This month's Daring Bakers challenge, hosted by Deborah of Taste and Tell and Elle of Feeding My Enthusiasms, is Cheesecake Pops. Or, as I like to think of it, cheesecake-onna-stick. My love of cheesecake is legendary and of course,...
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(Please excuse the photo. I forgot to take one before it started being devoured. Think of this as an action shot, if it helps.) A few weeks ago a friend of ours invited us to her birthday BBQ/garden party....
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Chocolate brownies are always a hot topic of discussion among foodies. Which makes a better brownie? Melted chocolate or cocoa? Are fudgy brownies better than cakey ones? All very good questions, but impossible to answer. Brownies are, I think,...
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I love chocolate chip cookies, and I'm always eager to try variations on them. These Korova Cookies have been sitting in my bookmarks for a few months now, and seemed the obvious choice when I was looking for something...
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Wow, it's been quite a while since I last blogged, eh? January has been a bit of an odd month foodwise... I've been relying on old favourites � you know the sort of thing � that I can cook...
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I am proud to present this year's Christmas Cake! I had planned to make the Gramercy Tavern's Gingerbread in my bundt tin; but when I spotted this recipe, posted by a friend on another website, I couldn't resist making...
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I've had a pack of pistachios lying around since the time I got an urge to make pistachio gelato (which came to nothing as I couldn't find a good recipe). Anyway, whilst flicking through Sally Schneider's "A New Way...
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Every November we go to a Firework Party at a friends house. It gets crazier and crazier each year; this year the highlight was an immense 150-shot firework which seemed to light up the entire city. It was probably...
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For some time now, I've been trying to acquire a copy of Alice Medrich's "Chocolate and The Art of Low-Fat Desserts" (a mouthful of a title, if I ever heard one!), but with no success. Renee has baked several...
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Dieting is so often a dismal business, but occasionally you do find a ray of hope. For the past few years, my occasional diets have been cheered considerably by my discovery of Sue Kreitzman's low-fat cookbooks. She may be...
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I've had a lot of fun making my cake for this month's "Is My Blog Burning?" day, hosted by the lovely Renee. I've owned a beginner's piping set for a few months now, but I've only used it to...
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I had a craving for marzipan the other day. But as I tend to gorge on marzipan whenever it enters the house, I needed a half-decent excuse to go and buy some. After trawling my cookbook shelves I found...
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Happy Easter everyone! Unlike Clotilde, Dave and I don't have any special Easter traditions. In fact, last year I even forgot to buy him an egg!! This year, I decided to make up for that by splashing out on...
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I'm back! (At long last, I might add.) Almost all of our boxes have been unpacked and I'm now the proud owner of a beautiful, shiney and safe(!!) gas cooker. The kitchen is still a bit of a mess,...
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Inspired by Clotilde's Valentines Day macaron, I opted to spend my Sunday afternoon in the kitchen making Pierre Herm�'s Chocolate Macaroons from his wonderful chocolate dessert book which I bought a couple of weeks ago....
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I recently received an email from Dan Lepard, who had stumbled across my previous disasters with a couple of his recipes from "Baking With Passion". After swooning slightly, I then felt a smidgeon of guilt for wanting to burn...
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After suffering some disastrous attempts at bread-making (Triple Chocolate and Hazelnut bread and a garlic stuffed bread), I decided to cheer myself up by making a cake. My favourite cake/baking book has to be Nigella Lawson's "How To Be...
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Please note that I am not affiliated with the Chocolate Tasting Club, Hotel Chocolat or any subsiduaries. I cannot help you with subscription problems and so forth. At last! My chocolate tasting box has arrived! I'm a member of...
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