The Global Bakery

Anna Weston is the Office Manager at New Internationalist. She has been an (over)enthusiastic cake baker for many years, taking great pleasure in adapting recipes to create new flavours and then trying out the results on her family and colleagues. She is passionate about getting the message across that baking is not just for the experts and that, all over the world, delicious cakes have always been produced in domestic kitchens with rudimentary equipment and ingredients.

1. Sub-Saharan Africa Cote d'ivoire: Gateau Moelleux a l'Ananas et a la Noix de Coco/Soft Cake with Pineapple and Coconut East Africa: Jugu Cake/Peanut Cake South Africa: Bienenstich/Bee Sting Cake Mali: Gateau de Semoule aux Agrumes/Semolina and Citrus Cake West Africa: Lime Cake Zimbabwe: Cornmeal Cake 2. Middle East & North Africa Egypt: Basbousa Iraq: Almond Honey Cake Syria: Safra Morocco: Meskouta with Orange Juice Palestine: Almond & Citrus Olive Oil Cake Israel: Eretz Yisrael Kuwait: Arabic Honey Cake Lybia: Walnut-Semolina Cake with Figs 3. Europe Finland: Kermakuku Greece: Melaxrini Germany: Schwarzwaldertorte/Black Forest Gateau Hungary: Sutemney Rigo Jancsi/Chocolate Mousse Cake Netherland: Pruimencake/Plum Cake Italy: Castagnaccio/Chestnut Cake Poland: Jablecznick/Apple Cake Norway: Almond Cake with Custard Glaze Czech Republic: Buchty Denmark: Valmuefro Kage/Poppy-Seed Cake Switzerland: Bundner Nusstorte Romania: Marble Cake Spain: Tarta de Santiago/St James Cake Wales: Bara Brith 4. South & East Asia India: Mango Cake Malaysia: Bolu Sarang Semut/Honeycomb Cake Cambodia: Num Taloak/Persimmon Cake Afghanistan: Halwaua-e-Aurd-e-Sujee Japan: Kasutera Phillipines: Bibingka Taiwan: Sweet Potato Cake Sri Lanka: Bibikkan Thina Nian Gao/New Year Cake 5. Caribbean & North America United States: Red Velvet Cake Tanada: Maple Syrup Cake Haiti: Gateau au Beurre St Lucia: Banana Cake Bermuda: Rum Cake Jamaica: Ginger Cake with Lemon Glace Icing Cuba: Opera Cake 6. Oceania & Pacific Micronesia: Glazed Orange Coconut Cake PaPua: New Guinea Banana Cake with Chocolate Sauce Australia: Pineapple Upside Down Cake New Zealand: Louise Cake Polynesia: Wedding Cake Carrot Cake Hawaii: Guava Chiffon Cake 7. Latin America Chile: Torta de Hojas Brazil: Cuca de Banana Mexico: Pastel de Tres Leches El Salvador: Quesadilla Salvadorena Columbia: Spiced Coffee Sponge Cake Argentina: Torta Negra Galesa/Black Welsh Cake Uruguay: Postre Chaja/Peach Cake 8. Eastern Europe & Central Asia Belarus: Yablochny Pirog/Apple Torte Albania: Walnut Cake with Lemon Glaze Armenia: Nutmeg Cake Azerbaijan: Zebra Cake Ukraine: Medivnyk/Christmas Honey Cake