Cakes

Rich Chocolate Devil's Food Cake (photo by AmethystD, stock.xchng)

Rich Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake


Fruit Slices (photo by AKIN HOS, stock.xchng)

Fruit Slices


Teta Katarina Stipinovich’s Fruit Cake (photo by Chris Chidsey, stock.xchng)

Teta Katarina Stipinovich’s Fruit Cake

This is one of the more difficult fruit cakes to make, but the flavour is unsurpassed. It is a recipe that has stood the test of time being well over 100 years old! …


Vanilla Sponge (photo by NordicHero, Wikimedia Commons)

Vanilla Sponge

Ice to taste – it tastes especially good iced with a chocolate-butter icing.This is a very adaptable batter, and apparently may be baked in ring moulds, as cup cakes (I never have) or as flans. …


Whiskey Tea Brack (photo by Neil Gould, stock.xchng)

Whiskey Tea Brack

Serve sliced and buttered. Keeps well. …


Irish Porter Cake (photo by mark mordecai, stock.xchng)

Irish Porter Cake

Leave for a couple of days before eating. …


Maureen’s Baked Cheesecake (photo by kongroove, stock.xchng)

Maureen’s Baked Cheesecake


Beat ‘n Bake Cake (photo by blue devil, stock.xchng)

Beat ‘n Bake Cake

As simple as it comes. …


Carrot Cake (photo by Alex Ado, stock.xchng)

Carrot Cake


Poppy Seed Cake (photo by Peter Aknai, stock.xchng)

Poppy Seed Cake

Just right for afternoon tea with the in-laws. …


Anne Devlin's Banana Bread (photo by Leah Jeppson, stock.xchng)

Anne Devlin’s Banana Bread

Anne Devlin may not be well known, but her banana bread will soon be. …


Date Loaf (photo by Gary Tamin, stock.xchng)

Date Loaf

A handful of chopped pecans or walnuts makes this good loaf even better. …


Apple-Spice Cake (photo by Leonardini, stock.xchng)

Apple-Spice Cake

A slightly unusual cake (one of Franka’s) that keeps well. …


Chocolate-Yoghurt Cake (photo by Bartek Ambrozik, stock.xchng)

Chocolate-Yoghurt Cake

This cake is so tasty that family members will go to war for the sake of it. Mouth-wateringly sumptuous. To die for. …



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About Dinka’s Cookbook

Dinka's Cookbook is a collection of recipes that have been tried and tested over many years and that have stood the test of time. Because Dinka ran her own catering business for many years, some of these recipes have really been tested, in the most difficult circumstances, by the most discerning customers.

Dinka's Cookbook has been made available on the internet because it is the simplest method of sharing the recipes with all those people who have tasted the food and asked how it was made.

If you do use a recipe, please come back and give a little feedback. What worked? What didn't? And how much you enjoyed the food you prepared!

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