Does putting fruit in a cake make it any healthier?! Probably not if you’re adding in chocolate.. I came across this recipe for chocolate chip banana bread and decided to give it a go. It seems healthier than most recipes (it came from myfitnesspal!) and uses coconut oil rather than butter/vegetable oil. Continue reading “Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips”
I can’t seem to get enough of salted caramel and chocolate recently, I blame it on my recent trip to Whole Foods and discovering a pot of ready made salted caramel. Then, I went to Cake International and came across the Sugar & Crumbs stand where they sold flavoured icing sugars… any guesses what one of the flavours was? Continue reading “Salted Caramel & Chocolate Cupcakes”
Whilst this isn’t technically baking, there’s nothing better than a stack of pancakes on a weekend morning. I prefer american style – big and fluffy – rather than the thin, crepe-like version. With pancake day just around the corner, I decided to make a stack of plain and chocolate pancakes over the weekend to satisfy my craving. Recipe follows.. Continue reading “Fluffy Pancakes”
I love croissants. I’ve never thought about making any before now, I thought it looked too fiddly, time consuming and honestly, how much nicer could they be than ones from a nice bakery? I couldn’t have been more wrong! There’s something about making your own croissants.. they taste different, good different. I attempted some of the chocolate variety (you’re already eating a ton of butter, why not add more unhealthiness to the mix?!) … here’s how it went.. Continue reading “Pain au chocolat”
Chinese New Year is almost upon us, which means we’ll be soon be celebrating the Year of the Horse and I’ll be back at home, enjoying Mum’s cooking and collecting lai see! And what better excuse do I need than CNY, to experiment with a chinese-style cupcake?
I went a bit outside of the box with this one.. I tried to think of chinese food I like to eat and how it could be turned into a cupcake. After much deliberation (read: I asked for Jak’s opinion) and decided to go with a cupcake version of duck pancakes. Continue reading “An experiment – Chinese-style cupcake”
These little tarts combine three of my favourite things – dark chocolate and hazelnut encased within a perfectly buttery pastry case. Not too difficult to make and you get a dozen tasty results, well, what are you waiting for? Continue reading “Chocolate Hazelnut Tarts”
I came across a “Chocolate Crackles” recipe in my Great British Bake Off: How to Bake book and it looked very similar to a standard brownie recipe… but in a cookie form, so I had to try it out. It turned out to be a delicious chocolate cookie, with a nice and crunchy outer layer and a soft, almost gooey centre. Think I’ve found my new favourite chocolate cookie recipe! Continue reading “Good old fashioned, chocolate cookies”