Easter is my favourite time of year, mainly because of chocolate eggs!  Hence I have many Easter baking recipes!  Here’s another one… Ingredients: 185g unsalted butter 185g good quality dark chocolate (I used Tesco Finest Dark Cooking Chocolate with 85% Cocoa Solids) 3 large eggs 275g golden caster sugar 85g plain flour 40g cocoa powder
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These cupcakes are a perfect treat for Easter time! They incorporate a chocolatey cupcake with vanilla frosting and a hidden surprise! Ingredients (for 12 cupcakes) 150g Stork margarine 150g light brown sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla extract 120g self raising flour 30g cocoa powder 12 mini Cadbury Creme Eggs (place
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Everywhere I look on my social media channels I am seeing Easter Egg Cheesecakes! It seems that they are the current trend, and that any cake maker worth their salt is making them as part of their Easter menu. So here I have a recipe for a basic, no bake, Easter Egg Cheesecake. Ingredients (to
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Easter is almost upon us, which means one thing, it is time to brew up the ‘Eggspresso’! I’ve been inspired by the folks up at Brod (The Danish Bakery) in Cardiff to give this a go! They serve it at this time of year. To make an Eggspresso, simply place a Cadbury’s Creme Egg into
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Malteasers are my favourite childhood chocolate. This recipe incorporates a malted chocolate cupcake with malted flavoured frosting. These are perfect topped with Malteasers, or as it’s nearly Easter….. Malteaser Bunnies! I’m already on my second batch this week! Ingredients (for 12 cupcakes) 175g Stork margarine 175g light brown sugar 3 eggs 140g self raising flour
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It was inevitable! A gin addict like myself is always looking of ways to utilise gin! So what better way today, than in pancakes! This recipe is adapted from ‘thegintomytonic.com’. It adds a gin twist to traditional pancakes and the recipe is super easy to follow. Ingredients for the pancake batter: 200g self raising flour
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Today we celebrate St. David’s Day in Wales. St. David is our patron saint, and on March 1st we celebrate Welsh culture. What better way to mark the day than with a welsh cake, or even better, a welsh cake cupcake? This recipe is adapted from The Primrose Bakery’s recipe for Christmas Pudding Cupcakes! I
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I’m delighted to have found a new local coffee shop! Y Shed (Y = ‘the’ in Welsh) opened at Gowerton Golf Range (Victoria Road, Swansea, SA4 3AB) in December. It’s the brainchild of Sophie Spence, a former Ireland women’s rugby union international, who’s ended up in Swansea via Newcastle and Dublin. With her playing career
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The Espresso Martini was created in 1983 by Dick Bradsell at Fred’s Club, London. Legend has it that a young model requested a cocktail that would “wake me up, and then f*** me up”!!! So he created a cocktail containing coffee! A traditional Espresso Martini contains vodka. To create this cocktail simply combine 40ml vodka,
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With Valentines Day just around the corner, I have come up with two variations of my basic vanilla cupcake. Both are very simple to make and certainly provide a bit of wow factor! Simply prepare a batch of my very vanilla cupcakes (25/05/17) and tweak as follows….. First up are my Piñata (or Pin-heart-a!) cupcakes.
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