Sweet things

Yummy cake and sweet things.

Blackberry and Limoncello Trifle Oh my god. This is seriously my favourite dessert in the whole world. I cannot begin to describe the joy of eating this. My friend Jamie gave me a bottle of limoncello, a key ingredient in this recipe a few weeks ago and since then I’ve been dreaming of this trifle. This is of course, […]

Mars Bar Rice Krispie Cakes Rice krispie cakes were always my favourite thing about cake sales at school. Mars bar rice krispie cakes are really a whole other level of fudgy joy. My friend Jamie, the original baking goddess introduced me to these and now I would never make any different. Its as easy as making normal rice krispie cakes, […]

Gooey Chocolate Pudding These are possibly the easiest dessert you could make, yet they still offer everything you could want in a sweet treat. Rich intense chocolate pudding with a gooey centre. The only difficult part is cooking the fondants, but even then its not that stressful as its fine to slightly undercook them, you just end up […]

Beetroot Cake Don’t be put off by the title, think carrot cake…

The Best Chocolate Brownies It was only a matter of time before these came up… These are based on Nigella’s recipe, (how can you go wrong with Nigella?) and give you everything you could want in a brownie, rich, intense, chocolatey, gooey perfection. All I’ve done is scale down Nigella’s recipe so that you get a more manageable mixture […]

Apple and Walnut Cake In an attempt to broaden my cake horizons, I decided to make this cake. When it came out of the oven, I was a bit unconvinced, it looked a bit like one of those dry fruit cakes, a day later and its really come into its own. Hence I ate about 3 slices too many […]

Gooey Chocolate Cake This is actually just a baked chocolate mousse, so you could chill the mixture in individual pots (coffee cups work well) and have it as a mousse. That said, its really worth baking it in the oven. I’m not a massive of eating chocolate on its own, but it really comes into its own in […]

Chocolate Muffins Now I don’t normally go in for chocolate muffins, I prefer, nuttier, fruitier versions. But these chocolate muffins are no ordinary chocolate muffins, another fabulous recipe from the wonderful Dan Lepard. They’re just the right side of gooey to make them definietely a muffin, but still intense and chocolate. I made mine in cupcake cases, […]

Banana Bread Banana bread is possibly one of my favourite cakes, definitely as a sweet treat to perk me up in the afternoon (tea a necessary accompaniment). The key with banana bread is that the bananas need to be really really ripe, almost completely black and ready for the bin, these will make the moistest bread. If […]

Heart Shaped Cakes I thought it would be worth mentioning the virtues of Silicone bakeware. They’re completely non-stick so you don’t need to faff with lining cake tins, although I do grease mine with a little sunflower oil to make sure the cakes come out really cleanly. The flexible nature also means you can bake cakes in lots […]