Red Velvet Cupcakes are very popular; a vibrant red sponge with a rich chocolaty flavour, usually topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting. However messy they are to eat, they are certainly worth getting your face covered in cream cheese frosting, spilling it all down your shirt, sucking at the paper case to make the most of every last crumb of moist chocolaty sponge. Here's the recipe I always use for Red Velvet Cupcakes - perfect for Valentines Day, or any day for that matter.
Raspberry and white chocolate are a match-made in heaven. So, imagine my delight when these flavours are combined with that of an intensely chocolaty brownie. The Fat Witch Bakery in New York is renowned for it's brownies, of which it has a range of flavours to suit anyone's taste. From brownies, to blondies, to bars, and countless variations of each, there's something to suit every brownie craving you'll ever have! In the future I hope to travel to New York, visit the Fat Witch Bakery and try every flavour they have. I shall call it "research". But for now, I'll just keep making the delicious recipes from their awesome book: Fat Witch Brownies. Their recipe for Blondies is to die for, but that's another post altogether...Anyway, this is a recipe from the 'Delicious Decadence' chapter of the book. Well titled chapter, I'd say.
Fridays are usually a good day, but yesterday was awful: Higher English prelim exams. *Shudders miserably* It's too depressing to reflect on...it's still too soon. Let's just say I think know I've failed.
But there's a light at the end of the tunnel, a cure to turn around even the worst of days: take that awful day of yours and smother it in a crunchy, oaty, nutty, chocolaty tray-bake oozing with a layer of caramel. It works!
'Baked In America' is one of my most cherished baking books. The smooth front cover, the enticing layout, the mouthwatering photos...I highly recommend it, if not for the delicious recipes then just for the pleasure of reading it.
On Wednesday, when I posted about the awesome Key Lime Pie, I was certain that I would make further use of the M&S books 'Easy Baking' and 'Easy Chocolate' that I got for Christmas. And that I would make more pies. Mississippi Mud Pie is a gooey, chocolaty concoction which I can verify is yummy. I plan to make it as often as possible, and so should you! (Unless you're calorie conscious, in which case you will have missed out on a whole new level of gooey deliciousness.)
A month ago today, Christmas, was when the book containing this recipe came into my ownership. My best friend = pure genius at choosing Secret Santa gifts. All the recipes I have tried so far have been awesome, easy and mentally marked as "must make again - SOON". Hence the reason for posting this, a deliciously refreshing pie with a cheesecake-style texture. You'll want to have this every day, to eat it as an alternative to meals. You'll want to live on this pie alone.
If you don't already own The National Trust Teatime Baking Book, then my advice is GET IT. The recipes are extremely reliable, easy and always turn out well. The book contains recipes for breads, fruited buns, scones, muffins & splits, tarts, flans, biscuits and cakes - talk about value for money! Here's something from the scone section, and I wouldn't blame you if you promoted it to your all-time favourite scone recipe.
Tinned caramel is one of those luxuries in life that you wish with all your heart could be discovered as 'healthy' so that when you eat loads of it with a teaspoon, you'll feel no guilt whatsoever. But let's face it: there's gonna be some guilt involved. So why not make the most of it and swirl that tin of heaven into a dreamy combination of chocolate brownie and Dulce de Leche? Out of the few trillion brownie recipes I've tried so far, this is one of my favourites. Visit the original source for cup/ounce measurements.
