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CHOCOLATE CAKES WITH BAILEYS SALTED CARAMEL

I am a huge lover of Baileys but I do tend to forget it for a large chunk of the year…until the temperature starts to drop. That’s when I get back into my hot chocolate game and the Baileys comes out to play. (If I’m being really indulgent I melt…

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CLASSIC TEAROOM CHOCOLATE VICTORIA SPONGE

One of my favourite baking recipe books is Annie Bell’s Baking Bible. Its a fantastic book filled with straightforward, easy to follow classic recipes for cookies & biscuits, traybakes, sponge cakes, cheesecakes, chocolate cakes, tarts, pies, brownies, breads and meringues. One of my favourite recipes is this classic tearoom chocolate…

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EDD KIMBER’S ULTIMATE CHOCOLATE CAKE

It’s my chocoholic friend’s birthday today so last night I decided to make her the chocolatiest (is that a word??) cake I could. I remembered a recipe I saw in Edd Kimber’s new baking book for his Ultimate Chocolate Cake. A 3-sponge chocolate cake with ganache in between each layer…

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NIGELLA’S DEVILS FOOD CAKE

So this weekend I tried out Nigella’s Devils Food Cake. Wow! Its dark and sumptuous and rich and so, so chocolatey. This will be a sure hit for chocoholics. INGREDIENTS for the cake: 50g best-quality cocoa powder, sifted 100g dark muscovado sugar 250ml boiling water 125g soft unsalted butter, plus…

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