Have A Poppin’ Good Year!

Forget the usual celebratory dessert, ring in 2016 with this sizzling spectacular popstick cake.

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Forget the usual celebratory dessert, ring in 2016 with this sizzling spectacular popstick cake.

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Add flourish with some sparklers.

Decorate with dried potpourri flowers around the base.

Use a polystyrene ball, cut it in half and stick popsicles in it.

Margarita Popstick.
Makes 6.

5 limes, juiced, plus 1 lime, peeled and cubed •1½ cups (350 ml) coconut milk •1 large avocado •4 tbsps tequila, or to taste •1½ tbsps rice malt syrup, or 5 drops liquid stevia •1½ tsps sea salt.

Place everything except lime chunks in a blender and whizz until smooth. Pour margarita mixture into six ice-block moulds. Add chunks of lime and insert ice-block sticks. Freeze 1 hour until slushie-like, and then stir to distribute lime chunks evenly. Freeze 3 hours.

If you love innovative, yet health-conscious recipes like the one featured here, find more in lifestyle guru Sarah Wilson’s new book, Simplicious. At $52.95, from major bookstores.
If you love innovative, yet health-conscious recipes like the one featured here, find more in lifestyle guru Sarah Wilson’s new book, Simplicious. At $52.95, from major bookstores.
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RECIPE: © SARAH WILSON 2015 / PHOTO: © ROB PALMER 2015.

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