A Tale of two Chocolate Cakes

Yesterday was my daughter D’s birthday. It was also my friend J’s birthday. Both Chocoholics! But the similarity ends there. J likes deep, dark, barely sweet chocolate while D is a fan of the fudgy, gooey tooth-achingly sweet stuff. I’d planned on making a cake with fabulous reviews on Zoe Bakes. A cake steeped in rum and …

Happy Halloween!

While the happy Halloween revellers are gorging themselves on candy and chocolate, here is a recipe for some treats that are practically a health food. Try it, and you’ll instantly lose 5 kilos and several inches around your middle. Promise! And you don’t need Halloween as an excuse to make these. Any time is fine. The Ingredients: …

Chocolatey-peanut butter chip cookies

When my kids were growing up, the only cookies I was allowed to make was Chocolate-chip. Those were the only cookies they asked for or ate. Here I was, hankering to make oatmeal-raisin cookies and buttery shortbread, lime-meltaways and florentines, but when our cookie bin got empty, all my kids wanted were chocolate chip or …