The Bentley Hotel, London – Luxurious Cocoa Spa Treatments One of my favourite indulgences is chocolate and I love a spa treatment so offered the chance to visit Le Kalon Spa at the Bentley Hotel, South Kensington for luxury cocoa spa treatments I was more than happy to accept and combine the two. The spa […]
White Chocolate and Vanilla Fudge
Fudge for Let’s Make Christmas Gift Swap: Earlier this year, Vanessa, fresh back from a trip to Uganda asked us all if we’d like to take part in a gift swap for Ndali Vanilla. She’d been learning about vanilla and specifically about the Ndali estate in Uganda. And, to raise awareness of Fair Trade and […]
Christmas Yule Log Made Easy with Betty Crocker
Festive Yule Log Recipe for Christmas: A traditional yule log recipe is based on a Swiss roll mix. I CAN make Swiss rolls. I first tried when I was at school. I whisked and whisked my eggs and sugar till they were nice, yellow and frothy (so I thought) and then, enthusiastically folded in […]
Chocolate and Rum Roast Banana Muffins
Chocolate banana muffins with rum. My excuse, which I’m sticking to, is that I was sent a new and rather smart muffin tin from George Wilkinson to review. So, of course, I needed to make muffins. And, since the point was to test whether or not the bakeware was genuinely non-stick, I needed to make […]
Chocolate Cherry Brandy Brownies
Feast Day – Chocolate Cherry Brandy Brownies: OK…a slightly decadent idea, but why not? After all, yesterday was a fasting day! And this month’s challenge for We Should Cocoa is CHERRIES. Now, I am not a great fan of glace cherries which are more often used in cakes. So I decided to try making some […]
Chocolate and Raspberry Cupcakes
Chocolate and Raspberry Cupcakes – a Virgin Bake! I don’t bake much. Having freshly baked cake in the house is just too much of a temptation for me most of the time. In fact this is my first ever attempt at making cupcakes – the whole cupcake frenzy has just passed me happily by. BUT, […]
Cream-Cheese Brownies
Cream Cheese Brownies I can’t bake: I tried last month’s ‘We should cocoa’ challenge and it was too embarrassing even to post a photo! It did actually taste very good…my macaroon batter worked just fine. Unfortunately, my presentation skills didn’t…and I ended up with little green snail biscuits. This month’s challenge is just a little […]