A recipe: Beetroot Chocolate brownie cake

Beetroot in a cake? Yes why not! When Oddbox sent me a couple of beetroots in my weekly box, I was not too sure what to do with them. It’s a bit of a faff to handle them due to…
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Beetroot in a cake? Yes why not! When Oddbox sent me a couple of beetroots in my weekly box, I was not too sure what to do with them. It’s a bit of a faff to handle them due to…
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A few weeks ago I posted a recipe for vegan chocolate mousse made with aquafaba, the water in a tin of chickpeas or beans which usually gets discarded before cooking. I became quite a fan of the stuff, and have…
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Once upon a time I used to be an advocate for Nutella, one of Italy’s most iconic food exports (not even sure it is still ‘italian’ nowadays but surely it was first produced in my home country). I stopped buying…
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Joining a baking society I work for a large corporation… one of the advantages of it is that I have colleagues from all walks of life and with a different array of tastes and experiences. One of these is a…
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An italian classic For those of us who grew up in Italy ‘salame di cioccolato’ (chocolate salame, of course) brings back memories of school parties and messy, chocolatey fingers. Made with cocoa, butter and plain biscuits as well as a…
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