My favourite new food book
I guess I’m just sitting here trying to work out how I can write this review without it turning into a creepy love letter to Cara Nicoletti, a person who I have never met. If it takes a creepy…
The only cake you need this Summer
Summertime. If you live somewhere with actual seasons, I bet you look forward to it all year. I can imagine it would be a welcome relief from a long, cold Winter to see that sun a-shining down; to…
Brown Butter Genoise with Whipped Yoghurt Cream
This Brown Butter Genoise Sponge with Whipped Yoghurt is the simple answer to the Summertime question of ‘what should we serve for dessert?‘. The answer is obviously to go and buy up every piece of beautiful stone fruit, and…
Something Remarkable!
I’ve got some news! Good news. Exciting news for me. A cool step forward in my life, and my career, which is this, The Sugar Hit. You’re reading it, it’s my job and I absolutely love it. If you’ve…
Blueberry Peach Crumble
This Blueberry Peach Crumble is me taking advantage of the absolutely bomb-ass fruit that’s around at the moment. The peaches are incredible, blueberries are actually affordable, and I’ve cracked The Crumble Formula. So, this ridiculously delicious crumble was inevitable…
The Crumble Formula
Crumble: in my opinion the very best thing that can be done to a glut of fruit. Sure, jam is good. Obviously pie is amazing. But both require a level of commitment that I so often do not have,…
Lemon Cardamom Spiced Longjohns
Pouring raing, the sound of sizzling dough, the scent of lemon and cardamom, the grit of the sugar between my fingers. I think you need to experience these things. I think you need to make a batch of Lemon…
Spicy-Smoky Chicken Taco Salad
Charred chunks of chipotle chicken (alliteration what what) top this Spicy-Smoky Chicken Taco Salad of brown rice, lettuce and avocado. A twist on the classic Pico de Gallo, with pickled chillies instead of fresh, provides the spiky dressing,…
7 Ultra-Australian Desserts for Australia Day
1. Golden Gaytime Cake! This cake has stolen hearts and minds. Inspired by the beautiful, beloved Golden Gaytime ice cream, this cake proves once and for all that it truly is hard to have a Gaytime on your own,…
Golden Gaytime Cake!
OK – first, considering that I have any international readers (hi! Love you!) I should probably explain what a Golden Gaytime is. According to Wikipedia, it is a ‘popular ice cream snack’ created in 1959. The deal with this…