Another chocolately offering for you all. Who doesn’t like salted caramel? Who doesn’t like rich, squidgy chocolate brownies? Well, if you don’t I personally think you’re a bit strange!! These are fantastic – you definitely get a proper chocolate hit with these. Just be careful not to eat the whole lot at once! Continue reading
Chocolate Coffee Cake
The busiest time for birthdays for my family is from September running all the way through to February (with a few more birthdays scattered throughout the rest of the year). This has its pros and cons. It means that I need to be really inspired, present-wise, to make sure I have something to give everyone for both Christmas and birthday, but on the plus side it means I generally get to eat and sometimes make lots of cake. Continue reading
New Zealand – Afghan Biscuits
Chocolate biscuits with a slight crunchy hit of cornflakes, chocolate icing and a little jewel of a walnut on top. These biscuits are definitely something that have to be tried to be believed. They are biscuits with the added decadence of rich chocolate icing, which makes them even more naughty. They’re like nothing I’ve tried before and it’s very hard to stop at 1 or 2 or even 3!! Continue reading
New Zealand – Hokey Pokey Biscuits
Having been at home for some time waiting for this baby to arrive, I’ve had a bit of time to do some more baking – not as much as I’d like, but enough not to get sick of eating sweet treats. Who gets sick of eating freshly baked goods anyway?! Continue reading
Double Chocolate Cake
My sister asked me to make my nephew’s Christening Cake a few months ago which I was slightly nervous about but very excited to do. I spent ages trawling through loads of recipes and ideas of what I could make and came across a delicious looking chocolate wedding cake recipe which sounded perfect. I then had to decide how to decorate it. Continue reading
Cookies and Cream Cake
If you want a really moist, light and tasty chocolately sponge (and you love Oreos), this is cake to pick. It was very much a hit and lasted really well, despite our best efforts to demolish it quickly! My husband loved it. Continue reading
The Netherlands – Appelflappen
What a better way to use up a couple of apples – turning them into a delicious and easy pud that you can douse in custard, cream or ice cream! You don’t have to make your own pastry as it does turn this quick and easy pudding into something a bit more time-consuming, but if you have the time and inclination, it does give you a sense of achievement (and tastes good too). Continue reading
Spider web chocolate fudge muffins
Happy Halloween everyone. Here’s a relatively straightforward, yet impressive, very tasty and very chocolately spider web muffin recipe to put you in a spooky mood. Continue reading
India – Burfi
It’s Diwali, or the Festival of Lights, this Sunday and I thought I’d attempt to make an Indian sweet treat in celebration.
Diwali is one of the major festivals in the Hindu calendar, Continue reading
Doughnut Muffins
These naughty treats are not linked to any particular country – I just thought they were delicious when I tried them in a lovely London café (Bea’s of Bloomsbury) and was very excited when I found they’d shared the recipe on their website Continue reading