Chocolate

Ginger Bundt Cake with Chocolate Nutmeg Ganache Glaze. With three different ginger additions this is a cake for true gingerbread lovers.

Raspberry Chocolate Vanilla Custard Tart. A chocolate pastry crust gets filled with creamy vanilla custard and topped with a slightly tart raspberry compote before being garnished with melted chocolate. This one was the result of cleaning out the fridge. The pastry was already in the freezer and so was the raspberry sauce which was leftover …

Sometimes it’s just a matter of combining a few recipes to come up something new so this one is really just a revisit of other recipes combined in this cake. My daughter’s 11th birthday was last week and she gave pretty explicit instructions for her birthday cake that she dreamed up herself. She is always …

Strawberry Chocolate Truffle Tuxedo Tarts. Individual chocolate truffle tarts topped with fresh ripe strawberries and a generous garnish of white chocolate whipped cream.

Chocolate Raspberry Scones, luscious melting dark chocolate pockets & pops of bright raspberry flavour go beautifully together in these easy to make scones.   Don’t these Chocolate Raspberry Scones look tempting? Chocolate and raspberries…mmmm! I made these for Sunday brunch this past weekend. I may have them again this weekend! I often make these with really …

I do have a particular fondness for any dessert that incorporates chocolate and orange flavours and with Spouse’s newfound love of bread pudding this was a bit of an obvious invention. There’s nothing like a happy marriage! 😉 Begin by making some candied orange zest and orange syrup Using a sharp vegetable peeler or paring …

Chocolate Toblerone Pancakes. Or make them as double chocolate pancakes by using milk chocolate chips instead. Decadent enough to be dessert. Good morning all and just take a look at these Chocolate Toblerone Pancakes! I’m back from a bit of an extended vacation which was followed by the entertaining of many visiting relatives from Alberta …

This Rum and Chocolate Buttercream Torte is very well appreciated every time I serve it. I sometimes like to sprinkle toasted and roughly chopped hazelnuts over the filling and on top of this torte, which makes a very delicious variation to this basic recipe. Vanilla Cake Cream well: 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp butter1 cups …

Strawberry Chocolate Puff Bars The first time I heard the term “Puff Bar” I had no idea what it was. Ann, a friend who grew up in the center of St. John’s in the 50’s and 60’s referred to them as being quite a commonly produced item in bakeries around town, usually containing whipped cream, …

This one came from the mind of my 10 year old who was planning her birthday party and decided she was going to make her own ice cream cake. She baked the cake from scratch herself. I helped her make a couple of batches of ice cream, one vanilla and one strawberry for the filling, …