Recipes

Giant Blueberry Pancake Cake | The Sugar Hit

Giant Blueberry Pancake Cake

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  If there’s one thing I could never be accused of, it’s not properly celebrating Pancake Day.   I take great joy in pancake day. I feel like it’s a time when, no matter what your background or creed, we…

Alpine Grilled Cheese | The Sugar Hit

Alpine Grilled Cheese

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  Grilled cheese? Is that the right title? Toasted cheese, cheese on toast? Call it whatever you want. Don’t call it anything, even. But get it into your life. Because this is the best damn grilled cheese I’ve ever had….

Monkey Bread with Orange and Smoke | The Sugar Hit

Monkey Bread with Orange & Smoke

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  Cool recipe title, right? Of course, that’s not the point. The point is that brown sugar, yeasty bread, cinnamon, and orange have a new best friend. And that best friend is a hint of smoke.   It’s subtle, not…

Caramel Apple Pancake | The Sugar Hit

Caramel Apple Pancake

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  Summer’s coming to a close here in Australia, you guys! And I have to say, I am not personally going to miss it that much.   I don’t do so great in the heat. When it’s so hot that…

Turkish Lamb Pizza | The Sugar Hit

Turkish Lamb Pizza

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  Do you ever watch a TV show or see a movie or read a book, and something they eat just sounds so delicious that you have to have it?   You may not be surprised to hear that this happens…

Victoria Sponge with Blackberry Curd | The Sugar Hit

Victoria Sponge with Blackberry Curd

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  I could not stop taking pictures of this cake. Isn’t it a beauty?   I love it, not only because it’s babelicious (a total babe, and delicious), but because it epitomises my favourite kind of recipe. This is just…

Chocolate Blackberry Pudding | The Sugar Hit

Chocolate Blackberry Pudding

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  Every time I look at these photos, I have to go and eat some of this pudding. I can’t help myself.   It’s my spirit-pudding. I really didn’t expect to love it as much as I do. Blackberry and…

Lemon and Poppy Seed French Toast | The Sugar Hit

Lemon & Poppy Seed French Toast

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  This is a leisurely breakfast.   This breakfast is like listening to one of your favourite musicians do acoustic cover versions of classic songs. Just relaxed, awesome, totally without stress or tension, and bloody good fun.     It’s…

Nutella Ice Cream in Brioche | The Sugar Hit

Nutella Ice Cream in Brioche

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  Nutella ice cream…in brioche. NUTELLA ice cream, in brioche. Nutella ice cream IN BRIOCHE. Nutella ice cream in brioche.   Do you ever make something and then realise that nothing you say could possibly live up to how great…

Feather-light Buckwheat Waffles | The Sugar Hit

Feather-light Buckwheat Waffles

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  I believe it was Leslie Knope who said,   “We have to remember what’s important in life: Friends, Waffles, Work. Or Waffles, Friends, Work. Doesn’t matter, but work is third.”     So I made these waffles. They are…

Swedish Vanilla Bread | The Sugar Hit

Swedish Vanilla Bread

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  Let me blow your mind for a second: I have not purchased a loaf of bread since the beginning of 2014.   WHAAAAAAAAT? Yep. My manfriend and I have been making all our bread from scratch! That no-knead bread…

Raspberry Kouign Amann | The Sugar Hit

Raspberry Kouign Amann

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  I cannot express to you how quickly you should stop whatever it is you’re doing and go and make these right now.   It’s very quickly. Like immediately. Because these are, dare I say, the best thing I’ve ever…

Milo Ice Cream Cake | The Sugar Hit

Milo Ice Cream Cake

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  Because it’s Australia Day on Sunday, the 26th, I made you this epic MILO ICE CREAM CAKE!   You: But Sarah, what is Milo? I’ve never heard of it before. You look great today by the way. I love…

Gringo Carbonara with Zucchini and Peas | The Sugar Hit

Gringo Carbonara

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  It’s SUMMAHTIME where I am ya’ll. And it is really, really, really hot. Do people know how hot it is in Australia? Where I live we’re just outside of the Tropic of Capricorn. It’s boiling.   I’m a cold…

Baby Babas with Earl Grey Syrup | The Sugar Hit

Baby Babas with Earl Grey Syrup

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  ‘It is the night, my body’s weak. I’m on the run, no time to sleep. I’ve got to ride, ride like the wind, to be free again.’ – Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross (song)   That line…

Pierogies with Herb Butter | The Sugar Hit

Home Made Pierogies

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  If there’s one thing I deeply love, it’s Eastern European food.   I love the cold, you see, and with the cold comes the rib-sticking, delicious, buttery delights of the kitchen. Hungarian goulash. Vareniki. Pirozhkis. Borscht. Khachapuri. Cabbage rolls….