All posts tagged: chocolate

Chocolate-chip cookies

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Cookies are my favourite food gifts, wrapped in a paper bag and tied with a ribbon, they will surely make someone’s special day better. Meet my mini-cake cookies,  thin & crispy on the outside, filled with tasty bits of  dark chocolate and most importantly, extremely easy-to-make. If chocolate is not your thing, you can experiment with a whole world of different flavours. Roasted nuts and dried fruit will definitely make a nice twist. Makes about 25-30 cookies We would need: 250 g of butter, diced 1 cup of golden caster sugar 2 eggs ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 2 and ½ cups of flour 1 tsp. of baking powder a pinch of  fine sea salt 150 g of quality chocolate (milk or dark)   DIRECTIONS: Beat together the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy. Add in the eggs one at a time and stir in the vanilla extract. Sift in the flour, add a baking powder and a pinch of salt. Stir well. Lastly, roughly chop and stir in the chocolate. Ready mixture place onto a food …

Irresistible banana&chocolate cake

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Banana&Chocolate a match made in heaven. This easy-to-make cake embodies all that – and then some more. A dense, dark and devilishly delicious, it will be gone before you know it. For perfect dessert you will need: 2 ripe bananas, mashed 100 g of dark chocolate, melted 150 g of butter, room temperature 120 g of  caster sugar 3 free-range eggs 175 g of plain flour 3 g of baking powder 1 tbsp. of vanilla extract 1 tbsp. of orange juice (optional) Tiny bits of orange peel for garnishing (optional)     DIRECTIONS This recipe consists of few easy-to-follow stages: 1. In a bowl or food mixer mash the bananas. 2. Melt the chocolate. Since I don’t have a double-boiler and prefer not to use micro-wave as it is very easy to ruin the chocolate, I simply melt it in a pot. La methode: Finely сhop the chocolate into small bits and place them into a cup. Put the cup into a pot full of hot water. Make sure, no water gets into the cup. That’s it, you only need to …

Tips&Tricks

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My first conscientious rendezvous to the kitchen happened when I was about 15 years old. Surely I have seen my grandmother & mother busy juggling of pots and occasionally even helped them out, but the big fascination for the kitchen magic occurred to me years later. It is truly amazing how some simple Tips&Tricks can help you get off on the right foot in the kitchen and whip up a delicious dinner. Here are some of my AHA!-moments: Keep your kitchen clean The kitchen is the heart and center of the home but usually gets dirty fast. If you have dishes piled up in the sink, most likely you won’t be really in the mood to cook a fresh meal. Everyone knows how tiring deep-cleaning marathons over the weekend can be, just make sure you spent a few moments to clean your kitchen every day, so it is fresh every time you use it. Clean-up as you go Spending any amount of time in the kitchen usually results in dirty dishes. We can miss out on a savoring meal due to the thought …