This recipe is strictly for those with a sweet tooth, or two. Any shortbread is nice but add a thick layer of caramel and then another, of chocolate, and you have a rich, sweet variant. It is the sort of thing that you don’t want a large portion of, or you will feel decidedly sick […]
Today I have a lovely recipe, from BBC Good Food, for a Chocolate Fudge Cake. This is a single layer cake, but could quite easily be turned into two layers by doubling the recipe to create two cakes and then maybe filling with a chocolate buttercream, using some of the frosting from the recipe. […]
It is a gloriouis spring day, with the temperature soaring to a balmy 20C(68F), and with the sun shining. So what better to make than a Key Lime Pie, ready for more sunshine and warm weather over the weekend. Of course, in the UK we are unlikely to be able to source Key Limes, […]
A nice rich chocolate cake is sometimes a treat that is well worth the effort. For mine I made two reasonably thin chocolate cakes and layered them with some cherry jam and a lovely, rich, chocolate cream. Then I finished it all off with a silky chocolate ganache. So this is definitely a cake for […]
I had an idea for some muffins, based on my home made bounty bars from a few months ago. So I needed chocolate, coconut and condensed milk. Then it was a question of how much of each and how to combine them into a muffin mix. I think I came up with quite a good […]
I just love a Bounty, from time to time. As an exercise in indulgence I thought I would try to make my own. Although not really baking, since nothing goes in the oven, I have included them in my blog as they fit nicely as a sweet snack, with lots of lovely coconut and chocolate. […]
This cake, Tres Leches, is one that I had never heard of before. From Mexico it is a sponge cake, infused with three milks, condensed, evaporated and full milk. It sounded interesting, but I wondered whether it might be too sweet for the English palate. But hey! You will never know until you try it, […]