I am going to toot my own horn here and say that this is the best ice cream I have ever made.
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Chocolate Hazelnut Baci Cakes
First time around these little cakes were an excellent wee case study on the art of perseverance. To summarise I managed to wreck two batches of ganache, accidentally make hazelnut butter as well as accidentally melting my cream up with melted chocolate that was too hot. Too much chocolate had been invested to give up so I kept on keeping on until I ended up with six actually pretty good looking baci cakes.
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Dark Chocolate Pretzel Cake
This cake would be a good one to make last minute to take to a barbecue this summer. All you need is a couple of hours lead time, four-ish ingredients, almost zero skill and maybe a few scoops of ice cream to serve.
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Birthday Cake
The problem with making cakes is that you need people to eat them. My flatmates and I will get through maybe about a third of a cake max before we lose interest or fear our sugar intake has exceeded the yearly maximum to eat too much more. I got invited to a friend's 25th birthday gathering and leapt at the opportunity to celebrate with cake!
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Meringues with Chocolate and Pistachio
I spent yet another raging Friday night hanging out with my family as well as making meringues. I think my life is comparable in its extremeness to that of Bear Grylls or a world champion BASE jumper. Ooh I did some washing too. Two loads of washing in fact. I really should have posted about it on Facebook but then again sometimes it's best not to boast.
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Boysenberry Ripple Chia Ice Pops
One of the perks of working for a company that makes ice cream is that from time to time you get treated. I usually go for the delicious Kapiti ice creams sticks and for just a few minutes zone out into my own little bubble of joy as my mouth wraps around the sweet sweet goodness. This is the second time in the month of June I have had to forgo this delicious novelty in the name of Junk Free June.
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The Best Chocolate Ice Cream You Will Ever Eat
It has come to my attention that the majority of pictures that I have posted to Instagram in recent weeks have been ice cream related. In the last 48 hours I have posted four times in a row about ice cream that I have consumed. My love for frozen dairy is going to cause my toes to fall off for sure if I am not careful.
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Cherry Ripe Truffles
Forgive me! I know it is still October and way too early for Christmassy treats but hear me out!
A few weeks ago I missed out on a dream job NPD at Tasti yet somehow I managed to leave the interview process having sparked the interest of their marketing team in their lead up to Christmas.
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Custard Filled Chocolate Eclairs
Having power walked and chugged my way through a vegan protein smoothie (don't you worry I'm not converting!) with my excellent friend Sophie this morning, I found myself home alone with only my thoughts to keep me company. I resorted to vacuuming my car for the first time ever (seriously I had a quarry's worth of stones under my floor mat) and then washing it (with dishwashing liquid - desperate times people). After I was soaked head to toe I then proceeded to marinate some chicken for dinner. Having another two hours before people arrived back home I then found myself piping out eclair batter onto a baking tray.
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Banana and Chocolate Loaf
I went to Countdown the other day with my Mum and as we were walking out of the check outs I saw a familiar face. I shouted out her name across a couple of counters like she was a best friend who I hadn’t seen in a month or so. I asked her how the ball she went to last night was. It was only when it took her a couple of seconds for her to recognize me did I realise that the familiarity I thought I felt was purely because of her presence on social media. I had seen her life fold out via countless photos and tags. I felt like I had been there every step of the way. I knew where she had been and what she had been doing. Which is really kind of creepy.
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