Chocolate

Flourless Chocolate Cake Covered in White Chocolate

February 10, 2010
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If you think you don’t like dark chocolate cake forget that preconception notion and go and bake this cake!   My suggestion if serving this cake for non-dark choc cake lovers go for chocolate containing 50-55% chocolate solids, it will give you just enough of a chocolate hit to taste of chocolate but will be [...]

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Mille Feuille For Every Season – strawberries, pears, pineapples, bananas, mango

January 21, 2010
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The title says it all, have the mille fueille any time of year, with any combination of fruit and any cream, traditional custard the crème pâtissière, simple whipped cream, mascarpone and crème fraiche or even chocolate mousse.  Mille feuille in Portuguese, called ‘mile folhas’, a thousand leaves, is very easy to make if buying your puff [...]

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Dark Milk White Chocolate Cookies – Triple Chocolate Cookies

January 7, 2010
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OK Forget reading the whole post….I just get sucked into details and go blah blah when I like something. I’m starting this posting back to front, I’ve just read what I’ve posted and it’s rather long.  Because I don’t want that to get in the way of anyone trying this recipe,  I’m just going to [...]

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Chocolate and Pear Tart (Chocolate Cream Cheese)

December 11, 2009
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Today is cold but sunny and the sort of day where I should be doing three things at once in order to get through my ‘to do list’. I’m not sure why I bother with a to do list, do not remember ever completing one but I do keep adding to it. All they do [...]

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