Daring Bakers January Challenge – Fortune Cookies (Tuiles)

jen | January 28, 2009

This months challenge is brought to us by Karen of Bake My Day and Zorra of 1x umruehren bitte aka Kochtopf. They have choosen Tuiles from The Chocolate Book by Angelique Schmeink and Nougatine and Chocolate Tuiles from Michel Roux. Having had such a hectic December, i missed out on the December challenge which was a French Yule [...]

Nigella’s Rocky Road Crunch Bars

jen | January 19, 2009

A different take on the normal rocky road, this recipe features biscuits which gives it the crunch. A great and quick dessert if you don’t feel like baking.       Nigella’s Rocky Road Crunch Bars 125 grams butter (softened) 300 grams best quality dark chocolate (broken into pieces) 3 tablespoons golden syrup 200 grams biscuits (i [...]

Chocolate Cheesecake Brownie

jen | January 14, 2009

First and foremost, i would like to apologise for my lack of posts. Over the Christmas holidays i just wanted to do NOTHING which is exactly what i did. It was a great two weeks off and i’m feeling refreshed (or should i say lazy!). Only now am i just getting back into the swing [...]