Freckled Kirsty

For the first time in a fair while, earlier in the week I felt like picking up my wooden spoons and doing some baking, under the vague pretence of making a valentines pudding. Both me and my other half love Toblerone so I decided that this would be the base for my pudding and recently having discovered an amazing looking baker called Jane on Instagram (@janespatisserie) I gave one of her recipes a go. Normally my other half isn't the biggest sweet fan, especially post steak and chips dinner, but these got a huge thumbs up so this recipe is a definite winner and one to save for the future! Ingredients: 200g unsalted butter 100g chopped dark chocolate 150g chopped Toblerone 3 eggs 275g caster sugar 90g plain flour 35g cocoa powder 400g chopped Toblerone Method: Preheat the oven to 180C/ 160C fan assisted and line a brownie tin with baking paper. Over a pan of simmering water, melt together the 150g Toblerone and the butter. This can be done in the microwave bu...

Hello lovely readers, So I have been somewhat slack on the blogging front for over a year now, looking back my last post was the epic Malteaser Christmas cake from 2015. Lets just say that life got a little busy in 2016, and I am sure 2017 is going to be equally as manic, but in the past week or so the urge to write has come on strong. So what did I get up to in my year off? Well, mostly I spent 2016 'adulting' and doing a few of the big exciting life things - firstly we got a puppy! Beautiful Molly, a standard long haired Daschund is now 13 months old, reasonably well trained (unless she is in one of her more stubborn moods) and my little angel. That happened in March 2016, which was also the month we put an offer in on our first home. Fast forward 7 weeks and all the paper work had been signed, money exchanged and keys in our hands. Big life moment. I now have a beautiful new home with a great kitchen for baking and lots of lovely neighbours who I can tempt with cake. Bak...