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Tahini Chocolate Truffles

Tahini Chocolate Truffles

These tahini chocolate truffles have a halva-like centre which is not too sweet. The recipe is super easy and can be adapted to almost any flavour!

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Ma’amoul – Three Ways

Ma’amoul – Three Ways

Ma’amoul are filled butter cookies traditionally made with semolina flour. Our version has a decadent twist!

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Russian Honey Cake

Russian Honey Cake

Layers of caramelly honey biscuit are sandwiched together with sour cream to make a buttery Biscoff-like cake.

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Chocolate Chilli Baklava

Chocolate Chilli Baklava

Flaky baklava with a filling of spices, cocoa nibs, almond and dark chocolate, this version is not too sweet and so addictive

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Microwave Double Chocolate Lamingtons

These decadent little chocolate cakes are the best thing your microwave didn’t know it could make!

Limoncello Raspberry Mousse Cake ⁠

With its crown of savoiardi biscuits, white chocolate mousse and pretty glistening raspberry jelly on top, this is the festive showstopper your Christmas table needs! 

Demerara Semifreddo

Semifreddo is somewhere between ice cream and mousse. Literally meaning ‘semi-frozen’ it’s the best of both worlds! This version has a caramel flavour with layers of homemade coconut biscuits.

Death By Chocolate Freakshakes for Halloween

Death by Chocolate Freakshakes make a witty Halloween dessert – these have espresso syrup and loads of chocolate!

One Cup Yoghurt Passionfruit Cake

This ridiculously easy, moist cake is made by measuring with nothing other than the tub the yoghurt comes in!

Dark Chocolate Coconut Ganache Cake (Gluten-Free)

This is the darkest, richest, moistest not-too-sweet chocolate cake you will ever have the pleasure of tasting!

Peppermint Crisp Charlotte Mousse Cake

This spin on a peppermint crisp tart has layers of mini chocolate swiss rolls holding a filling of caramel mousse inside with swirls of chocolate coconut ganache.

Rosé Champagne Chiffon Cake

A light-as-air sponge cake rolled up and filled with tart raspberry jam and a velvety, rich, boozy buttercream spiked with rosé bubbly – a showstopper!

No-Churn Passion Fruit Cheesecake Ice Cream

A 5-Ingredient ice cream that’s not only as easy to make as it is to eat but it combines two desserts in one!

Lemon Raspberry Wedding Cake with Vanilla Buttercream

Can a dessert blogger and a pastry chef trust someone else to make their wedding cake? Nope! We made our own, of course!

Chocolate Tiramisu Cake

Layers of chocolate sponge slathered with espresso syrup and topped with fluffy mascarpone frosting

Easy No-Churn Watermelon Sorbet

A ridiculously easy and refreshing no-churn watermelon sorbet that can be made in your blender!

Upside-Down Cake Frosting Technique

Want a perfectly smooth and flat cake with sharp edges? Then flip it upside down! You won’t frost a cake any other way again. Prepare to have your life changed.

How To Make a Geode Cake

A geode cake has a large carved indentation filled with beautiful sugar crystals – this one is frosted with a purple galaxy effect!

Hertzoggie Cake

A spin on the South African hertzoggie, this light coconut sponge cake with crunchy coconut meringue topping is layered with whipped cream and apricot jam.

Chocolate Pear and Almond Cake with Pear Chips

A dense chocolate pear and almond cake layered with rich ganache, pear gel and covered with coloured pear chips.

Watercolour Vanilla Birthday Cake

A bright and cheerful butter cake to celebrate The Kate Tin’s 7th Birthday! Hooray!

The Sweet Life Of A Pastry Chef & Opera Cake Recipe

A day in the life of an executive pastry chef at Constance Belle Mare Plage Mauritius is not all white beach and turquoise water!

Magic Latte Cake

This coffee-flavoured custard slice magically splits into three layers in the oven and definitely lives up to it’s magical name!

Angel Snow Globe Cake with Brandy Butter Frosting

A quick and easy way to decorate a show-stopping Christmas cake – and this one tastes heavenly too!

About Me

Hi, my name is Katelyn and I sugarcoat everything – literally! You know that little voice inside your head that says, ‘Hey, let’s go a little crazy and have another slice of cake. It has carrots in it, so, basically it’s a salad, right?’ Well, The Kate Tin IS that little voice and it will take care of every kind of craving you’ll ever have! And I would know, because I’ve sacrificed my waistline to bring you the naughtiest, most decadent and indulgent cakes, bakes, cookies and all sorts of deliciousness of your dreams!

Welcome to my happy place – and hopefully, it will be yours too!