Back to baking and back to blogging! It has been a fair while since I felt the urge to blog, but now my small person is two (how has that happened so fast) I'm finding more time and head space to take up some of my old hobbies. I have always loved baking and seeing how people react when they see my creations, and now photography is a growing love - I'm not all that good at taking photos but with practice I will get there. So today, for my welcome back bake I have Chocolate Orange Brownies, so so tasty but orange is a flavour which divides opinions quite strongly. I personally love a Terry's chocolate orange and these form part of the base of this bake. And an extra sprinkle of orange zest complements these dark chocolate brownies perfectly and I can't wait to take them to a meet up tomorrow with friends and share them around. Ingredients : 150g dark chocolate 125g sharing pack of Terrys chocolate orange 200g unsalted butter 3 large eggs 275g caster sugar
Father Christmas clearly knows me well, as under the tree I had a new cake recipe book waiting; Fantasy Cakes by Angela Romeo and it is such a treat for the eyes to browse, and stomach for the wonderful cakes you could bake. It is a very clever book in that it has the standard cake recipes at the start which are used throughout the book. These so far have been so simple to throw together, which is very handy as I can leave the baby playing for 10 minutes to whip the cake up. You can order the book here , and I highly recommend it if you want to try some beautiful centre pieces or show stoppers. The first cake I tried is the After Eight minis, great as all the family were round to gobble up the end result. This After Eight recipe took a while to assemble and create the individual elements however they can all be done in advance and individually rather than sitting down for a good couple of hours stretch. I had to alter the recipe slightly as I ran out of self raising flour,