Who said chocolate cake is just for girls? Men deserve rich, fudgy, soul-soothing slices of chocolate cake just as much—and International Men’s Day is the perfect reminder that self-care doesn’t have a gender. Baking a chocolate cake isn’t simply about satisfying a craving; it’s therapy you can eat. Whisking, folding, melting chocolate… it’s a calm,…
Category: Chocolate
Chocolate Easter Cake
…ridiculously easy chocolate cake that is as rich as it is dark and light as it is sinfully delicious…
Chocolate Chip Cookies
… others prefer a squidgy, fudgy, almost butterscotch, straight out of the oven chocolate chip cookie…
Easter = Chocolate
…ridiculously easy chocolate cake that is as rich as it is dark and light as it is sinfully delicious…
Cake
“The reassuring ritual of quietly weighing out butter, sugar, flour, cracking eggs, whisking, beating and folding”
Baked Chocolate Puddings
As a cook, I compartmentalise chocolate into two groups. First: normal everyday milk chocolate bars full of sugar, biscuits, dried fruits or nuts that seduce us with glittery, colourful wrappers; appealing to the inner child. They serve as a mere sugar rush, a boost of energy to keep me going through the day. Second: dark…
Easter Eggs
Having just come out of the Easter Long-Weekend, what everyone is in agreement with is, that no matter what, Easter is all about CHOCOLATE! Even more so than Christmas, in particular, the now traditional chocolate eggs. But where did this tradition come from? There are two ideas here that intertwine to the point where we gift eachother…
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