It’s Halloween weekend and with pumpkins, witches and spiders all around we decided to join in and bake a Halloween crostata. The crostata has a chocolate base and uses two types of jam, raspberry jam and apricot compote. We used the extra dough to make a spider with its web to decorate the crostata and…
Tag: Dark Chocolate
Marble Cake
From memory the first cake I baked ever. I remember trying various recipes but never getting the right sweetness and rise until I found this recipe. I have no recollection where I found it, whether I got it from a relative of mine or found it on a magazine or recipe book but I recall…
Chocolate Brownies
As I am discovering the bliss of (very early) married life, my love for baking is coming back. Maybe it is the (very) hidden 1950 wife in me that shouts to be let out and bake for her sweet hubby or perhaps simply the fact that my shining red KitchenAid mixer screams at me from…
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