Posted in Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Double cream, Sour cream, tagged chocolate, chocolate fudge cake, easter cake, easter chocolate cake on April 28, 2012| 5 Comments »
So, Easter kinda came and went, huh? Yeah it did. So here’s what we’re going to do: we’re going to pretend that this cake is decorated with eggs and stuff because I’m MENTAL and I will decorate baked goods with anything I like, whether it’s a holiday or not. We probably don’t need to pretend actually, I really would do that. (more…)
Posted in Baking, Cake, Double cream, Lemon, Meringue, tagged Lemon meringue recipe on April 7, 2012| 6 Comments »
It’s Easter! And what perfect timing it is, because I have spent the entire week craving (and eating) chocolate, and now I get a free pass to stuff my face with even more of it. I do have a confession. We might have eaten Easter eggs last weekend because my mum couldn’t control herself and encouraged us all to eat them as well. But shh, keep it secret. Come in, there’s cake!
Posted in Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Creme fraiche, Double cream, Loaf cake, Mars bars on January 17, 2012| 36 Comments »
Posted in Apples, Baking, Cake, Double cream, Fruit, Leftover ingredients, Toffee/Caramel, tagged apple cake recipe, toffee sauce, toffee sauce recipe on January 8, 2012| 19 Comments »
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!
Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Dessert, Double cream, Egg yolks, Ice cream, Leftover ingredients, tagged white chocolate on December 4, 2011| 11 Comments »
I cannot believe it’s been nearly two weeks since I last posted. Did you miss me? Did you cry a bit? Did you even notice? You didn’t, did you? Hmph. I’ll just console myself with this ice cream and NOT GIVE YOU THE RECIPE. Just kidding. Please come in!
Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Dessert, Double cream, Pudding, Toffee/Caramel, tagged golden syrup, sticky toffee, sticky toffee pudding, toffee sauce on November 9, 2011| 10 Comments »
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!
Posted in Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Double cream, Toffee/Caramel, tagged caramel, chocolate, cupcakes, halloween, pumpkin 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
Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Double cream, Egg yolks, Strawberries, Swiss roll/roulades, tagged chocolate, custard, roulade, strawberries, swiss roll on August 30, 2011| 16 Comments »
This started life as a jam and white chocolate roly poly. My Good Food magazine came with a yummy looking dessert on the front and I took it round to Mum’s house to show her. “That looks nice”, she said, “what’s in it?”. “Well, it’s got suet in it…”. This was thoroughly rejected. So I decided to turn it into swiss roll instead. (more…)
Posted in Creme fraiche, Double cream, Main dish, Pasta, Poultry, tagged cheese, chicken, mushrooms, spaghetti on August 25, 2011| 2 Comments »
A few days ago I saw this recipe and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. I’ll admit, I’ve never actually heard of chicken spaghetti and I have no idea what Velveeta is, but cheese, chicken and mushrooms sounds good to me. (more…)
Posted in Chorizo, Double cream, Main dish, Pasta, Poultry, tagged chicken, chorizo, pasta on August 6, 2011| 5 Comments »
I have nothing to say about this except I wish I’d made four times as much so I could be stuffing my face with more of it right now. (more…)
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