‘Smoke Alarm’ Caramel Chocolates

The discovery of GOLD ganache led to the plan to make chocolates based on this filling. It has the reminiscence of Caramac bars which I love. What we did I used milk chocolate as I thought this would go best with a comforting caramel ganache filling. I haven't used milk in a long while and …

My attempts at a Sacher Torte

So, I have been on a hiatus from keeping this here up to date. Really no time alongs all the other things going on in the past couple months. I have been baking though up until we did our glorious ride to Brighton! I raised £600 for Macmillan, most of it through #CakeMonday - so …

Colour experiments…

My friend showed me this video of amazingly colourful chess type cakes and sort of challenged me to put this on my baking agenda. I have had very little success with colouring cakes as usually the colours turn brown or something similarly unappetising... However, I have recently bought some Dr. Oetker colours and was up …

Miniature Cayman Mango Cakes with Chocolate Ganache

I met with my friend yesterday for some serious studying and I promised I would bring some home made cakes. She said she eats everything, so it was up to me to chose. I was disorganised and should've picked a recipe before I left for work on Friday as with this chilly weather I sure …

Miniature Cakes

Met up with my friend on Saturday to visit the Freud Museum finally. I had told her all about the chocolate cake I had made for my friend and she was sad that we do not meet more often, so I can bring her some cakes. She told me she wanted a pot of Chocolate …

The birthday cake with nearly 1 kilo chocolate

I made a birthday cake for my friend this weekend. He absolutely loves chocolate, so I was adamant to find a recipe that uses as much as is possible. I wanted it to be a recipe by someone I trust, as I was not going to waste my time trialling a random stranger's idea of …