Category Archives: Chocolate
Chocolate Pie
I haven’t been baking a lot recently, just some vanilla cupcakes and kitchen sink cookies here and there. Truthfully, I’ve lost some of my baking mojo. Now that I’m on my own I’ve lost my number one taste-tester (and my sub-editor) so … Continue reading
Coconut Kitchen Sink Cookies
I love to bake but it’s no fun baking in an unfamiliar oven for the first time. You’d think 180° Celsius in my oven would be the same as 180° C in your oven. Wrong! What should be 180° C in … Continue reading
Chocolate Orange Mousse
I had such high hopes. I love anything chocolate orange flavoured, but alas it was not to be. This is a delicious mousse, it’s just not a chocolate orange mousse. More juice next time? Some zest perhaps? I used freshly … Continue reading
Rocky Road
Believe it or not, I still have chocolate eggs in my kitchen left over from our Easter celebrations. I’m not sure I’ve ever had a stash of chocolate last so long. I used the last of our Cadbury Easter bunnies in this rocky … Continue reading
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’m putting this one down in the archives as my official chocolate chip cookie recipe. Hubby is partial to the Nestle Toll House recipe so there may be a bake-off in our future. These cookies are good. Very good. Great. Crispy … Continue reading
Chocolate Cake
Happy birthday Elise! Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting Recipe adapted from Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented, By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito. Ingredients For the classic chocolate cake 3/4 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder 2/3 cup sour cream 2 … Continue reading
Chocolate Cake with Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Happy birthday Jess! Good food, good company and cake. Not a bad Friday night at all. Sweetapolita is an expert on Swiss meringue buttercream frosting – I highly recommend you visit her site before making it. And visit YouTube for … Continue reading
Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Cake
This recipe is my new favourite chocolate cake recipe. Chocolate cake with mousse-like chocolate frosting and dark chocolate ganache drizzled on top. I think I’ll tweak the recipe a little further but it’s pretty darn good just the way it … Continue reading
Kitchen Sink Cookies
Yes, I make these often don’t I? Another batch today – Easter M&Ms and McGrath Foundation pink-and-white M&Ms. More kitchen sink cookies – Kitchen Sink Cookies Adapted from recipe by Martha Stewart Makes about 40 Ingredients 1 cup (2 sticks) … Continue reading
Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
Mix smooth peanut butter (softened, about 1/4 cup) with icing sugar (sifted, about 1/4 cup). Chill mixture, then shape into egg or ball shapes (about 8). Insert lollipop sticks into peanut butter eggs, chill again. Dip eggs into melted chocolate and … Continue reading
