Merry Christmas everyone, praying for a blessed Christmas and amazing new year for you in 2018. My youngest had to bring something special to school for a Christmas picnic which, due to school rules, was 'not to be shared with others'. I sent him along with a picnic packed with his ... »
The countdown to Christmas is on, half of the advent lollies have been eaten and school holidays are upon us. Movies are something we do most holidays. Here is a fun gravity defying popcorn cake to turn any movie gathering in to a party. Seriously, when I served this up the ... »
Who knew? Records don't just have to made out of vinyl, they can be made from chocolate. Sweet! After hearing that I wanted a chocolate record so I decided to see if it was possible to make them at home. Watch the video to find out how it sounded. ... »
What is rolled ice cream? It is a vanilla ice cream base that is chopped with fresh ingredients to flavor it, quick frozen on a cold surface, spread out flat and then rolled up and served. The quick freeze and agitation while it chills makes for tiny ice crystals so that the ... »
As soon as the smell of gingerbread fills the house it makes Christmas seem oh so close. We set up our tree today, a little early I know but our 6 year old was so excited about setting it up, his enthusiasm was infectious. As I child I remember Christmas took ages ... »
This week I had a special guest Draw with Jazza cooking with me. For those of you who don't know Jazza, he's an Australian YouTuber and artist so I thought I'd put him to work making some pancake art. We drew this month's top ten most viewed YouTubers. You will be ... »
That box of cake mix sitting in the cupboard can be put to far more uses than you think. The smartie cookies have become a super quick and easy favorite in our household. They are perfect when friends drop in unannounced. Do you have your own cake mix hacks? Let me know your recipe suggestions ... »
Tiny is just so magical and cute. I love it. In the comments some people said they like watching these sorts of videos with just music and no talking. So mid-week I'll upload the extended version which is just all the pretty footage with no talking and you can let me ... »
Here's how to make a giant kinder surprise egg using balloon. As well as that we opened some 20 year old kind surprise eggs so we could compare the toys that you got back then to what you get now. Which ones do you think would be better? To make a giant kinder surprise ... »
How do you get to be the famous pastry chef who makes Napoleon Bonaparte's wedding cake? Marie Antoine Careme was 10 years old when he was abandoned by his parents during the French revolution. To survive he worked essentially as a slave in a kitchen in exchange for food and a place to ... »
To make this you will need: 1 1/2 quantities of my rich chocolate cake recipe 2 x my buttercream recipe in any flavor you like Princess Twilight Sparkle Cake Template 1kg (2.2 pounds) Mauve Fondant (I used white and colored it using pink and purple gel food colours. I noticed that the colours faded a bit after the ... »
I've always loved miniatures so when I was asked in the comments to do miniature baking I couldn't resist. I set to work building a dollhouse sized kitchen complete with running water and a working oven. It some time to modify the metal oven to make it function. My first attempts resulted ... »
Chocolate cigarettes or cigarellos has been getting lots of requests recently. But when I looked online, I found videos showing pastry chefs making them with ease ... which made me wonder why people wanted me to do it? And then I tried them!!! After 5 very frustrating failed attempts, I finally learnt the SECRET ... »
Filming this video was so much fun. Make your own prank chocolate truffles and watch the reactions of your friends as they eat them. With thanks to Draw with Jazza, Jayden Rodrigues and Jamie for being such good sports and eating the whole box. Chilli V Raspberry Chocolate Truffles To make raspberry chocolate truffles filling ... »
The triple chocolate spiral dessert may look complicated but is actually quite easy to pull off. Make this if you have a chocolate lover coming over for dinner and you'll have a friend for life. Last week I was at YouTube creator summit which is an invite only conference for YouTubers to ... »
Today we are making a dessert with a choc chip base, covered with a banana caramel, a sinfully rich baked chocolate ganache all topped with a gooey chocolate coffee cremeux. coffee cremeux recipe 470g (16.58 ounces) chocolate, broken into pieces in a large bowl 120g (4.23 ounces) or 7 egg yolks 60g (2.12 ounces) sugar 1 tsp ground coffee 500mL (16.91 fluid ounces) or 2 cups cream 2 ... »
Cotton candy or fairy floss takes on different forms all around the world. Although the starting point of melted sugar is similar the texture and taste of variants like pashmak and dragons beard are quite different altogether. If you are one of those people who bakes to relax try out the dragons ... »
The Moana movie came out a while ago now but there have been lots of requests for a cake. So to help out the mums who have to make a Mona birthday cake I thought I'd make a fondant free version with chocolate flowers. To make this Moana cake you will need: Double quantity of ... »
If you're like me you watch 'life-changing hack' videos while thinking 'I'm sure that it won't work'. Some 'hacks' are so bad that they are not even worth trying. But there are others that are interesting. In this series I am putting kitchen hacks to the test to see if they ... »
When playing with chocolate it goes through a magical bendable stage. It is during that time that you can do some pretty mind-bending things with it to make decorations. To get it in that state easily use the frozen surface technique shown in the video. To make these chocolate decorations you will ... »
Click here to check out the NEW Merch To celebrate the launch of my new merch I have made a 3D standing up donut cake with donut flavored frosting. This week has been a bit of a stressful one for me, filled with many specialist doctors appointments. Our paeditrician was ... »
I think board games should be compulsory for every family. While plying kids get to practice taking turns, resisting the urge to cheat while their sibling isn't watching and of course not giving up when you're losing. I have tested out the digital versions of some of the popular board games and ... »
A slice of cold watermelon on a hot day is hard to beat. But if you love watermelon as much as I do you might be curious as to what other desserts your an make. There are a great many recipes out there the look like watermelon but don't have any ... »
This week I decided to recreate Roy Lichetnsteins' Wonder Woman' pop art in CHOCOLATE. During his life time Roy Lichtenstein created over 5000 works of art. Some days I feel like my 5 year old is racing to catch up to him. Lichtenstein was best known for his pop art in ... »
What better way to celebrate World Chocolate Day than by recreating a huge version of this delicious chocolate-coated caramel Magnum, the most popular ice cream on Earth! To make this GIANT double caramel Magnum Ego you will need 600g (21.16 ounces) white chocolate 2 cake support sticks 10L (2.64 gallons) vanilla ice-cream 1.8kg (3.97 pounds) milk chocolate 440g (15.52 ounces) ice magic or ... »
