Posts Tagged ‘chocolate’

Chocolate cupcakes with caramelised white chocolate icing Moist, chocolatey cupcakes with a butterscotch-like icing made from caramelised white chocolate – my new favourite ingredient.

Chocolate macaroons My chocolate macaroon recipe with lots of tips and tricks for perfect macaroons.

White chocolate and hazelnut cake A delicious hazelnut sponge cake, covered in white chocolate buttercream.

White Chocolate Brownies You must seriously make these, they’re a revelation – super sweet and gooey. The first time I tried them, I loved them so much I pretty much baked them continuously until they made me feel a bit sick. Now don’t do that, but do bake them.

Easy peasy chocolate cake This is the easiest recipe for chocolate cake and it leaves you with a fudgy, dense moist cake. Smothered in a simple chocolate ganache, this makes the perfect birthday cake, or just a Monday afternoon cake.

Chocolate and hazelnut cookies These chocolate cookies from Nigel Slater are ludicrously easy to make and after demolishing one too many I realise, ludicrously moreish. The reason for this struck me this morning, its because they taste like brownies in cookies form. Was there ever a better combination? So why not just make brownies? Well, apart from the obvious, these [...]

Banana, Raspberry and White Chocolate Muffins I’ve taken to freezing bananas whenever there’s a stray overripe one lying around. It renders them almost completely useless, as they turn into a sludgy mess when defrosted. However, looks aside, they do make perfect banana bread and that way I can freeze a banana every so often until I have enough in the freezer [...]

Chocolate Brioche pudding There’s this Nigella recipe for Orange Scented Brioche Pudding and it is AMAZING. Brioche, spread with marmalade, squished into a dish, topped with custard and baked until golden. This is the bread and butter pudding. So, when I spotted these little chocolate brioche rolls in the supermarket, I thought I’d make a chocolate version. Yes, it [...]

Chocolate and Pistachio Fudge I normally give people food related presents at Christmas, partly because they love it, and partly (mostly) because its cheap! In the same vein, this year I decided to branch out from my usual brownies and try something different. Something different being this insanely easy fudge recipe from Nigella Express,, of course, its not really [...]

Damp Chocolate Cake Incredibly damp, intense and worryingly moreish: this is perfect on its own with tea or coffee or made more elaborate with the addition of some berries and ice cream or custard.