15 month old bites

My 15 month old daughter bites, usually playfully but it hurts. She’s gone through phases of biting forever but now I feel like she can really understand me when I say no, but she laughs and tries harder when I push her away and sternly say no. If it’s during the day while we are just playing I can usually just avoid her getting that close to me when she’s in a biting mood, but the problem is mostly at night when I’m cuddling her before bed. If she bites I say “no I can’t hold you when you hurt me” and set her down, but I don’t want her to have to cry herself to sleep, so I will pick her back up after a few minutes just to get bit again… everyone says to spank her or flick her face but I don’t want to physically punish her, but she also laughs at me when I try to be stern so I really don’t know how else to show her I’m serious. Any tips?