When it comes to chocolate, I’m normally fussy. I don’t much care for the overly sweet mass-produced stuff, though sometimes desperate times call for quantity over quality. Except for one: I am quite fond of the Cadbury’s Marvellous Creations bar. If you haven’t come across it, Marvellous Creations is Dairy Milk with extras: jelly beans,… Continue reading Adapting Marvellous Creations
Tag: Chocolate
Recipe: (Almost) According to Hummingbird: Muesli Bar
I was looking for something vaguely virtuous, something I could, perhaps, easily take to work to nibble at lunch-time. Something which wasn't a sandwich, and which wasn't full of sugar, and wasn't really flapjack. What I found was this recipe for a Muesli bar in one of my Hummingbird Bakery recipe books. It involved oats… Continue reading Recipe: (Almost) According to Hummingbird: Muesli Bar
Recipe: Chocolate Truffles
Do you have a signature recipe? A treat, perhaps, which others come to you for? Mine is a simple, easily adapted recipe for chocolate truffles. I found this recipe in a Christmas recipe book. I'd decided that I'd spread Christmas cheer that year by making goodies for people. I reasoned it'd be cheaper and easier,… Continue reading Recipe: Chocolate Truffles
Miss Hope’s No-Fuss Fudge
Since I have so many recipe books for treats and chocolates, every so often, I test similar sorts of recipes, in sporadic attempts to find the best, the definitive, recipe. Or the best of the ones which I have in my books. Admittedly this first test isn’t a particularly fair one, since I’m testing a… Continue reading Miss Hope’s No-Fuss Fudge
Miss Hope’s Devon Strawberry Truffles
This recipe comes from Miss Hope’s Chocolate Box recipe book. It takes as its inspiration that standard summer afternoon tea fare: the great and glorious Westcountry Cream Tea. A little history on the Cream Tea. First mentions of such a meal come from Tavistock Abbey (Devon), where the monks fed labourers with bread lavishly (at… Continue reading Miss Hope’s Devon Strawberry Truffles
