Torta Caprese is a classic flourless chocolate and nut cake from the Italian island of Capri. It’s traditionally made with almonds and Amaretto, but I’ve given mine a more homely twist, using walnuts and rum instead. There’s no flour or baking powder in this cake
The classic Sacher Torte (Sachertorte) was created in 19th-century Vienna by a young pastry chef, Franz Sacher. The chocolate cake layered with apricot preserve quickly became one of Vienna’s most famous desserts and remains a signature speciality
Deliciously creamy milk chocolate cheesecake with a biscuit base and a delicate milk chocolate topping. You often told me that my chocolate cheesecakes were a little too intense for you, so this time I’ve made a version for anyone who prefers sweeter,
Chocolate yoghurt Bundt cake with chocolate glaze is a deliciously moist cake made with thick Greek yoghurt. There’s plenty of cocoa in the batter, giving it an almost intensely chocolatey flavour, as though it were made with the finest chocolate…
Addictive chocolate Nemesis – an intensely chocolatey, moist cake with a texture like chocolate truffles. In fact, it’s hardly even fair to call it a cake – it’s so delicate that it literally melts in your mouth. There’s no flour or even ground nuts in it… just chocolate, butter and
An intensely chocolatey cake made with Cassis liqueur, a blackcurrant liqueur, and finished with a silky chocolate glaze. Its texture is reminiscent of a brownie, but it’s lighter, delicately airy and wonderfully moist. Best of all, it’s completely flourless.
On colder days, I find myself craving… chocolate-covered prunes ;). Prune in Chocolate is a completely new take on chocolate muffins. Moist and intensely chocolatey, with prunes soaked in rum. They’re utterly irresistible! Stored in their paper cases and
Prune in Chocolate cheesecake combines an intensely chocolatey cheesecake filling with rum-soaked prunes, bringing to mind delicious chocolate truffles. The whole thing is so rich and melt-in-the-mouth that it’s hard to imagine making it any more indulgent…
Chocolate cake with cream and easter eggs is a perfect Easter treat for little and grown-up chocolate lovers alike ;). If you’d like to add this chocolate cake with cream alongside your Easter babkas, mazurkas and cheesecakes, you simply must try this recipe.
Chocolate mousse cake is an exceptionally delicate, light-as-air cake with an almost mousse-like texture – hence the name “mousse”. The name perfectly captures its light, almost melt-in-the-mouth consistency. The whipped egg whites folded into the batter
Why shouldn’t beetroot in baking be appreciated just as much as carrots or pumpkin? Let’s bake a wonderful, intensely chocolatey, rich and moist cake with purée made from cooked beetroot! No one will guess what mysterious ingredient is hiding inside, and the cake will stay
Beetroot brownies? Why not ;). Cakes made with vegetables are nothing unusual these days and have quickly become a staple of the food blogging world. You don’t have to look far – most of you have probably already tried carrot cake, spinach cake or courgette
A chocolate cake with halva and blackcurrants. It’s a flavour combination you’ll want to come back to again and again… I used frozen blackcurrants to decorate the cake, but when they’re in season, there’s nothing to stop you using fresh instead. Simple and delicious!
This Strawberry Forest chocolate tart is deeply chocolatey, almost slightly bittersweet, with a delicious chocolate crème pâtissière filling. If you prefer vanilla cream, simply leave out the chocolate in the final recipe. The tart works beautifully with strawberries
The best chocolate fruit loaf. This chocolate loaf with prunes and walnuts is dense and substantial, deeply chocolatey and moist without being heavy or stodgy. Packed with plenty of prunes and walnuts, with a hint of orange, it is wonderfully soft. Could this be an alternative
A no-bake milk chocolate tart with raspberries. The base is a simple biscuit crust, topped with an egg-free chocolate mousse and fresh raspberries – it had to taste good ;). This milk chocolate mousse and raspberry tart is perfect for summer.
Black Forest Squares are a combination of chocolate, cream and, of course, cherries :). If, like me, you live in a country where fresh cherries are not particularly popular, you can use frozen cherries with equally good results. The base is my favourite brownie
Seriously loaded cupcakes ;). The deep, tangy flavour of blackcurrants and chocolate is simply irresistible. I made these with the last blackcurrants of the season, but you can make them even in “December in the afternoon” using frozen fruit. These chocolate blackcurrant