Chocolate Orange Camp-fire Cake
My regular readers might have noticed my blogging silence over the last fortnight – that’s because as a family we’ve been away adventuring! We spent 12 days away; covering 1500 miles and camping in the Lake District in England and in the heart of the Cairngorms in Scotland. I’ve plenty of adventure stories to share …
We Should Cocoa
Welcome to We Should Cocoa – a chocolate challenge. This is a monthly cooking event for food bloggers based on … you guessed it … chocolate! Conceived by Choclette over at Chocolate Log Blog and Chele of Chocolate Teapot fame, the idea is to make something with chocolate each month. You can use any sort of chocolate or cocoa substance …
Gluten Free Chocolate Mug Cake
A few weeks ago I had a late night chocolate cake craving. Both Gingey Bites and the BritMums Bibs 2014 Food winner Lucy over at Supergolden Bakes came to the rescue with recipes. I didn’t have all the ingredients for either of their cakes, so I improvised, and I was very pleased with the results. …
Chocolate Strawberry Pavlova
This dessert was born out of late-night, I’m needing something sugary but I don’t want to feel guilty about the calories, snacking. I’ve become quite taken lately with munching on a bowl of ripe, juicy British strawberries dipped in a modest bowl of caster sugar while watching Netflix (who else is watching the latest series …
Coconut Milk Ice Cream by Aimee Ryan: Review, Mayan Chocolate Recipe & Giveaway
Aimee Ryan is the incredibly talented food blogger over at Wallflower Girl and she absolutely loves coconut milk ice cream. I’ve been following her blog for at least a year now and every single one of her posts are beautifully photographed and positively mouthwatering. She’s one of those bloggers who just gets it right every …
Boston Creme Doughnuts
I haven’t made doughnuts since 2009. I know this because there is a photo of them on my Facebook “food” photo album, where I used to put food photos until I began blogging in 2011. Five years is a very long time to go without having a decent doughnut (those stale supermarket ones just don’t …
£1 Devil’s Food Cake with Blackcurrant Purée
This May and June thousands of people in the UK, USA and Canada are taking part in the Live Below The Line Challenge by the Global Poverty Project. This challenge asks people to spend £1 or less, per person, for food and drink every day for five days in a bid to help us understand …
Double Chocolate Coconut Cookies
When school started up again last year after the October holidays I finally gave in to the children’s requests to have packed lunches instead of school dinners. School dinners are expensive, working out to be approximately £100 per child per term. We have three children, so with all three having packed lunches that’s a whopping …
Transformers Birthday Cake & Giveaway
Well the wee man is another year older. Five years old means “big boy” and much closer to the wise old age of his big sister than the age of four was. She is seven and is held in great esteem with regards to her vast knowledge of the world.
Chocolate Florentines
The first time I’d ever had a Florentine happened because of a chance encounter with a stranger in a Scottish bakery. I was standing in the queue waiting to order my lunch when the tall, charming gentleman with a posh English accent ahead of me turned to me and asked if I’d ever tried a …
Chocolate Black Bean Brownies
Some months ago a friend asked me, in response to a conversation about hiding vegetables in chocolate cakes (namely my chocolate courgette cake), if I’d ever tried black bean brownies. I’d never even heard of such a thing and immediately had to investigate.
Vodka Chilli Truffle Fudge
I love chocolate fudge, especially this remarkably simple chocolate truffle fudge recipe. I love it a little bit too much so I usually only make it once a year around Christmas time, or else I’d eat it all and be the size of a house!
Oreo Button Cookies
This idea has been filed away in my head for several months now. I’ve been wanting to make home made Oreo cookies for some time and I bookmarked a few recipes which looked interesting and had some really positive comments. When my daughter said she’d like a Coraline themed birthday party this year I thought …
Chocolate Coffee Cupcakes with Coffee Buttercream Frosting
It’s National Cupcake Week! Well, it’s the last day of National Cupcake Week, but better late than never, right?
Chocolate Courgette Cake
The fantastic chocolatey food blogging challenge, We Should Cocoa, hosted by Choclette over at Chocolate Log Blog and co-created by Chele from The Chocolate Teapot (who has sadly retired from blogging) is three years old this month!
We Should Cocoa – The Chocolates & Truffles Round Up
This month I have had the honour of hosting We Should Cocoa, a food blogging challenge by Choclette from Chocolate Log Blog. After some pondering I decided I would challenge you all to make and share your chocolates and truffles recipes, and you all certainly rose to the challenge! What a fantastic array of delicacies …
Coconut Chocolates (with secret mashed potato!)
When I was a very little girl in Canada I remember my grandmother reaching into her freezer and pulling out a container of her home made chocolates.
Black Forest Cake & I Heart Cake Mould Review
This week saw another birthday celebration in Elizabeth’s Kitchen. I wanted to make something a little extra special for my significant other
Camp Aite Breagh Chocolate Chip Cookies
Just imagine you are ten years old. You wake up in the morning and unzip your sleeping bag. The sun is streaming through the window and you can hear birds chirping outside.