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Apple Raspberry Pie with Rough Puff Pastry // The Sugar Hit

Apple Raspberry Pie with Rough Puff Pastry

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Bubbling, berry-stained filling, spilling over the edges of a pie dish, bursting through a buttery, flaky crust. The bottom of the pastry just beginning to sog with bright red juice, the top burnished and shatteringly crisp. This is an Apple Raspberry…

Mulberry White Chocolate Almond Cake // The Sugar Hit

Mulberry White Chocolate Almond Cake

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  Mulberry. White Chocolate. Almond. These are three ingredients that skyrocket past the sum of their parts when they’re combined. This cake is like a blazing guitar solo from Jefferson Starship. It’s a roller-coaster of textures, a riot of flavours….

Leap Year Rose Quartz Cake // The Sugar Hit

Leap Year Rose Quartz Cake

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  Lemon. Passion fruit. Vanilla. Butter, sugar, flour, eggs. You know that it’s going to be a good time. This Rose Quartz cake is my way of dedicating today, Leap Day, to beauty. That sounds a little dramatic. But I…

Tang Zhong Chocolate Babka // The Sugar Hit

You can’t beat a Babka

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  Long before I even knew what a babka was, I saw that fateful Seinfeld episode. I don’t want to go on about it, because even I get bored of the way people talk about food sometimes. Making madeleines? You…

Tang Zhong Chocolate Babka // The Sugar Hit

Tang Zhong Chocolate Babka

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  Let me answer the question which is probably on the tip of your tongue. What is Tang Zhong? Tang zhong, my friends, is a cooked mixture of water and flour, which is added to bread dough, resulting in an…