Tag Archives: cream
Chocolate nut cheesecake

Chocolate nut cheesecake

One of the Other Half’s work colleagues has her birthday this week. As the OH’s colleague is a fan of my cakes and puddings, which the OH takes in for special occasions, I made her a one-off: a luxurious, Italian-flavoured twist on a European-style cheesecake. It starts from the same point as my Italian flavours [...]

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Let me guess, chocolate, more chocolate and cream?

The Big Lad needed little thought to decide what he wanted for his birthday dinner order. “I’d like roast pork, roast potatoes, vegetables, pickled beetroot and a huge double chocolate cake with jam and loads of cream, please,” he said. The resulting cake had twice as much chocolate as the original recipe, plus a generous [...]

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Time for tea

The Other Half invited a few friends around for afternoon tea today. It was an excellent excuse for the boys and I to spend some time in the kitchen to come up with a few treats for the ladies…

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