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Singaporean chili crab, lasagna, Massaman curry and more are being sealed under the cake lid as Melbourne cake makers explore their creative side. The city is home to a bewildering array of gourmet pies thanks to new businesses – some of which are lockout projects – and established bakeries who are experimenting boldly with fillings. Sally Roxon from Austro has Polish heritage, while her husband is Austrian, so she loves the flavors in the pies she offers from her South Melbourne bakery. There’s the Polish hunter stew pie, featuring sausage, pork belly and sauerkraut, and in the past mushroom stroganoff and beef goulash have been featured. Footscray’s Pie Thief is one of Melbourne’s most adventurous pie purveyors, with owners Aaron Donato and Scott Blomfield (former Supernormal chefs) breaking all the rules. “I guess we don’t really look at other pies when we come to flavors,” said Donato. “We saw what good food was and [ask] can it be turned into a cake?” The Builders Arms f

Laura Platt was in desperate need of money to fix her car when she saw an advert for Cigno, which resulted in a “quick loan of up to $1,000.” Key points: ASIC has banned the types of loans Cigno offers but the company appears to have prepared a new loan model Cigno made $60 million in five-and-a-half-month fees, court documents show Consumer advocates say national credit laws need updating to close legal loopholes Platt uploaded a bank statement to Cigno’s website and a few hours later $300 went into his bank account. “It was approved right away. And I didn’t really see the fine details,” Platt said. Shortly after getting his first loan with Cigno, he managed to apply for $200, because he thought he had paid off his original debt. However, Platt did not realize that his $300 loan also incurs high bookkeeping costs. He has struggled to repay the loan. Two years later, after being hit with bookkeeping and late fees, he ended up paying Cigno $2,600, of which he still owes $32. “[I am] r