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16 square pieces of Easter egg rocky road on a piece of crinkled baking paper, on a light purple background, with mini Easter eggs and pastel sprinkles scattered around.

Easter Egg Rocky Road

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Christmas Treats 🎄

Gluten free mince pies served in a star-shaped wooden box, on a white wooden background, with a small bowl of fruit mince and shaker of icing sugar.

Gluten Free Mince Pies

A large glass jar of fruit mince, on a white wooden background, with fruit mince pies and a glass jug of brandy in the background.

Quick Fruit Mince Recipe

Rum caramel sauce falling from a spoon in a thick ribbon back into a ribbed glass jar.

Rum Caramel Sauce

Four cocktail glasses filled with Baileys mousse, with a Baileys bottle in the background.

Easy Baileys Mousse

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Black, white and teal ganached cakes on a cake stand.

Cake Decorating

Easy Three Ingredient White Chocolate Mousse ~ by Sweetness & Bite

Desserts

Gluten Free

sweetened whipped cream on a whisk

Baking Tips

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Cake Decorating Tutorials

A tall hexagon shaped cake covered in lilac ganache, with a pink and white floral cake topper.

Floral Cake Topper Tutorial

Fondant and gumpaste cake decorations in a box and in a resealable plastic bag.

How to Store Fondant Decorations

Black, white and teal ganached cakes on a cake stand.

How to Colour Ganache

A collage of images to show to to make fondant stick to fondant.

How to Stick Fondant to Fondant – A Guide to Edible Glue

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Gluten Free Recipes

Two Nutella milkshakes on a small wooden chopping board, with an open jar of Nutella and scattered chopped and whole hazelnuts.

Nutella Milkshakes

12 gluten free chocolate chip muffins in rows on a black metal cooling rack, with a blue and white napkin and a scattered chocolate chips.

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Muffins

A stack of gluten free rice krispie treats on a pale purple background with a small bowl of pastel sprinkles.

Gluten Free Rice Krispie Treats

Gluten free mince pies served in a star-shaped wooden box, on a white wooden background, with a small bowl of fruit mince and shaker of icing sugar.

Gluten Free Mince Pies

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Dessert Recipes

Squares of Toblerone cheesecake, topped with discs of melted Toblerone and honey roasted almonds.

Toblerone Cheesecake

Gluten Free Brandy Snaps ~ Sweetness & Bite

Gluten Free Brandy Snaps with Ultimate Whipped Cream

Easy chocolate mousse in a small glass.

Easy Chocolate Mousse

A lemon cheesecake cup - layered cheesecake in a stemless wine glass, on a light purple background.

Lemon Cheesecake Cups

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Rich, dark caramel mud cake made using real caramel sauce. This is every caramel lover's dream cake! Includes recipe details for making the cake gluten free, and how to make the most amazing caramel Swiss meringue buttercream.

Cake Recipes

tall stack of gluten free anzac biscuits

Cookies and Biscuits

Slices and Bars

Chocolate Caramel Cheat'scakes - Simple Chocolate Caramel Cheesecakes ~ by Sweetness & Bite

Chocolate Recipes

A photo of Natalie, a rather pale redhead in a floral jumpsuit, standing in front of a white-painted hutch dresser displaying cake stands.

Oh hi! I’m Natalie

I’m a big sweetie with a (slightly) salty mouth. I live in sunny Tauranga, New Zealand, and baking, cake decorating, desserts + making gluten-free treats are my jam.

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