Tag: chocolate

Chocolate Mousse

When faced with an excess of cream thanks to a recent Costco expedition, chocolate mousse is a welcome treat to offload it. Using my Le Cordon Bleu, Chocolat – The Chocolate Bible, for the first time, this mousse is light and dreamy. The recipe states dark chocolate, and usually I […]

Chocolate and Grand Marnier Panettone

One of my favourite Christmas recipe books is The Australian Women’s Weekly, Christmas. Not only is it visually stunning, but it has a great array of treats to make for gifts or to serve as part of your festive meals. I had the book out on the table, all ready […]

Chocolate Cardamon Pots

If you do not have a weak spot for incredibly rich chocolate, this recipe is not for you. Best you go and eat a Milky Way or some other frivolous candy bar that won’t ruin your appetite, as this dessert certainly will. It will obliterate it to kingdom come and […]

The Best Chocolate Cake

There are oodles of recipes for chocolate cake in existence, and a fair whack of them claim to be for ‘the best chocolate cake’. There can only be one recipe to reign over them all, and that belongs to Chef Gordon Ramsay. I have made this cake several times and […]

Ultimate Fudge Brownies

“Want me to whip up something yummy for dessert?” Who would deny this? Only an idiot. So when you pose this question, without having a real plan or even the knowledge of what is in your pantry, here is something that you can indeed whip up that will stun everyone’s […]

Love of the Bald Man

Oh Max, how I love thee. I cannot wait to sink my teeth into you once more. I know I have neglected you of late, but I assure you, you were always on my mind. I could never forget you. I also cannot wait to get home and start reading this […]