Tag Archives: dessert blog hop

  • Sweets for Santa (bloghop kicks off 17th December)

    I love feeding people.

    Maybe it’s the Chinese mother in me but I often express my affections through food. So if you’re in my good books, I’m going to want to feed you.

    So every year when Christmas rolls around, my daughter and I make an edible Christmas present for our special friends.

    Last year we made this Sweet & Salty Chocolate Bark and the two years before that we made snickerdoodles, those sugar and cinnamon-crusted biscuits. She was only three years old the first time so she just dipped the cookie dough into the sugar and cinnamon mixture and then licked her fingers all over.

    This year we haven’t decided what to cook yet. I have a gorgeous new KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer thanks to the lovely people at Filtered Media and KitchenAid so I’m definitely going to be making something with it.

    Maybe we should make a few different batches of home-made ice cream and serve it like this delightful dish at Press Food & Wine that I enjoyed a little while ago. Christmas Day is bound to be hot here in Australia so ice cream could be just the thing.

    Alternatively, I have some cute Christmas-themed cookie cutters so we could make festive biscuits with a marshmallow fondant. My daughter and my toddler son should be able to manage helping with the cut outs and pressing on the fondant. They’ll be extremely good at helping to eat them, too.

    There’s also Christmas Day lunch to consider, and this year I think I’m going to make some kind of show-stopping cake. Christmas is a great excuse to whip up something rather special, isn’t it?

    So why all this talk about Christmas, I hear you ask?

    Well, this month it’s my honour to be hosting Sweet Adventures’ Sweets for Santa Blog Hop.

    For those new readers, Sweet Adventures is a group of Aussie foodbloggers – 84th & 3rd, The Capers of the Kitchen Crusader, Delicieux, Dining With a Stud, and I, The Hungry Australian, who host a monthly, dessert-themed blog hop.

    Previously, we have hosted:

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  • Berry Nice to Meet You!

    Hello! I’m back!

    I’m still not 100% but at least the tastebud-destroying throat lozenges and heart rate-accelerating cold tablets are finito. Thank goodness for that because there has been so many nice things happening that I’ve wanted to share with you.

    First up, I’m excited to let you know that it’s time for another Sweet Adventures Blog Hop!

    For those new readers, Sweet Adventures is a group of Aussie foodbloggers – 84th & 3rd, The Capers of the Kitchen Crusader, Delicieux, Dining With a Stud, and I, The Hungry Australian, who host a monthly, dessert-themed blog hop.

    Previously, we have hosted:

    This month it was my turn to host again and I opted for beautiful berries.

    So if you blog, and like to experiment in the kitchen, we invite you join us for the Berry Nice to Meet You blog hop kicking off on Monday 20th August.

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  • Sweet Adventures’ Layer Upon Layer Bloghop kicks off 19 March

    There’s something about a layered dessert that speaks of thoughtfulness. It’s an indication that someone’s made an effort to make you feel special.

    There are so many different layered desserts, too, such as trifle (check out the Mini Apricot Trifles with Cardamon and Pistachios above), baklava, cheesecake, ice cream or yoghurt sundae, layered Asian jelly, multi-layered cake or a layered ice cream dessert.

    So I am chuffed that this month’s Sweet Adventures dessert-themed bloghop, is Layer Upon Layer, hosted by the lovely KC from The Capers of the Kitchen Crusader.

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  • Calling all food bloggers: join us for the Festive Favourites Blog Hop on 19th December

    ‘Tis the season to be jolly, tra la la la la, la la la la.

    Regular readers will know that we had a rather spectacular Great Australian Pavlova Blog Hop last month, featuring 36 amazing pavlovas made by food bloggers from all over the world. Click here to see my deconstructed pavlova entry and all the other amazing pavlovas.

    Well, I’m thrilled to let you know that Sweet Adventures (aka myself, Delicieux, Dining With a Stud, The Capers of the Kitchen Crusader and 84th & 3rd ) have decided to run a monthly blog hop event focusing on different themed desserts each month.

    This month, being the festive season, we have decided to throw the doors open to any kind of festive dessert.

    That’s right – you can make a gingerbread house, Christmas tree cookies, yuletide log, festive Bombe Alaska, steamed pudding, Christmas trifle, egg nog or whatever you like really. The only criteria is that it has to be some kind of festive, celebratory dessert.

    So what are you waiting for? Crack out the recipe books and your favourite food sites and start thinking about what to bake.

    And we look forward to seeing your amazing creation, along with all the others, on Monday December 19th – Australian Eastern Standard Time [AEST]. 

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