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Secret Kiwi Kitchen's Homemade Rose Petal Marshmallows

Secret Kiwi Kitchen's Homemade Rose Petal Marshmallows

   Fluffy and perfectly sweetened with a subtle hint of rose aroma and topped with edible rose petals, these delicious are for the perfect Valentine's treat! The recipe is adapted from our favourite Ina Garten's basic marshmallow recipe.   Ingredients    3 packages unflavoured gelatine 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract 1 Tablespoon rose water  Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting 3 Tablespoons organic rose buds or petals Pink dye or a pinch of raspberry or dragon fruit powder to colour marshmallows pink (optional)   Equipment: A candy thermometer...

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Secret Kiwi Kitchen's White Chocolate Miso Blondies 💛

Secret Kiwi Kitchen's White Chocolate Miso Blondies 💛

Miso blondies are the perfect mid-week baking inspiration ♥  The miso flavour adds the yummiest hint of salt and umami to the blondies, making them extra irresistible. We love this baking hack for an easy dinner-party dessert. It makes the perfect unique treat. To make miso blondies: Simply add 1/3 cup of a light miso to our White Chocolate Blondie Baking mix and prepare as normal. We also recommend browning the butter on the stove before adding it in for extra caramel-y flavour (though this step is optional). 😘

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Secret Kiwi Kitchen Recipe for Peanut Butter icing

Secret Kiwi Kitchen's Easy and Wickedly Delicious Peanut Butter Icing!

We are down with icing. All the icing. Buttercream, Coffee, Chocolate, you name it.  But there's one type of icing that lends itself sooooo well to any and every piece of baking. Peanut Butter.  Specifically Fix and Fogg Peanut butters, just any of them! They're all unbelievably tasty and such an easy way to add different flavours to baking and can really add an extra level of awesome. But for this recipe, we just went with regular Smooth Peanut butter. We made Secret Kiwi Kitchen's Dark Chocolate Cake Mix into mini cupcakes, topped with a generous portion of Peanut Butter Icing....mmmm! This is the...

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Secret Kiwi Kitchen's Recipe For The Ultimate Chocolate Buttercream

Secret Kiwi Kitchen's Recipe For The Ultimate Chocolate Buttercream

Secret Kiwi Kitchen's Chocolate Cake Mix produces an epic tasting dessert as is. However, if you'd like to "next level" it with some unbelievable buttercream, this is the recipe for you. This buttercream is light and fluffy, almost like a mousse. It really is the most delicious icing we have ever tried. The secret is not in the ingredients- although good quality butter, cocoa and vanilla will elevate the taste. The secret my friends...is the whipping! Yup, the more you whip it, the yummier it becomes. So, put the butter in your bowl and whip for at least 3 minutes at high speed. Hopefully...

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