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
Category: Sweet Treats
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
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
Iraq -Kleicha (date cookies)
May I present to you my latest baking attempt – Kleicha or date cookies – all the way from sunny Iraq. I thought these seemed appropriate as Ramadan has just started, and apparently dates are traditionally eaten by Muslims to break their fast each evening. Continue reading
Sweden – Cinnamon Buns (Kanelbullar)
This is the second batch of cinnamon buns I’ve made. Love, love, love cinnamon buns. Continue reading
Turkey – Baklava
I made these sweet, nutty, squares of naughtiness to take with me to my closest friend Eleanor’s house, for the weekend Continue reading
Easter Bark
Here’s an easy peasy Easter recipe that I tried out this year. If you’re after some chocolatey loveliness, this is worth trying. Continue reading