Dinner with our italian neighbours... Loud conversation, generous helpings of delicious savoury courses, laughter, feeling so full you could burst, lemon water and then tiramisu. True italian tiramisu where all you can taste is coffee, bold and strong like an olympian standing proud on the winners podium after the 100m (328.08 feet) dash. When I make my tiramisu ... »
A patterned roll cake is a fun way to make a colourful cake without using fondant. My boys requested one with the 'dumb ways to die' characters on but my favourite is the striped roll cake. Recipe for pattern on roll cake 50g (1.76 ounces) or 1/4 cup margarine or butter 50g (1.76 ounces) or 1/3 cup plus 1 Tbsp icing sugar 50g (1.76 ounces) egg whites (approx ... »
Chocolate butterflies sound kind of dreamy and magical. Paper thin chocolate wings fluttering by, landing on your cupcake to adorn it to perfection. Or hiding in the garden to surprise and delight party guests. Butterflies are dainty, so the chocolate equivalent needs to be delicate, elegant and delicious. To achieve this you can use tempered ... »
Instagram Cake For friendly, filtered fun you can't go past Instagram. Twelve million people use it daily with Instagram photos receiving 8,500 'likes' per second! But amongst all the happy snaps, I do wonder if we are becoming a generation of socially dissatisfied tourists inspecting the highlight reel of other people's lives. One young mum ... »
The perfect sponge cake should be light, fluffy, moist, tall, soft on the edges and of course beautiful. Easy with the right recipe, painfully frustrating with all of the rest. After testing many, many sponge cake recipes my kids got tired of taking sponge cake in their lunch boxes to school. So I ... »
Peering through the glass display cabinet at the chocolatier, I would have loved to buy all of them. I was struck by how expensive it was for one such truffle. Things which although delightful seemed relatively simple to make at home. So I asked you what truffles you wanted to know how to make. ... »
Step 1: Serve the dessert to the guests at the table. Step 2: Add some hot chocolate sauce. Step 3: The sauce magically drops down into the middle of the dessert. Step 4: Take a spoonful and chocolate ganache oozes out of the centre like molten lava onto the cold plate. Sydney is home to some ... »
Without so much as a taste, we kissed Hello Kitty goodbye... Sure, the cute cartoon cat is adored around the globe and frequently requested on my YouTube channel, but in our boy-filled home this lovely cake was never going to hold pride of place at an 11-year-old's birthday party! So instead, I put a notice ... »
Is there a better gift than home made chocolate truffles? They cost you an arm and a leg at the chocolatiers and yet you can make them yourself for a fraction of the cost. You will need your chosen truffle fillings (recipes below and demonstrated in the video) plus tempered chocolate for dipping the truffles. ... »
These salted caramel macarons are seriously addictive. You will not be able to stop at one. Make a batch of dulce de leche first so it has time to cool, you need that for the filling. Have fun making this salted caramel macaron recipe. Macaron Shells: (makes 40 macarons shells in size shown in video, ... »
Here's a super easy rainbow cake that is bright and fun for a rainbow themed party. To make this rainbow cake you will need: Serves: 8 Three quantities of the basic buttercream recipe Three 20cm (7.87 inches) round cakes of your choice. To make three of the sponge cakes make one and a half times this perfect sponge cake recipe. 1/2 cup ... »
Inspired by the ombre fashion trend this pink ombre cake is super easy and will delight your friends at your next party. You can just as easily turn it into a blue ombre cake or purple ombre cake but for my liking the rose pink is the way to go. You will need: Three 20cm (7.87 inches) round ... »
Despicable Me 2 is coming soon and my middle boy loves the cute minions, so this year he wanted a minion birthday cake. There have also been some requests from subscribers for a 3D upright cake tutorial and despicable me cake, so I filmed the making of his cake for you. You will need: round cake boards ... »
It was six o'clock in the morning, I just putting the finishing touches on a birthday picnic for my hubby to take to work. Caramel cupcakes with salted caramel frosting sat at the top of the picnic basket alongside chocolate macarons.The kids crept downstairs and we cooked bacon and eggs. Breakfast in bed ... »
Tap your spoon onto the hard caramelized sugar crust and break into the thick creamy brulee that awaits. Dive deeper to find raspberry sauce that awakens the tastebuds with a zing leaving you with a thirst for more. Creme Brulee Recipe (1 quantity of this recipe was enough to make 6 individual creme brûlées, the containers I ... »
Snickers, reese's peanut butter cups, butterfingers, baby ruth, peanut m&m's and oh Henry, all make it to the Top Ten list of the worlds most popular chocolate bars. How m&m's count as a chocolate bar I am not sure, but the point is they all contain the winning combination of chocolate and peanuts. If ... »
Large sugar crystals on lollipop sticks, otherwise known as rock candy is a fun experiment to make at home with the kids. You don't need many ingredients but you will need some patience as they take a few days to form. Rock Candy Ingredients 3 cups or 648g (22.86 ounces) sugar 1 cup or 250 millilitres (8.45 fluid ounces) water flavouring colour lollipop sticks Fill a thermos ... »
Geodes are beautiful so let's make them delicious too. Follow the step by step instructions to make fondant or chocolate rock candy geodes. You can give them as a gift on their own or use them in cake decorating. Fondant shell 350g (12.35 ounces) fondant black and brown coloring Using aluminum foil make a bowl into a rock shape and line ... »
"Truck truck" a cute little nearly two year old voice said when I asked him what type of cake he would like for his birthday. The next day the response was 'raa raa'. He swapped back and forth between the two answers like he was playing ping pong. So the final decision came down to ... »
Enjoy a pot of pure melted chocolate next to cinnamon and sugar coated churros. This churros recipe shows you how to make curly churros and the straight ones just like you find at san churros cafe. Churros Recipe Ingredients 250millilitress or 1 cup water 1/2 cup or 110g (3.88 ounces) butter 1 cup or 160g (5.64 ounces) plain all-purpose flour 3 eggs 1 Tbsp sugar 1 tsp vanilla Cinnamon ... »
Macaron shells don't have to be plain. For some events you need something striking or fun. Play with these variations and post a picture of your macaron creation in the comments section below. Easy Macaron Video Recipe is here and watch the FAQ video too 1. Add Toppings to macarons: Nuts or sprinkles (jimmies) can be put on the ... »
Mickey was everywhere, even honeymooners donned Mickey Mouse hats with veils. It was Disney World after all, but I still did not expect the level of devotion that the adults had for the Disney characters. These cupcakes are a tribute to our time spent at Disney World and to all those Mickey Mouse LOVERS! ... »
You can make this Mickey Mouse Cake without the need for any special pans. Follow the step by step guide in the video and your little one will be excited when they see their Mickey Mouse cake. To make your mickey mouse cake you will need: Black fondant (if you want to make your own you'll ... »
Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary. Seventeen wonderful and happy years. Some of our favourite memories together are the big moments like holding each of our newborn sons for the first time, trips to New York and Italy and big events that my hubby arranged. We also cherish the simple memories, late ... »
1. Macaron Cracked Try rapping the trays on the bench harder or more times before cooking. 2. Macarons Flat or Lumpy See the pictures below which show the results of under-mixed and over-mixed macaroon mixture. undermixed good overmixed 2. Hollow macarons Macarons should not be hollow. This is most often caused by the oven being opened before they are cooked through or ... »
