I am not the best at chocolate work these swirls are a not hard to do and I firmly recommend trying them out because they are a useful store cupboard item and add a lovely decorative element to a cake or torte. They have made an appearance a couple of times now in various goodies…
Category: Chocolate
Chocolate and Raspberry Kidney Bean Cake
This recipe is straight out of the 8 Week Blood Sugar Diet cookbook which has been so successful in helping me lose weight. It was also my first attempt at a style of baking that uses less/no flour and sugar. I wouldn’t call it sophisticated baking, more at the chocolate brownie end of the spectrum…
Bûche de Noël – a Chocolate and Marzipan Christmas Repast
Every Christmas I hunt for an alternative to the traditional British Christmas pudding which as I get older I find I like less and less after the big Christmas day meal. Usually it is something involving meringue, but this year under the influence of Maren Lubbe’s blog MaLu’s Koestlichkeiten and the awfully produced Netflix Bake Off…
Ottolenghi’s Orange and Almond Syrup Cake – a Birthday Treat
Well it has been a long time since I blogged. The last few months have been dreadful and I have had little time or inclination to sit down and write. But it is time to get back in the saddle. (Cue slightly strange pictures depicting said saddle getting) Firstly though I will give you a feel…
Taking a Nut Corner too fast
It has been a busy weekend. We have been in Sheffield seeing our friend Alisdair perform in Into the Woods. Sheffield is quite transformed from 21 years ago when I first went to visit my new in laws and I can see why it is becoming more and more popular. We visited the very beautiful Hardwick Hall…
Prinzregententorte, a very exacting Bavarian treat
Heinz Georg Erbhäuser must have adored Prince Regent Luitpold when he invented this cake in the Prince’s honour because this was not a straightforward bake. Now I admit fundamentally there is nothing complicated here – a bit of genoise sponge (well 7 layers of sponge), sandwiched between chocolate butter cream and covered in chocolate is…
The Cottage Loaf 