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Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I thought, what could I make that is delicious and quick to bake as a sweet treat? I came up with these Monster Choc Chip Cookies in the shape of hearts.  These cookies are so easy and quick to make. They are full of choc chips and cookie goodness.  They look cute and are decorated with a delicious chocolate buttercream and sprinkles.   These heart cookies are perfect for Valentines or just to enjoy. Happy Baking xo Monster Choc Chip Cookie Ingredients · 1¼ cup plain flour · ¼ teaspoon baking soda · Pinch of salt · ½ cup brown sugar · ¼ cup caster sugar · 120 grams butter · 1 teaspoon vanilla extract · 1 egg · ¾ cup choc chips Decorations  · CSR All Natural Buttercream Icing Mix Chocolate 250gm · Sprinkles Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 2. Spray with oil or grease with butter, tw...

I'm so excited to be part of the #valentinescollab2019 on Instagram with a huge number of amazing bakers.  For this theme everyone will be baking and creating something related to Valentines. Be sure to check out the hashtag to see all the wonderful bakes from all the contributors. Love is definitely in the air. I decided to bake this cute three-tier cake made from cookies.  This Love Heart Cookie Cake is made from rich chocolate cookies stacked on top of each other and layered with delicious strawberry buttercream.  The richness of the chocolate cookies goes so well with the strawberry buttercream. This cookie cake was so fun to make and decorate.  You have so many options when it comes to the type of buttercream and cookie flavours.  I decided to make chocolate cookies as you can't have Valentine's Day without some chocolate right?  The best thing about this cake is you can decorate it anyway you like. You can add decorations purchased from the ...

Vanilla slice is one of my favourite desserts. Whenever I visit a country town, I always go the local bakery and try out their vanilla slice. I decided to enter Queen's Fine Food's competition #queenvanillaslice I made a cute mini Valentine's Day Vanilla Slice Cake filled with creamy custard between flaky puff pastry and topped it with sprinkles,along with some puff pastry hearts covered with chocolate ganache and sprinkles. I've only ever made vanilla slice once, many years ago and remembered that the pastry and custard layers made was not great.  But this time, I used Queen's Classic Vanilla Slice recipe and it turned out so good.  The custard was super creamy and delicious.  The pastry was crispy and flaky as I used Queen's tip to bake the pastry. I will definitely make another vanilla slice soon and highly recommend this recipe. Happy Baking xo All photographs posted here are mine, from my bake. Below is the original recipe from the Queen Fi...

It's not too early to bake Valentine's Day cookies right?  I wanted to share some fun and easy cookie ideas you could make for your loved ones. I was planning to make love heart cookies but didn't check first that I had the correct heart cookie cutters in my collection.  I did have a few heart cookie cutters but of course they were not the correct size ones I needed.  But not to worry, I created these cute cookies instead. These cute Coconut Heart Cookies are easy and fun to make for Valentine's Day.  They have a hint of coconut, a sweet jam centre, drizzled with chocolate and added sprinkles of course. Happy Baking xo Coconut Heart Cookies Ingredients · 125 grams unsalted butter · 1½ cup plain flour · ½ teaspoon baking powder · ½ cup caster sugar · ½ cup desiccated coconut · 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Filling · ½ cup raspberry or strawberry jam · Dark or white chocolate Instructions...

I wanted to make baked glazed donuts and thought, since Valentine's Day is just around the corner, why not make Baked Chocolate Donuts. You can't have Valentine's without chocolate right?  If you're looking for something fun to make and give as a cute gift, try making these cute chocolate glazed donuts. These baked chocolate donuts are easy and quick to make. They only take 8 minutes to bake and you get to enjoy delicious chocolate glazed donuts with sprinkles. These donuts are moist and full of chocolate flavour. Happy Baking xo Chocolate Baked Donuts Ingredients · 115 grams butter, melted · ½ cup milk · ¼ cup coffee · 1 egg · ½ teaspoon vanilla extract · ½ teaspoon white vinegar · 1¼ cups plain flour · ½ cup caster sugar · ½ teaspoon baking soda · ½ teaspoon salt · ½ cup cocoa powder Chocolate glaze · 1 cup icing sugar · 1½ tablespoon cocoa powder · Pinch of salt ...

I recently purchased a donut tin and couldn't wait to try my hand at baked donuts.  I thought I would start off by making these traditional cinnamon donuts. These Baked Cinnamon Donuts are so easy to make.  They are light and fluffy and deliciously covered with cinnamon sugar.  You can also consider them healthier as they are not deep fried. I'm hoping to bake some flavoured iced donuts soon.  So in the mean time, enjoy these puffs of cinnamon and sugar. Happy Baking xo Baked Cinnamon Donuts  Ingredients · 120 grams butter · ⅓ cup caster sugar · 1 teaspoon vanilla extract · 3 eggs · ½ teaspoon cinnamon · 2 cups self-raising flour · 1⅓ cup milk   Cinnamon Sugar · 60 grams butter, softened · ½ cup sugar · ½ tablespoon cinnamon Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 2. Spray donut tin with oil spray. 3. In a bowl melt butter in the micr...

At Christmas time on Instagram, the @csrsugar had a wonderful twelve days of Christmas giveaway.  I was one of the lucky winners. I won the first three days of prizes.  It included some buttercream icing mixes, specialty sugars and a gorgeous 'In The Forest' mug from Mason Cash. I have been wanting to try out the All Natural Buttercream Icing Mix and so I made these delicious vanilla cupcakes.  The CSR buttercream icing was super easy to make.  It produced a light and fluffy  buttercream perfect for frosting cupcakes. These vanilla cupcakes are ideal as the base for adding your favourite frosting on top.  They are easy to make and light in texture.  I also added some fun to the cupcakes by using @droetkerbakingaunz Midnight Magic sprinkles which looked gorgeous on the cupcakes. I would recommend that you try out the CSR buttercream icing mixes which are available at the @Woolworths and other supermarkets.  There are three different flavour...