Vive La France

The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.
Cupcakes may seem to be the flavour of the moment but us foodies are always on the hunt for the next best thing, we are it [...]

Chocolate Heartache

The addition of beetroot to chocolate cakes and brownies seems to be a very trendy move at this moment in time. Whilst I like to keep up with the current trends I’m not one for doing something purely for the notion of food fashion, rather, I combine my ingredients for maximum flavour and to get the best I can [...]

Red Devil

After Pear Cafe began discussing on Twitter the fact that it is National Chocolate Week this week, I decided I would just have to bake something. How could such a week go unnoticed, especially by a chocaholic such as myself?
Autumnal weather always leads me on to thinking about Bonfire Night (5th November) and the associated food and [...]

The Poor Relation?

Blondies are a non-chocolate variation of the traditional chocolate brownie. They are baked in a baking tray in the oven in a similar manner to how traditional brownies are baked. The name ‘Blondie’ comes from them having a ‘butterscotch’ yellow colour, a reference to the hair color, blonde.
Despite the popular misconception that brownies are far superior, [...]

Sweet Treats

 
These bites of chocolate heaven are just perfect for weekend baking, quick mid week baking when you need something to serve for pudding but don’t have much time or energy, or as an impromptu bake when you have unexpected visitors arriving; who am I kidding? These brownies are perfect anytime all the time.
Who doesn’t like [...]

The Taste Of The Tropics

Last week I had a pineapple in my organic box delivery and I’ve been debating what to do with it since I unpacked it. You see the problem is I don’t really like pineapple but even more so I hate waste so I couldn’t just see it end up on the compost heap. I set [...]

A Muddy Story

One of my favourite liqueurs is Frangelico. Most often I’d just sip it, with ice is good, as a ‘digestivo’ but it is also good to bake with.
Frangelico is a hazelnut and herb-flavoured liqueur  which is produced in Canale (Piedmont region of Northern Italy). It was released in the 1980s, gaining attention largely because of its unusual packaging: [...]