Lush Chocolate Milo Cake // The Sugar Hit

Lush Chocolate Milo Cake

  Is it a weird reaction to want to laugh hysterically when I spy something as delicious as this cake? Because that’s my instinct. It makes me so damn happy to see a cake this gorgeous. I get the giggles…

Salty Vanilla and Peach Focaccia // The Sugar Hit

Salty Vanilla & Peach Focaccia

  SALT. Is there anything it can’t do? It brings out the sweetness of these peaches, and the fragrance of this vanilla like nothing else. Each bite is like sitting on an Italian beach, with the Mediterranean sun beating down…

Cookie Week! // The Sugar Hit

Coconut Snow Balls // Cookie Week!

  It’s Day #4 of Cookie Week, and we’re nearing the end of this sugar-and-butter-fuelled ride. Today, I’m sharing a beautifully light, utterly Christmassy, Coconut Snow Ball cookie!   These are so easy to put together, perfect for doing with…

Cookie Week! // The Sugar Hit

Maple Shortbread // Cookie Week!

  Day #2 of Cookie Week! And today I’m bringing you a deceptively simple recipe for Maple Shortbread. This is a five ingredient recipe, no heavy equipment required, and not even any scooping, chilling or cutting of dough.   The…

Saint Lucia Challah // The Sugar Hit

Saint Lucia Challah

  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

  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…

Rum Ball Ice Cream // The Sugar Hit

Rum Ball Ice Cream

  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!

  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…