Chocolate

When Helen announced the theme for this month’s HHDD event, my ears perked up. Whilst I’ve tried my hand at most desserts, the humble mousse was completely unknown to me, and therefore it was a challenge that I was totally raring to go for! After all, what’s not to like about a nice, creamy, light-as-air [...]

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Bittersweet beauty

January 30, 2007 | 307 views

in Candies & Sweets,Chocolate

Dark, dusty, misshapen lumps – what secrets do these homely brown nuggets hide? Sometimes, you find that you come across something and you seriously understimate it. Like that Jamie Oliver recipe that you came across that seemed simple enough, but left you standing in the middle of an exploded kitchen asking “what went wrong?”. Or [...]

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Choc-a-riffic!

January 27, 2007 | 876 views

in Cakes & Brownies,Chocolate

Is this enough chocolate for ya? So, I may have missed the deadline for Sugar High Friday: The Chocolate Sessions, but that doesn’t mean I can’t post about this cake now, does it? Despite my numerous claims that I’m not a chocaholic (I’m not – promise!), I find myself drawn to cooking with it again [...]

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The devil’s got a hold on me

January 24, 2007 | 1,310 views

in Chocolate,Cupcakes & Muffins

Cupcakes. You either love ‘em or you hate ‘em. You might be thinking “Awww, but they’re so cute – teensy tiny cakes with frosting that you can devour in a few bites – what’s not to love?” Long time readers of my blog will know that I used to have an almost unreasonable fear of [...]

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These cookies aren’t the kind that will win any beauty pagents. No siree bob, these are the kind of cookies that would make the mirror crack as they groomed their warty selves in the morning whilst asking any available reflective surface if they were pretty – in the hopes that one would survive the ensuing [...]

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