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Galaxy chocolate and Galaxy caramel cupcakes

Posted in Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , , on November 4, 2012| 15 Comments »

Galaxy cupcakes

Where I used to work, when someone decided to leave for a new job/career break/miscellaneous life change, my lovely friend Emma would make themed cupcakes for their last day. (Incidentally, Emma has started a cupcake blog which you can find here. Have a look!). When I found out a friend, Anna, from where I am now working is leaving for a new job, I remembered the tradition that Emma had introduced and decided to make some cupcakes using Anna’s favourite chocolate bar. It also gave me an excuse to do some more chocolate bar themed baking, after the Mars bar successes! Go get your Galaxy from under the bed, or wherever else you hide it like that bird in the advert

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Chocolate caramel cupcakes

Posted in Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , on February 23, 2012| 8 Comments »

Chocolate caramel cupcakes

At the beginning of February, I went to London to visit my lovely friend, Jessica. Jess and I have known each other since we were teeny tiny children at nursery. I won’t lie, there’s been some rocky patches in our friendship; Jessica once savagely kicked me under the table in class when we were 9. Fortunately, I decided to forgive her (once I’d kicked her back) and we have been friends ever since, even if we have only managed one visit every five years due to lots of moving around 🙂 (more…)

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Apple cake with toffee sauce

Posted in Apples, Baking, Cake, Double cream, Fruit, Leftover ingredients, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , , on January 8, 2012| 19 Comments »

Apple cake with toffee sauce

Caramel is not my friend. I’m too impatient. I watch the pan for what feels like hours, and the sugar just stares up at me from the bottom of the pan in its original state. So I whack the heat up and before I know it the bottom has burnt while the top still hasn’t melted. So I throw it away and start again, and usually the second attempt works fine. Let’s make a second batch!

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Happy birthday to Chris! Part two: Chocolate sticky toffee pudding

Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Dessert, Double cream, Pudding, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , , , on November 9, 2011| 10 Comments »

 

Chocolate sticky toffee pudding

You didn’t think he only got a main course, did you? Every birthday meal needs a dessert! Chris is rather fond of this sticky toffee cake and that is what I was originally going to make for this birthday. But then I ordered a copy of Green and Black’s Ultimate Chocolate Recipes and came across this recipe. Sticky toffee pudding AND chocolate? Yes please. So I suggested it to Chris (because I was just thinking about what Chris would like for his birthday, obviously. Not because I really, really wanted chocolate sticky toffee pudding. No no no. Not at all.) and he agreed that it sounded like something he’d want to put in his face. So I made this and we put it in our faces and I was so happy I could have exploded. Get in my face, toffee!

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Halloween cupcakes

Posted in Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Double cream, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , , , , on October 31, 2011| 11 Comments »

Happy Halloween! Did you go to a halloween party? Did you dress up? Did you make halloween-themed baked goods? Did you, did you, did you? Where was it? What did you wear? What did you make? Hmmmmm? I did not go to a party or dress up, but I did make these pretty orange and black cupcakes 🙂 Enter if you dare… it’s only cupcakes, silly

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Sticky toffee cupcakes

Posted in Baking, Cupcakes, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , , , on October 15, 2011| 16 Comments »

 

These cakes just say autumn to me (not literally, that would be mental. And would I still have the heart to eat them if they could talk? I’m so glad they can’t talk.). I think it’s the warm, fudgey flavours of the toffee and the autumnal orange of the fudge and icing, and sticky toffee anything is just great comfort food. While this cake is still my favourite of any sticky toffee dessert, these cupcakes are delicious and definitely worth a make. You want some sticky toffee? Yeah you do!

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Toffee apple cake

Posted in Apples, Baking, Cake, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , , , , on October 9, 2011| 17 Comments »

This weekend I had to go old school with my baking. My electric scales broke and I had to dig out my cheap dial scale I got when I first went to uni which only has marks every 50g. It was scary. It was inaccurate. It was impossible to measure 80g. It… worked! It worked! The cake worked! And the icing! Despite the primitive measuring method! Phew. That was tense. Were you tense? Have some cake. It totally helps. Come in, there’s cake!

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Mars bar cupcakes

Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Mars bars, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , , , , on October 2, 2011| 21 Comments »

Are Mars bars the finest chocolate bar ever created? Yes. Yes they are. Mars bars have got me through many an afternoon at work and I would eat several every day if I could. They are possibly my favourite chocolate bar and I decided I needed to make a cupcake based on them. Turns out these are my favourite cupcakes too! (more…)

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Caramel brownies

Posted in Baking, Brownies, Chocolate, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , , on September 21, 2011| 16 Comments »

I have spent the past few days feeling very sorry for myself. I have picked up some sort of mutant flu (or a bad cold) and my head hurts too much to do anything. Fortunately, before I was struck down with this horrible flu (or bad cold), I made these amazing caramel brownies and so I have been consoling myself by stuffing my face with them. (more…)

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Toffee brownies

Posted in Baking, Brownies, Chocolate, Toffee/Caramel, tagged , , on September 18, 2011| 12 Comments »

Are you a fan of fudgy brownies or cakey brownies? Honestly, I don’t even class cakey brownies as brownies. They are cakes. Small square cakes. But these, these are brownies. Lovely, fudgy toffee brownies. (more…)

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