I baked this cake twice last week, the first time as an experiment for a friend's birthday and clearly I considered it a win so I made another cake for my mother-in-law's birthday that coming weekend. The chocolate cake recipe used for this yields a big amount of batter and therefore a very tall cake … Continue reading Chocolate Blackberry Cake
I have my favourite chocolate cake recipe, and despite having tried multiple other recipes since then, I still go back to it as my number one. So these days, the purpose of my trying out other chocolate cake recipes isn't to try to find a better one, it really is just to try different ones. … Continue reading Chocolate Salted Caramel Cake
The last week of December is upon us and you know what that means! Yes, yes, I know, it means quite a lot for many people (Christmas; Hannukah; Kwanzaa; New Years; birthdays - I'm talking about you, Melissa Hanna; mid year exams coming up, yikes; unfortunately you forgot to apply for leave in time and are … Continue reading Chocolate Raspberry & Pistachio Tart
The dessert world is almost as fast-paced and ever-changing as the fashion industry; the hot new items literally sell like hot cakes, and what's the ultra trendy bite of today can easily be overthrown by a new, super cute, super sweet, and super delish treat tomorrow. Do you lot remember when red velvet was ALL … Continue reading Macarons
Chocolate was made to be eaten with oranges. At least, that's something I have always believed, considering how the flavour combination sort of explodes in my mouth. Chocolate and oranges, or chocolate and raspberries, just perfection. For some reason last week I was craving Jaffa Cakes, but since I didn't feel like giving into it... … Continue reading Favourite Flavour Combinations
I go through these phases of voluntary solitary confinement every few years, the last one being when I was doing my A levels. I had gone the entire summer holiday between AS and A2 not calling a single friend, read an average of 20 books a week, watched SO much tv, and spent most of … Continue reading Cheesecake, Oreos, Red Velvet, and me
I realize that is the most audacious title you might ever see on this blog, but I assure you I wasn't the first to make the claim, nor will I be the last. Trust me on this one, would I ever lie to you?It being Saturday, and my cousin having celebrated his 25th birthday last … Continue reading Best Chocolate Cupcakes Ever
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