I don’t really know when a chocolate cake becomes a devil’s food cake, but here is my chocolate cake that I think could pass as a devil’s food cake. It’s rich, moist and very chocolatey. This is my go to cake for chocolate celebration cakes too. Continue reading “Ultra Yummy Chocolate Cake”
This is a lemon drizzle with the added flavour of cardamom. Up until now I have shied away from cardamom in sweet bakes as to me it is a savoury flavour that goes in curries. That was until I tried this. Continue reading “Lemon and Cardamom Cake”
There is something nice about having an individual cake to sink your teeth into. Instead of my usual large Simnel cake I have made smaller cupcakes. Continue reading “Simnel Cupcakes”
A slightly different take on the lemon drizzle by adding coconut to it. The coconut add a little texture and flavour. Continue reading “Coconut Lemon Cake”
For these peanut butter brownies I have used Crunchy peanut butter, you can of course use smooth. I just love the added texture that the crunchy peanut butter gives. Continue reading “Peanut Butter Brownies”
I always like to have a Yule log for Christmas, it’s a good option for those who don’t like fruit cake or marzipan. They are easy to make and will keep for a few days in an air tight tin. Continue reading “Yule Log”
At Christmas time there is so much to do and most of it needs to be done at the last minute on the day.
If you don’t have time to make your own Swiss roll, don’t panic, just keep a couple of your favourite swiss rolls in the cupboard on standby and within 30mins you can rustle up a Yule log! Continue reading “Yule Log (ready made swiss roll)”
I first discovered this cake at a Macmillan’s coffee morning. It looks so attractive with the rich dark sponge topped with an almost brilliant white icing that I had to try it. After trying it I just had to make my own…. Continue reading “Chocolate Guinness Cake”
For these scones I have used my family’s favourite nibble – chocolate raisins. I found, because of the large size of the chocolate raisins, I needed to add more in weight so each scone had a respectable amount of the chocolaty goodness.
This recipe will make about 6 x 65mm scones or 4 x 75mm scones Continue reading “Chocolate Raisin Scones”
I have made this cake several times experimenting with the size of poke holes, first I tried pencil sized holes (picture 1), these are great for runny sauces but with a thick caramel I don’t think the holes were large enough for quality seepage. Each time I made the cake I made the hole progressively larger until I went with an apple corer (picture 2). Well we certainly had caramel filled holes and this was certainly a hit! The down side was, with the quantity of caramel in this recipe and the fact the holes take a lot of filling the layer of caramel on the top was quite thin. You also need to take care that you do not ‘core’ through the base as the result could be a little sticky!
We all liked the larger holes with more caramel in the cake then on top. Try it and let me know what you like best! Continue reading “Millionaires Poke Cake”
