Fidget spinners are everywhere! It seems only a matter of time before the schools ban them, if they haven't already. That seems to be the pattern here in Australia. A fad comes in, all the kids get them, the school bans them, sadness, then the next fad arrives. Speaking ... »
Do you fancy some meat in your fruit pie? The ingredients for this pie used to be mixed together and then stored for up to four months before baking. I know that both sugar an alcohol can be used for preserving but I just do not like the idea of using ... »
It's time to have some fun with chocolate swirls and splashes. Capturing the fluid motion of liquids in solid form always looks fascinating. It's like freezing a moment in time. Cake Pop Swirls You can make cake pops from scratch using this recipe or this one or use cake scraps as below 2 cups cake ... »
Today we are making an indulgent dessert wrapped in a dark chocolate leather. Inside is a crunchy chocolate hazelnut base topped with a raspberry gel, milk chocolate mousse and fresh raspberries. Base 75g (2.65 ounces) butter 85g (3 ounces) brown sugar unsweetened cocoa powder 75g (2.65 ounces) plain flour 75g (2.65 ounces) hazelnut meal. 18g (0.63 ounces) cocoa powder pinch salt Pre... »
The best kind of birthday cakes are ones that are fully customized to the birthday boy/girl. My kids can dream up whatever they'd like in a birthday cake. This year Matthew came up with an interesting combination of flavors and amazingly it all worked together. As one teen at the party ... »
Oreos, who doesn't love them? The lady at the checkout looked at me strangely when I bought an extraordinarily large supply of Oreos for this week's recipes. What followed was LOTS of fun testing a few old recipes and designing delicious NEW ones just for YOU 🙂 The two-ingredient ... »
If you are blessed to get lots of eggs at Easter time, have some fun and turn them into creatures. For some of these cute animals you'll need a chocolate mold but for others you can just use the eggs you got for Easter. This week I want to take a moment to say a ... »
This week my baby turned six years old! He is at school, losing his baby teeth and learning to read. My how he has grown. The week he was born I wrote my very first recipe on this website, and I have not missed a Friday since then. Just as Jedd has changed, so ... »
Pretty ballerina cake recipe for all those girls who train hard so they can dance gracefully and make it look easy. To make this ballerina cake you will need: (serves 20) Ballerina cake template 1 and a 1/2 x the fluffy sponge cake recipe baked in 12 cupcake cases and two 8" round cake tins. One quantity ... »
I really enjoyed stepping back in time to make this 200 year old cheesecake recipe. It really made me appreciate all the mod cons that we have in the kitchen and the vast array of ingredients we can buy at the shops. To make a cheesecake in the 1800's you had to ... »
I watched the old Disney cartoon version of Beauty and the Beast last night. I love that it doesn't follow the traditional 'princess model'. Belle is well read, not obsessed with looks, loves her dad and is willing to lay down her own freedom to rescue him. "Greater love has ... »
If you know the game 'Best Fiends' you will instantly recognize this cake as one of the slugs that you've been spending your time trying to defeat. His name is 'devourer' and this is one slug that you can overcome by serving him up to happy party guests. To make this best fiends ... »
Here's how to make an epic spinning soccer ball cake in a few easy steps. We've now moved into our new Melbourne home and most of the boxes are unpacked. Unfortunately, the ones labelled 'How To Cook That' are still waiting for my new kitchen to be finished before they can be completely unboxed. Dave and ... »
I love, love, love experimenting and developing something new that's never been seen before on the internet or TV. As I write this there are no blog posts about this, no YouTube videos and no Pinterest pictures - it is just totally fresh and new. To be honest I didn't think this idea ... »
The pending arrival of a new baby is cause for celebration. Amongst the excitement and nervousness about being a new mum there is also a growing list of stuff that you need to buy. Baby showers often help tick a few items off that list. If you've managed to keep ... »
Are these kitchen gadgets clever last minute Christmas gifts or they an item that would never get used? Watch us test them and make up your own mind. Today we will test out a chip maker, russian ball piping tips, makey makey, a triple colour piping bag and a surprise ... »
These delightful little desserts have a sugar snow globe over the top. If you wanted you could add some white sprinkles on the inside to make it even more snowy but I liked the subtle bubbles in the sugar. Each dessert has a pistachio base, orange curd, diplomat cream, fresh fruit and is then ... »
If you have money to burn you can head to Serendipity 3 New York and order this amazing golden dessert for a cool $1000. It's in the Guiness Book of World Records as the most expensive ice-cream sundae in the world! And today we are going to recreate it, using the ... »
What a week! My days were filled with packing boxes, then even more packing ... then unpacking to find some items I needed for filming! Then the world's deadliest spider crawled just centimeters from my feet while I worked at my computer. And finally I came down with 'slap cheek virus' which ... »
In CLEVER or NEVER I test out kitchen gadgets so that you don't have to. You can see them being used and make up your mind if they are really clever or something you'd never use. Let me know if there are other gadgets you'd like to see put to the test. ... »
Using fondant allows you to get much more detailed and realistic looking cakes. But some people don't like the taste of fondant so in this cake you have layers of macaron, ganache, cake, salted caramel and no fondant. To make this giant macaron cake you will need: 1 1/2 x my rich Chocolate Cake Recipe Bake ... »
We asked what your favorite bands and artists were and after more than 6000 responses we've tallied up all the votes and the results are in. This was a fun cake to make. If you're new to cake decorating, give yourself a couple of days to make it. One to bake the cakes, ... »
I love desserts that have the wow factor when you serve them to the table. This one has the double whammy, when you slice it open it reveals the heart eyes emoji smiley face on every slice. After your guests have finished instagramming photos of their dessert the finale is that it ... »
The Walking Dead season 7 is coming oh so soon. I don’t know about you, but I’m not actually sure if I like most zombie shows ... it's not the blood and gore that bother me (I’ve studied human biology units at university and seen my fair share of cadavers). It's more the ... »
Today we are making TEN best recipes using marshmallows ranging from some old favourites right through to brand new inventions that you've never seen before. In this series I've also done 10 best nutella and 10 best peanut butter recipes. Once I'd filmed about 6 recipes I realized that was about it ... »
