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Romantic Chocolate Cake
By Vah11
A chocolate sponge cake decorated with chocolate butter icing and chocolate heart shaped pieces
- 100g soften butter
- 100g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 70g SR flour
- 30g cocoa powder
- For decorations:
- 100g dark chocolate
- 50g soften butter
- 100g icing sugar
- 20g cocoa
Christmas cake with raspberry
By Bamouakka
Melt the chocolate in a bain marie
- 6 eggs
- 500 g sugar
- 1 bar of dark chocolate
- 1 bar of white chocolate
- 2 punnets of raspberries
Duo of chocolate and raspberry cupcakes
By Les P'tites Bulles
Preheat the oven to 180°C/ Gas mark 4
- 50g butter
- 50g of sugar
- 1 egg
- 60g of flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cocoa powder
- 25ml whole milk
- 100g raspberries
- 50g dark chocolate
- 50g white chocolate
- 300ml whipping cream
- 15g icing sugar
- food colouring
Chocolate Peanut Butter Macaroons
By SophieMiffo
Lovely Macaroons filled with a peanut butter cream
- Ingredients:
- For the Italian Meringue
- 150g (5oz) aged egg white (make by leaving egg white in a bowl on a bench for 2 days)
- 400g (14oz) caster sugar
- 100ml (3 fl oz)water
- Add food colouring to the meringue if required.
- For the Almond Mixture
- 150g (5oz) fresh egg white
- 250g (8oz) almond meal / almond flour
- 250g (8oz)icing sugar
- Used the above ingredients to make the macaron shell.
- For ganache:
- 200 g (7 oz) dark chocolate
- 1 1/3 cups of heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 jar of creamy peanut butter
Showstopping banana split cake
By HappyChappy11
This incredible cake is absolutely delicious!!!
- BANANA CAKE:
- 100g butter
- 175g caster sugar
- pinch of salt
- 2 medium eggs
- 1 lemon zest
- 400g overipe bananas, mashed
- 1tbsp lemon juice
- 300g flour
- 2.5tsp baking powder
- OPTIONAL: 4tbsp milk
- strawberry jam
- ICING:
- roll-out icing (yellow)
- CHOCOLATE GANACHE:
- 300ml double cream
- 200g milk chocolate, finely chopped
- 100g dark chocolate, finely chopped
- TOPPING:
- 3 x butter cream ingrediants (vanilla, strawberry and chocolate)
- wafer rolls
- sprinkles
- a few digestives, crumbled
- chocolate sauce
No cook chocolate tart
By livvycoop
Crush the biscuits by putting them in a large, strong, plastic food bag and bashing with a rolling pin
- 200g pack all-butter biscuits
- 100g butter
- 1 tbsp golden syrup or honey
- 100g bar dark chocolate
- 100g bar milk chocolate
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
- 200ml whipping cream
- 3 tbsp crème fraîche, to decorate
- 200g raspberries, to serve
Red wine and macaroon chocolate mousse
By victoriac
Divide the macaroons among four glasses
- 75g/3oz macaroons
- 75ml/3fl oz red wine, preferably Bordeaux
- 200g/7oz dark chocolate (minimum 70% cocoa solids)
- 25g/1oz butter
- 150ml/5fl oz double cream
- 3 free-range egg whites
- 50g/2oz white chocolate
- 4 tuile biscuits, to serve
Quick Peanut Butter and Chocolate Squares
By selmastable, Selma's Table
These Peanut Butter and Chocolate Squares are really quick to make and are delicious pick-me-up with a mid-morning ...
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 45 g butter (3 Tbsp)
- 240 g Saltine crackers (in the UK use Dorianos from Sainsburys)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 340 g smooth peanut butter
- 200 g dark chocolate broken into small pieces (use semi sweet or milk chocolate if making for younger palates)
- 45ml cream (3 Tbsp)
- Flaky sea salt to sprinkle
Romantic Chocolate Kissing Pie
By Vick11, Foodie
A rich chocolate tart with big pieces of chocolate on the top
- 1 bar dark (melted)
- ½ bar milk (cut into chunks)
- 25g butter
- 2 tablespoon strong coffee
- 1 tablespoon coffee liqueur
- 2 pastry cases
Melting middle truffles
By ynasira
Make the middles first. Heat the Dulce de Leche in a pan for 1 min until warmed and runny, then stir in the chopped...
- ½ 450g/1lb jar dulce de leche caramel toffee
- 100g dark chocolate (70% cocoa), chopped
- 2 x 200g/7oz bars milk chocolate, chopped
- 142ml pot double cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- about 85g/3oz cocoa powder, to coat
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Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 100g sugar
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best ever choc brownies
- 185g unsalted butter
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- 85g plain flour
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Chocolate love cake with cherries
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 100 g butter, softened
- 100 g caster sugar
- 1 free-range egg
- 100 g self-raising flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ tin black cherries, drained
- 2 tablespoons hazelnuts, chopped
- For the chocolate sauce
- 1 tablespoon butter
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Chocolate mocha mousse
- • 150g (5½ oz) plain dark chocolate
- • 2 large egg yolks
- • 45g (1½ oz) caster sugar
- • 150g (5½ oz) full-fat crème fraîche
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Trio of chocolate cakes with...
- 2 eggs
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Melt in the Heart Chocolate Fondant
- 100g Dark chocolate
- 100g butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 100g caster sugar
- 100g plain flour
- 50g white chocolate (cut into 4 pieces)
- 2 teaspoon cocoa powder
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Chocolate Delight
- 375g dark chocolate
- 375g unsalted butter
- 500g caster sugar
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Rich dark chocolate cake
- 100 g butter
- 200 g dark chocolate
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Double chocolate and pecan nut...
- 175g butter
- 250g dark chocolate
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Dark Chocolate Cupcakes
- DARK CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 2 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch processed)
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature*
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup buttermilk*
- DARK CHOCOLATE FROSTING
- 2 and 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 6 Tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips for decoration, optional
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Avocado Brownie Bites
- 2 ripe avocados, pureed
- 65g dark chocolate
- 2 eggs
- 90g caster sugar
- 60g dark brown sugar
- 60g unsweetened cocoa powder
- 60g plain flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla paste/extract
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Matcha Macarons with Bittersweet...
- For the green tea macaron shells (A):
- 53g egg whites
- 25g granulated/ caster sugar
- 100g icing/superfine sugar
- 60g ground almonds
- 1 Tbs good matcha
- For the dark chocolate ganache (B):
- 50g unsweetened chocolate (at least 70%), broken into small pieces
- 35g single cream
- 20g unsalted butter
- 0.5 tbsp caster sugar
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