Holidays

Saint Lucia Challah // The Sugar Hit

Saint Lucia Challah

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  My favourite thing to do at this time of year is EAT – but more specifically, to graze. You know, it’s a snacky time of year and I’m a snacky kind of gal. Actually that’s not true, most of…

Santa's Reindeer Cakes! Tender little spiced carrot muffins, the perfect treat to make for Santa's Reindeer // The Sugar Hit

Santa’s Reindeer Cakes

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  Santa’s reindeer work incredibly hard. Really, it can’t be easy leading a sleigh through freezing cold, AND stinking hot weather all in one night. Through rain or shine or hail, sleet or snow. They have to slow down time…

Aebleskiver with Vanilla and Jam // The Sugar Hit!

Aebleskiver with Vanilla & Jam

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  Have you ever wondered what a pancake, crossed with a cloud, crossed with a doughnut, crossed with a dream, would taste like?   My very specific friend, this is your lucky day. Because that is EXACTLY what an aebleskiver…

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate // The Sugar Hit

Thick Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate

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  Get your hands ready, because you are going to want to wrap them around a cup of this gloriousness, post haste! Get out a pair of matching flannel pyjamas, or a onesie. Turn on the heating, or if you’re…

Maple Gingerbread Bundt Cake // The Sugar Hit

Maple Gingerbread Bundt Cake

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  Do you want to come and visit my cabin on Gingerbread mountain? Psych you guys, it’s not really a mountain it’s a cake! A bundt cake. The most casual kind of cake. There’s something about the hole in the…

Rum Ball Ice Cream // The Sugar Hit

Rum Ball Ice Cream

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  Let me roll you a chewy, chunky, chocolatey scoop of Christmas. It’s a rum ball, baby, which in my opinion is just about the most seasonal treat there is. Sugar cookies, gingerbread, even fruitcake can find homes at other…

Croque Monsieur! // The Sugar Hit

Croque Monsieur!

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  Oh hey everyone! Happy Thanksgiving, if it’s still Thursday where you live! And if it’s not then happy day-after-Thanksgiving, or as I like to call it, happy leftovers day.   As I’m in Australia, I didn’t celebrate a full…

Super Easy Cranberry & Almond Croissants

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  These croissants are pretty much the most decadent sandwich recipe of all time. Most sandwiches? Butter, fillings, sauces, cheese…they’re freaking great. Let’s not make any bones about that. ALL SANDWICHES are great. My dream in this life might be…