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Slow cooker hot chocolate

Can you wait this long for a delicious hot chocolate. Great if you are of for a winters walk and want to come home to a warm and...

Christmas Day - Turkey , Beef, Goose, Stuffing, Starters and sides.

STARTERS Potted Stilton PREP: 15 MINS COOK: 2 MINS plus 2 hrs chilling EASY MAKES 1 LARGE RAMEKIN 200g Stilton, rind removed,...

BAILEYS AND BELGIUM CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

The combined creaminess of the famous liqueur from Ireland with the creaminess of Belgian chocolate, is your mouth watering already....

Chocolate waffles

for this recipe you will need a waffle iron... Prep 5 m Cook 10 m Ready In 15 m Ingredients 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3...

Port and Stilton truffles

Port and Stilton truffles This Port and Stilton truffles recipe from Paul A Young, perfectly balances the two strong flavours in a rich...

Rich Belgian Drinking Chocolate

Ingredients 2 oz chopped dark chocolate 1 oz chopped milk chocolate 1/8 t cinnamon 2 tsp brown sugar (optional – for those who need it...

BELGIAN CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES

Belgian chocolate truffles (or my version of them) The perfect chocolates for sharing and when presented in a homely decorative box, they...

Belgian Chocolate Truffle Cake

Are you getting the feeling that its chocolate week. Its not a daunting to make as it looks. BELGIAN CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE CAKE 1 Candied...

BELGIAN CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

Yummy lets start the week as we mean to go on. Ingredients 4 people 125g dark chocolate drops 25ml cream 2 egg yolks ...

Mocha Sponge Cake

A Chocolate sponge cake to finish the week with, ideal for Sunday afternoon tea Taking the traditional Victoria sponge variants of...

Chocolate baked bananas

I admit they don't look pretty, but they taste amazing try them on your BBQ. INGREDIENTS 4 ripe bananas 2 x 32g bag chocolate buttons...

DIPPING CHOCOLATE

I thought this might be a nice idea, the long weekend is ahead and you never know you might be able to sit in the garden and dunk...

Raspberry Chocolate trifle

Day 3 ladies, and a nice quick chocolate trifle for you. A deliciously light combination of chocolate and raspberries. Serves 8 ...

NO BAKE CHOCOLATE CHEESE CAKE

how about a no bake cheese cake. This recipe produces a rich, chocolaty cheesecake perfect for all cheesecake and chocolate lovers alike!...

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

So I hope you are looking forward to one week of chocolate recipes.....this one I first made courtesy of Delia Smith one Christmas for...

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COOKING TIPS

You do not have to be stressed at Christmas if the idea of cooking for family and friends is just all to much you can buy everything you need at most supermarkets, just pop in the oven no preparation sit back and enjoy a glass of champagne (you can either ban all from your kitchen so they think your amazing, or tell them that it all comes from whichever store you choose so you could spend more time with them. NO SHAME IN THAT.

Whole herbs and spices last longer than crushed or ground versions

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Test freshness of herbs by moving some around in your hand and sniffing to see if spice gives off flavorful aroma

Generally speaking 1 cup fresh herbs = 1/3 cup dried as the dried spices have more intense flavor

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Decorating your cake

use gingerbread Christmas trees, a house and hearts (you’ll need about 15 hearts for the outside). To decorate, mix 300g fondant icing sugar with enough water to make a thick icing, transfer to a piping bag fitted with a fine nozzle. Decorate however you like, then leave to dry. Place the trees and house on top of the cake and push the hearts into the icing.

Only one tin?

If you have just 1 x 20cm cake tin, you can easily divide the cake mixture into three and bake the sponges in batches. Work in metric measurements as they are easier to scale down for this recipe, and write the new measurements out before you start, so you don’t get mixed up halfway through.

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