Chocolate Gingersnaps!

A surprise hit! The Husband loved them and has asked for the recipe to be included in the Book.

These gingersnaps are baked out of plain flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground black pepper, treacle, sugar, butter, egg, balsamic vinegar, vanilla extract, chopped chocolate and chopped candied ginger. They are then rolled in more sugar before baked in the oven.

These were finished in a day in the Office!

Gingerbread Cupcakes!

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo of these gingerbread cupcakes that I baked last weekend.

These cupcakes are baked out of self-raising flour, butter, bicarbonate of soda, ground ginger, chopped stem ginger, dark muscovado sugar, golden syrup, orange juice and eggs.

They are then topped with icing mixed out of icing sugar, butter, ginger syrup, ground ginger and sugar flowers.

The Husband said 'Cupcake is quite bland but the icing is very good which makes the cupcake overall quite yummy."

Dream Cake!

This cake was at the special request of a colleague.

I thought it was an absolute disaster as the topping was too wet and sank to the bottom of the cake. The middle four pieces were so wet that I had to bin them.

Surprisingly, the rest of the cake was actually really well-received by the Office.  

The cake is baked out of caster sugar, plain flour, butter, eggs, milk, baking powder and vanilla extract. The topping is mixed out of desiccated coconut, brown sugar, butter and milk. 

The Husband's recommendation - "Dream cake - kind of sweet and sickly and a bit wet but still quite tasty."

Dark Chocolate Wasabi Walnut Brownie Cookies! & Dark Chocolate Orange Raisin Brownie Cookies!

These two cookies are baked out of the same cocoa dough - butter, sugar, brown sugar, flour, vanilla extract, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt. I then separated them into two batches - one with chopped wasabi chocolate and walnuts and the other with chopped orange chocolate and raisin.

The picture on top is the dark chocolate orange raisin brownie cookies and the picture below is the dark chocolate wasabi brownie cookies. 

The Husband's recommendations to the Office:
- "Orange cookies - too good for you. Leave them along."
- "Wasabi chocolate thing - very interesting. Try it you might like it." 

Lemon & Dark Chocolate Brownies!

I love baking with lemon as it gives the bake just a light tangy taste and this bake was just lovely.


The brownie is made of three layers - the first is the chocolate shortbread base baked out of eggs, flour, melted chocolate, cocoa powder, butter and sugar. The second is the lemon icing mixed out of icing sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest and butter and spread on top of the chocolate base. The last layer is just more melted chocolate with a bit of butter to give a glaze to finish.

These brownies were a hit and finished in one day at the Office!

Banana Date Cake with Honey Walnut Glaze!

The Husband and I both love bananas and honey, so a cake that has both ingredients sounds like a good idea.


This lovely cake is baked out of butter, eggs, self-raising flour, bananas, light muscovado sugar, ground cinnamon, dates, honey and chopped walnut and then topped with a honey butter walnut frosting!

The cake was finished in two days at the Office.

Raspberry & Dark Chocolate Brownies!

I know raspberries are no longer in season but last weekend, this seemed to be an ideal easy bake for a very jet-lagged me.

These brownies are baked out of chopped dark chocolate, butter, caster sugar, eggs, plain flour, raspberries and chopped white chocolate, which is how it gets the 'double chocolate' name!

The Husband has pronounced the brownie as 'pretty good'!