You have to trust me when I say that Apples and Snickers go together like Ant and Dec, like Mammasaurus and Mummy Barrow, like coffee and, well, more coffee. And this recipe harnesses the great flavours of fabulous crunchy apples with the chocolate, nougat and peanut scrumptiousness of the Snickers bar. A British Classic dessert with a touch of fun: perfect for welcoming in autumnal evenings. To make Apple Snickers Crumble for 6-ish … [Read more...]
Spooky Spiderweb chocolate cake
There are, on average, 90,500 online searches a month for ‘chocolate cake recipes’, so Waitrose.com have compiled the ULTIMATE collection of chocolate cake recipes in one handy place on their website. To test how great their recipes are, they challenged me to make one of the online recipes with one proviso: that I used a secret ingredient, which they would supply, in my cake. Not one to turn down chocolate, and having a surfeit of eggs, I was … [Read more...]
Quick Donut Cereal Crispie Nests
For children, the school holidays are a time of magic: a time of late nights, scraped knees and baking. There's nothing that reminds me more of childhood baking that the rice-krispie cake. So when the rain poured down yesterday, we girls got out the mixing bowls, and made some Quick Donut Cereal Crispie Nests. I recently saw a post on Maison Cupcake's site that made me think I could use doughnut moulds to make these nests. Rather than … [Read more...]
Chocolate Rice Krispie Easter Bunny Treat
There is, as far as I am concerned, always a reason for a Rice Krispie cake. And as our Easter holidays start today, these ones have an Easter vibe: Chocolate Rice Krispie Easter Bunny Treat ! As I really wanted to get the details of the mould clearly, I first melted about 100g milk chocolate, distributing it easily between the four moulds, then tipping to get the chocolate to spread across the base. I left them flat in the fridge for the … [Read more...]
Ferrero Rocher Parfait
There's no doubt that Christmas has some wonderful food-related traditions, but if you aren't a fan of dried fruit, or you ate three helpings of Turkey, you might not feel like a Christmas Pudding for dessert. I am a huge fan of Christmas pudding and will happily eat it for breakfast once Christmas Day has been and gone. I recall a few years ago- our first married Christmas- when DH's parents gave us Delia's Christmas Ice-Cream as an … [Read more...]
Chocolate Reindeer Treats
I got the idea for these treats when making my latest batch of Edible Sparkles- Dimples was messing around with the bits and pieces I had on the side for decorating them with, and was trying to make a face. I realised that a glace cherry half would make an excellent reindeer nose and before you know it, we had a dozen reindeer cooling in the fridge. To make 12 Chocolate Reindeer Treats, you will need: 200g chocolate, melted. I used … [Read more...]
Gifts for teacher: Christmas Bark
Disclaimer: I am not advocating giving your child's- or even your- teacher a sound, or a lump of tree. I have read a lot about something called 'bark' which is not, so far as I am aware, a thing in the UK. Yet. Now that I have made it I think I may have to bring the whole concept to your attention. If ever there were a simple, pretty and tasty treat that is easy to make for teachers, doctors, nurses, bin men, lollipop persons, neighbours, … [Read more...]
