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Category Archives: Chocolate
Dressed To Impress. Chocolate Layer Cake With Whipped Cream, Cherry Jam and Ganache.
Everyone has a favourite chocolate cake. At our house it’s a moist, decadently rich and chocolate-y ‘volcano’ cake. A melt and mix recipe with an unusual twist. So named to reflect the alchemy created when bicarbonate of soda added to … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Afternoon Tea, Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Cream, Dessert, Food, Ganache, Jam
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 100 Calories. Black Forest Trail Mix.
With the April holidays almost over, it’s time to properly embrace my 5-2 eating regime again. Somewhere along the line I’ve fallen into a pattern of faithful adherence during our 8-9 week school terms coupled with a slow but certain … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Fruit
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Cacao Nibs, Coconut, Fast Diet, Gluten free, Goji Berries, Healthy, Trail Mix
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Gloriously Gluten Free. Hazelnut and Chocolate Bon Vivant Torte.
It always amazes me at how many deliciously different ways there are to combine four of my most loved pantry staples; butter, eggs, sugar and chocolate. This flourless Bon Vivant adds hazelnut meal to create a torte that transcends all … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Afternoon Tea, Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Hazelnut, Meringue, Mousse, Torte
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My Sweet Valentine. Mini Chocolate Bundt Bombes Alaska
Just in time for Valentine’s Day this weekend. A sweet treat. Mini chocolate Bundt Bombes Alaska. Inspired by a sticking bundt tin baking disaster. I well remember being taught as a child to always grease and flour a baking tin. … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, Frozen, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Bombe Alaska, Bundt, Chocolate Cake, Dessert, Icecream, Raspberries, Swiss Meringue
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Baci Di Fichi. Chocolate Dipped Figs With Roasted Hazelnut Crumbs Or Sea Salt Flakes.
Each year February spells the beginning of an eagerly anticipated fig season. I literally can never get my fill of these lusciously addictive round bottomed beauties. Sweet, savoury or plucked directly from the tree, I try to enjoy them any … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Fruit, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baci, Chocolate, Dessert, Figs, Gluten free, Hazelnuts, Italian, Sea Salt, Summer
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Tis The Night Before Christmas. The Tale Of Mr Nobody And Our Festive Fruit Cake.
There’s a mysterious somebody in our house who nobody knows. He’s a frequent visitor, especially at times of major family celebrations, but must be quite shy and reserved as despite much coaxing and cajoling has been most reluctant to reveal … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Cherries, Chocolate, Christmas, Festive, Fruitcake, Kahlua
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Gluten Free, Dairy Free and Nut Free. Chocolate Covered Christmas Honeycomb Ring.
Are you up for the challenge? What to make when asked to bring a gluten free, dairy free and nut free sweet treat to an early Christmas get-together? This request almost had me stumped. Sometimes it helps not to over … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Confectionery, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Bicarbonate Of Soda, Chocolate, Christmas, Golden Syrup, honey, honeycomb, Sugar
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A Labour Of Love. Four Layer Chocolate And Caramel Ombré Piñata Birthday Cake.
Birthdays are always celebrated in our house with a home-made cake of the lucky birthday boy or girl’s choosing. Last weekend we celebrated our daughters’ fifteenth birthday. This time last year I made elegant Mini Strawberry Cloud Cakes With Chocolate … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Birthday, Caramel, Chocolate, Dulche De Leche, Food, Ganache, Layer Cake, Ombré, Piñata, Vanilla
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Spring Garden Tea Party. Bittersweet Chocolate Ganache Tart Scented With Cointreau.
It’s Spring and all of a sudden this week our garden has come alive with the heady scent of masses of orange jessamine and citrus blossoms. Inspiring me to make this celebratory Bittersweet Chocolate Tart scented with a little more … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, Sweet Treats
Tagged Afternoon Tea, Chocolate, Cointreau, Dessert, Ganache, Made From Scratch, Pastry, Shortcrust, Tart
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Miniaturist Baking. Raspberry Chocolate Brownie Bars
I’ve been reading Jessie Burton’s fascinating novel The Miniaturist, and by no small coincidence seem to have subconsciously reverted to baking all manner of cakes, brownies and slices in my newly acquired mini loaf trays. I’m now the proud owner … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Afternoon Tea, Baking, Brownie, Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Raspberry
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