginger
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  • Lavender shortbread

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    • Ingredients: rice flour; store-cupboard ingredients; lavender
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  • Oaty ANZAC biscuits

    Oaty ANZAC biscuits

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; Australian
    • Ingredients: rolled oats; dried shaved coconut; golden syrup; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Chocolate chip cookies

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Dessert
    • Ingredients: store-cupboard ingredients; dried shaved coconut; milk chocolate
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  • Chocolate-filled biscuits

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: store-cupboard ingredients; cocoa powder
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  • Chocolate caramel slice

    Chocolate caramel slice

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    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Dessert
    • Ingredients: golden syrup; condensed milk; dark chocolate; desiccated coconut; all-purpose flour; butter
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  • Jam drops

    Jam drops

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: butter; caster sugar; egg yolks; lemons; strawberry jam; plain flour
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  • Muesli cookies

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Dessert
    • Ingredients: malted milk powder; rolled oats; dried apricots; dried apples; dried shaved coconut; sultanas; ground cinnamon; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Apricot oat slice

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    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Dessert
    • Ingredients: rolled oats; dried apricots; dried shaved coconut; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Chocolate brownie

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    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Dessert
    • Ingredients: dark chocolate; cocoa powder; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Melting moments

    Melting moments

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Dessert; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: lemons; butter; icing sugar
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  • Orange melting moments

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Dessert
    • Ingredients: store-cupboard ingredients; oranges
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  • Lime melting moments

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    • Ingredients: store-cupboard ingredients; limes
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  • Chocolate melting moments

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    • Ingredients: store-cupboard ingredients; cocoa powder
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  • Caramel melting moments

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Dessert
    • Ingredients: store-cupboard ingredients; condensed milk; golden syrup
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  • Chocolate cheesecake brownie

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    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Dessert
    • Ingredients: cocoa powder; cream cheese; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Vanilla slice

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    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Dessert
    • Ingredients: puff pastry; single cream; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Peanut cookies

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    • Ingredients: peanuts; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Vanilla snap biscuits

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Vanilla and almond biscotti

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Dessert
    • Ingredients: almonds; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Hazelnut and chocolate chip biscotti

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Dessert
    • Ingredients: store-cupboard ingredients; hazelnuts; milk chocolate
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  • Double chocolate and hazelnut biscotti

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Dessert
    • Ingredients: store-cupboard ingredients; cocoa powder; dark chocolate; hazelnuts
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  • Oaty ANZAC biscuits

    • kari500 on March 26, 2020

      I had to sub light corn syrup for the golden syrup, as my golden syrup had somehow exploded. These are sweet and delicious and ridiculously easy to make.

  • Melt-and-mix chocolate coconut cake

    • AgusiaH on April 24, 2013

      Nice mix of flavours, a little bit on the dry side.

  • Banana cake

    • Astrid5555 on May 04, 2020

      Brown bananas led to a request from my boys for their favorite banana cake when they were toddlers, and again this quick and easy bundt cake did not disappoint. Can be easily scaled up or down based on the number of bananas available and eggs in the recipe. Made a 2/3 recipe in my Nordic Ware Kugelhopf Bundt Pan, no glaze needed. Everybody loved it.

  • Madeleines

    • trudys_person on May 13, 2018

      p. 54. Nice little cakes, but I think these are lighter than the classic French madeleine. Best not to overfill the tins, and this recipe made batter for more than 24. Stuck to the tins too, so grease well! I made them with 1 tablespoon of orange zest added and they were a lovely flavour.

  • Blueberry muffins

    • meggan on May 16, 2019

      We make these because they are easy. They need to bake much longer than 12 minutes.

  • Lemon, orange or passionfruit curd

    • KarinaFrancis on January 13, 2015

      This is a good basic recipe, I made it with blood oranges. It didn't thicken up as much as I thought it would but the taste was great. I added a bit of lime juice as well because I like a sour curd.

  • Tuilles

    • KarinaFrancis on June 28, 2015

      These didn't work for me. I'm not sure if I made them too thick or didnt cook them long enough but they turned out chewy not crispy.

  • Apricot oat slice

    • digifish_books on June 01, 2015

      I reduced the sugar in the topping mixture to 1/2 a cup, sprinkled some flaked almonds on top and increased baking time by approx. 10 minutes.

  • Lemon cakes with passionfruit syrup

    • james_lewisham on May 03, 2014

      The mix made 9 cupcake-sized cakes for me. That still left-overs (there were only 3 of us), so I froze both the cakes and syrup.

  • Chocolate malt self-saucing pudding

    • e_ballad on November 26, 2018

      A great variation on the old-fashioned favourite. Very moreish & very simple.

  • Macaroon pastry cases

    • ChefJacki on February 02, 2016

      Makes 8-9 muffin sized cases. A bit fiddly getting the mixture to stay on the sides. Delicious filled with lemon curd and Greek yoghurt with vanilla.

  • Lemon delicious pudding

    • ChefJacki on February 02, 2016

      Good flavour. Made twice - tends to be quite liquidy in the bottom third or more. More so than I would expect.

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  • ISBN 10 0060525894
  • ISBN 13 9780060525897
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  • Published Sep 24 2003
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English
  • Edition American ed
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
  • Imprint William Morrow

Publishers Text

Renowned for making food that looks gorgeous and tastes great yet minimal effort, Donna Hay's sweet follow-up to the savory Modern Classics Book 1, focuses on simple, ready-to-make dessert recipes that any home cook can create for casual and elegant entertaining.


Packaged and formatted like her previous cookbooks, Modern Classics Book 2 brings together favorite desserts of the past with new and updated sweet sensations of today. Filled with beautiful full-color photography, this is the definitive dessert cookbook for today's home cooks.

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