Imagine a rich, buttery, velvety smooth chocolate mousse; one so rich that an espresso cup full is more than enough. [...]
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Imagine a rich, buttery, velvety smooth chocolate mousse; one so rich that an espresso cup full is more than enough. [...] It has been too long since I blogged a smoothie. Thick, satisfying and delicious it feels vaguely sinful having chocolate for breakfast, but this really is very healthy despite tasting like a spiced chocolate oaty biscuit. You need to be slightly organised here and soak the oats and dates overnight for a creamier smoothie. I [...] [...] At the moment I seem to be slightly baking obsessed and am currently in search of the perfect madeleine, as well as the quest for the ultimate chocolate cake, but that is another post. I last made them about 3 years ago, and obviously liked them enough to write up the recipe. [...] I am sure that chocolate crispies are one of the first things that anyone learns to cook, I certainly have a memory as a young child of making them with my mother. She often used whole wheat flakes or a half and half mix with cornflakes. Surely with all that cocoa, sugar, syrup and butter [...] [...] I cooked this last week as another excuse to celebrate Chocolate Week! It is impossibly rich, but very good, it really does need that tot of brandy added at the end which will cut through the chocolate. It took about 50 minutes to cook, I think that it was something to do with the sauce [...] [...] This year Chocolate Week is from the 11th to the 17th October. I am sure that on any given day of the year it will be National day or week for something or another, but I like chocolate and am more than happy to celebrate and have an “official” reason to eat or cook with [...] [...] I love love love Pavlova and any sort of meringue, this is something that I inherited from my mother who along with me is the number 1 fan of the dish. Pavlova was created in either Australia or New Zealand (sources disagree) in honour of the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova. Pavlova is a meringue [...] [...] |
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