This is a Thomasina Miers recipe and as she says, it is indeed sticky, squidgy and both decadent and virtuous! However, I felt that 175g caster sugar for the drizzle was way too much, so I only used half that –I even think that 250g of sugar in the cake is on the sweet side, so… Read More Courgette, Pistachio and Lemon Syrup Cake
I found this cake design and recipe by Rice & Four so attarctive that I baked one straighaway! Ingredients 10gr cocoa powder 30ml hot water 5 egg yolks 1 egg 60gr oil 80ml milk 75gr all-purpose flour 5 egg whites pinch of salt ¼ tsp cream of tartar (optional) 75gr caster sugar Preparation You will… Read More Ogura Zebra cake
This is a relatively old Dan Lepard recipe but it’s one of my favourites – he calls them “the best chocolate muffins you’ll ever eat” and I agree! Ingredients 50g cornflour 3 level tbsp cocoa 100g dark soft brown sugar 225ml cold water 75g unsalted butter, cubed 125g dark chocolate, broken small 75ml sunflower oil… Read More Chocolate Custard Muffins
I came across this Sweedish Sockerkaka recipe on The Culinary Jumble by accident, while searching how to make cold-brew coffee. This time I drizzled both white and dark chocolate – next time I’d like to try the following: after stiring in some alcohol, reserve the coffee for moistening the cake after it’s been baked and… Read More Chocolate Sockerkaka (Sugar Cake)
This is my first Ottolenghi recipe and I saw it right when we had a lot of leftover stilton and an unopened pack of dates! Our dates were not medjool, so I went with the 200g, but there was lots of date paste left over, so maybe use 12 dates … Ingredients About 12 medjool… Read More Stilton and Date biscuits
I made these pancakes with my aunt and the assistance of my younger brother. The recipe is very easy, quick and foolproof. We found it on the BBC Radio 4 website. Ingredients 3 large eggs, separated 1 mug of self-raising flour 1 mug of full-fat milk a knob of unsalted butter, melted a pinch of… Read More American Pancakes in Sani
I have recently found several recipes with chocolate and olive oil, for example this Chocolate Olive Oil Cake by Nigella or Thomasina Miers’ Chocolate and olive oil mousse with sea-salt-roasted hazelnuts. I decided to try the recipe below that I found in the Guardian – it’s by Sophie James adapted from The Bojon Gourmet adapted… Read More Chocolate and Olive Oil Cake
