Chocolate caramel ice cream roll
I’ve always stayed away from making ice cream as I think it’s going to be tricky, but last week, as I was flopping around in the heat, this came to me in a flash of inspiration! One of my childhood memories of long summer holidays is eating Arctic Roll in the garden. I bought one a...
Chocolate, stout and ginger cake
For Christmas, my sister paid for my brother-in-law and stepdad to have a tour of West Berkshire Brewery. We often buy our beer from there, especially over Christmas time or for family get-togethers, so Dale and I thought we’d buy ourselves places and tag along too! And I’m so glad we did as it was...
Peanut Butter Cookies
These cookies were a special request from Faith. She decided that she wanted cookies as an after school treat, which gave me the perfect excuse to bake! I added some milk chocolate chips to them, also at her request, but you could either leave them out or experiment and add other things – white chocolate...
Easter chocolate nests
I’m pretty sure that when you have children it is compulsory to make these chocolate krispie cakes – especially at Easter time using mini eggs. I’m not a huge fan of just mixing rice kripies or cornflakes with chocolate as I find they tend to set rock solid, so I always use a mixture of...
Baked chocolate custard
What do you do when you are all feeling a little over-tired and down in the dumps? Why, you bake a super rich and indulgent baked chocolate custard of course! I’m not kidding when I say this is rich – I am a serious chocoholic but I couldn’t manage a whole pot of this (although...
Chocolate beetroot cake
Last year I saw a whole host of beetroot flavoured cake and brownie recipes appear, but never got round to trying any myself. This year, when I was given some beetroot, I decided that I definitely needed to try and make a chocolate beetroot cake. I am so glad I did – it was the...
HOP DVD
Last week Grace and I were very excited to be invited to a special screening of the DVD Hop, which was released on DVD and Blu-ray yesterday (29th August). Firstly, we were looking forward to seeing the film as it wasn’t one we’d seen before and secondly, we were itching to go because the screening...
My Best Friend’s Wedding
Ever since my best friend announced her engagement, I was really excited about her big day. I was especially looking forward to it because she gave me some very creative and fun, although slightly nerve-wracking, jobs to do! I love handmade touches to weddings, it makes it so personal and you can tailor the theme...
Rice Krispie Puffle Nests
I have to admit that when I was asked if I’d like the recipe and ingredients to make Rice Krispie Puffle Nests, I had no idea what Puffles were! After a little Googling, I discovered the world of Club Penguin and the little creatures called Puffles. So it seems these colourful little creatures like to...
Hotel Chocolat Easter Competition
Oh how I love Hotel Chocolat, especially when they send me little surprise gifts in the post! I was very excited when this Easter Pick Me Up gift bag arrived because it contained caramel egglets and words cannot describe how delicious these little eggs, filled with oozing caramel are! I was kind to my children...
Hotel Chocolat – Review and Giveaway
I don’t think it will come as any surprise to you when I say that I love chocolate! I am, as you will probably also guess, no stranger to the wonders of Hotel Chocolat and before the children came along and started sucking money left, right and centre, I belonged to their monthly chocolate club....
White chocolate party mix
This was one of our favourite treats over Christmas and is ideal to whip up when you’ve got friends round for the evening or a little treat instead of popcorn when you’re watching a DVD. When you read the list of ingredients some of you are going to think I’m a bit crazy, but trust...
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