These chocolate coconut truffles are super easy to make with basic pantry and fridge ingredients. Kid-friendly, but with an adults-only rum-laced variation! One of my favourite things to see on social media lately has been how many kids and parents have been taking the opportunity to get in the kitchen and try new recipes while they've been at home. So I figured it must be time I posted some more easy and child-friendly recipes... and what better way to start that with a chocolate coconut truffle recipe that I have been making since I was a kid? Also known as chocolate coconut balls, the original recipe for these was in a kids microwave ... continue reading...
Easy Chocolate Coconut Truffles
Mini Egg Fudge Slice
With a smooth, creamy white chocolate and condensed milk fudge base, pastel mini eggs, crunchy cookie pieces, and a speckle of rainbow sprinkles, this mini egg fudge slice is the perfect easy Easter treat! *This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission on qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you :) You know when you want to make something new, but you also don't want to try something completely different and possibly end up disappointed? Well, that's how this Mini Egg Fudge Slice came to be. Last year I posted an easy recipe for milk chocolate mousse Easter eggs, and I knew I wanted to make ... continue reading...
Chocolate Peppermint Fudge Christmas Pudding
Chocolate Peppermint Fudge Christmas Pudding is a fun and easy twist on a traditional festive treat. Hands up if you show your love at Christmas by making food 🙋♀️ Now, hands up if you also run out of time for all of the foods you want to make for the people you love 🙋♀️ There are a lot of festive sweets that I enjoy making that are a little more time consuming, like brandy snaps with ultimate whipped cream, gingerbread cookies and a good old traditional Christmas fruit cake, but sometimes a girl also needs something that's a little quicker to put together. That's what makes this chocolate peppermint fudge Christmas ... continue reading...
Tips For Cake Decorating With Shaky Hands
12 useful tips for cake decorating with shaky hands. Find out how to help keep your hands steady while you decorate, plus some useful tools to make your cake life easier! If there's one misconception I've heard others say about me since I started making cakes that always makes me laugh, it's "wow you must have such steady hands!" This actually couldn't be much further from the truth. In fact, one of the reasons I don't often do video tutorials is because sometimes my hands have a mind of their own, and that doesn't really inspire much confidence in those of you watching me show you how to do something! I've been known to throw cake ... continue reading...
Rich Caramel Mud Cake
I’m almost embarrassed to tell you how long I’ve been meaning to share this caramel mud cake recipe with you for. I’m not sure if I can even say it. Perhaps we’ll just say that it has been quite some time. There’s actually a bit of a story behind this recipe, but if you’re in a hurry to get to the recipe, then feel free to just scroll right on down. I can’t blame you at all for being desperate for caramel cake right now. I mean, look at it... For the rest of you who enjoy a bit of cake recipe history… Once upon a time (a very long time ago) I was visiting my friend Loralee and we were sitting quietly on the couch ignoring each ... continue reading...
Easy Milk Chocolate Mousse Easter Eggs
These easy milk chocolate mousse Easter eggs might just be my favourite Easter dessert. Like ever. If you've spent much time on this blog, or on my Facebook page, you'll know what an unashamed fan I am of my chocolate mousse recipe. It's the most viewed recipe on Sweetness and Bite, and it's easy to see why - it uses only three ingredients, requires no eggs, and is super easy to put together. I've done a white chocolate version, and a Caramilk chocolate version but up until now I hadn't got around to trying it with milk chocolate. Easter seems the perfect time to do that though, right? And what could make it more suited to ... continue reading...
Gluten Free Flour Blend for Baking
My all-time favourite gluten free flour blend for baking. There are a few things that can feel overwhelming when you first start baking without gluten, but I think we can probably all agree that the most overwhelming is "what kind of flour do I use?!" There are many pre-made gluten free flour blends on the market, and a quick Google search will provide you will a shit-tonne lot of recipes for making your own blend. When I first started baking with gluten free flour I tried every boxed mix that was available in our supermarket and was soon disheartened with the crumbly, dry results - was there no way to ... continue reading...
Rough Edge Ganache Drip Cake Tutorial
You know when you make a rough edge ganache drip cake, and then you kind of show it off, and then you forget about it for a while, and you're not sure why you forgot about it because you really liked it, and then you start to think "why on Earth did I not put this on my website?!" so then you do? Well maybe you might not know that feeling, or do that sort of thing, but that's what I did in the case of this rough edge drip cake that I made a few months ago. I shot a little video of how I made it and posted it on my Facebook page and Instagram, but for some reason, I didn't post it on here. Perhaps it's because I only ... continue reading...
Kitchen Renovation (and My New Cake Pantry!)
Hey you! Yes, you there. Do you like looking in other people's houses? I don't mean peering in their windows (if you do that, you might wanna get some help), I mean either being invited into their home to see what they've done with the place, or checking out pictures of homes in fancy magazines, or on the interwebs. If that does interest you, then there is a distinct possibility you may enjoy this post. I won't say that it's quite up to the fancy magazine status, but since I can't invite you all around to our house to see our new kitchen renovation, I thought this might be an ok compromise... While I say "new", the kitchen was ... continue reading...