These went down a storm as the #PudClub finale, and Laura Penning at Bellevue bakery has kindly agreed to share the recipe! Serve with a smoked Rob Roy for the full effect, or head down to the Colour Inn for one instead. Enjoy. Makes 15 mini chocolate pecan pies Ingredients For the pastry 115g plain [...]
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We grilled Frances Cooley from the utterly fabulous Clifton Cakes! Frances is the mastermind behind chocolate shoes and handbooks and runs chocolate and cake making workshops – sounds like our idea of heaven! BF – Describe your perfect day in Bristol FC – Day in a Spa (Lido) finished with a delicious dinner BF – [...]
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So a couple of weeks ago I got an email from our good friend Alan from Clifton Cellars saying that they had recently had some chocolate wine in and that it was flying off the shelves. Now whilst chocolate and wine may be two of my very favourite things, the idea of combining them didn’t [...]
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This cake is true testament to the fact that less really can be more (at least when it comes to ingredients, anyway!) It takes just 4 ingredients to make this dark, dense and deliciously decadent chocolate cake, and it’s also one of the easiest and quickest recipes I’ve ever tried. Although it’s called a “cake” [...]
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Made this for a dinner party we were throwing last night and was amazed at just how quick and easy it was, probably only about 15 minutes! The only downer is that it requires quite a few different bowls so a little washing up intensive – well worth it though! Apologies for the lack of [...]
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This yummy cake is from one of my new favourite TV chefs the lovely Lorraine Pascale on her BBC show ‘baking made easy. It certainly went down a treat when I made it for a friend’s birthday party. It’s really versatile – you can decorate and customise to the occasion and friends that you’re baking [...]
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Imagine our delight at the prospect of being sent some free samples of top quality chocolate from Chocolate and Love. The perfect excuse to hook up, drink wine and eat chocolate – all in the art of blogging! First things first, the packaging is stunning, bright, floral – a piece of art on their own! [...]
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Just a quick one – thought I’d share a newly discovered foodie resource for those amongst you with an exceptionally sweet tooth! Clockwork Lemon is a food blog boasting some of the most amazingly filthy chocalatey looking and sounding pudding and cake ideas that I’ve ever had the guilty pleasure of reading. A chocolholic’s saviour [...]
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MeMe Chocolat 19 The Mall Clifton Village Bristol BS8 4JG Tel 0117 974 7000 Saturday is a day for mincing around Clifton village, popping into shops and maybe stopping for lunch, but my favourite stop of all is MeMe Chocolat. Armed with the papers, there is nothing better than popping in for a cup of [...]
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