- A Cocoa Carrot Cake
on Nov 22, 2008 in
Baking Healthy Firstly, sorry for the woeful lack of posts this past week. I have an excuse though: some sort of throat virus that attacks anonymously but leaves its trace for several long, protracted days. Moving from the bed, much less blogging, was completely ou... - A Cocoa Carrot Cake
on Nov 22, 2008 in
Baking Healthy Firstly, sorry for the woeful lack of posts this past week. I have an excuse though: some sort of throat virus that attacks anonymously but leaves its trace for several long, protracted days. Moving from the bed, much less blogging, was completely ou... - Stomach Pleasing Cookies!There is nothing that aggrieves me more than being out of biscuits (or cookies, if you will), particularly on a holiday. Instead of having my usual tea and biscuits for breakfast, I have to revert to (gasp!) toast or cereal! I know it sounds unhealth...
- Stomach Pleasing Cookies!There is nothing that aggrieves me more than being out of biscuits (or cookies, if you will), particularly on a holiday. Instead of having my usual tea and biscuits for breakfast, I have to revert to (gasp!) toast or cereal! I know it sounds unhealth...
- Cocoa Pasta – Experimental Recipe No.1Paul and I went Christmas shopping at the weekend to our local shopping “mall”. We figured it would be sensible to go early and avoid large crowds but we forgot that there’s one thing that malls attract at any time of the year and t...
- Cocoa Pasta - Experimental Recipe No.1Paul and I went Christmas shopping at the weekend to our local shopping “mall”. We figured it would be sensible to go early and avoid large crowds but we forgot that there’s one thing that malls attract at any time of the yea
- Cocoa Pasta – Experimental Recipe No.1Paul and I went Christmas shopping at the weekend to our local shopping “mall”. We figured it would be sensible to go early and avoid large crowds but we forgot that there’s one thing that malls attract at any time of the year and t...
- Our First Meme!We have been tagged for our first Meme, entitled The Commenters Meme. Gemma at Dressing for Dinner tagged us, being one of her last 10 commenters. This is a great idea for a Meme as it connects us to the people that keep us going - that is to say YOU...
- Our First Meme!We have been tagged for our first Meme, entitled The Commenters Meme. Gemma at Dressing for Dinner tagged us, being one of her last 10 commenters. This is a great idea for a Meme as it connects us to the people that keep us going – that is to s...
- And Is There Such a Thing as a Healthy Chocolate Cake?“What’s that? A healthy Chocolate Cake?” I hear you gasp. Well, yes and no. It has no butter in it, so you’re already losing the fat element. It has banana, of course, which we all know is really good for you (high
- And Is There Such a Thing as a Healthy Chocolate Cake?“What’s that? A healthy Chocolate Cake?” I hear you gasp. Well, yes and no. It has no butter in it, so you’re already losing the fat element. It has banana, of course, which we all know is really good for you (high in potassiu...
- Healthy Chocolate Truffles?To make chocolate healthy pretty much means to lose what we love most about it: cream, full fat milk, sugar. What this loosely translates as is chocolate in its most natural form: pods, nibs, cocoa butter, unprocessed cocoa. However, I am always...
- Healthy Chocolate Truffles?To make chocolate healthy pretty much means to lose what we love most about it: cream, full fat milk, sugar. What this loosely translates as is chocolate in its most natural form: pods, nibs, cocoa butter, unprocessed cocoa. However, I am always...
- Our First Award!We must be doing something right! Foong over at The Food Site has awarded the Cocoa Lounge with the Arte y Pico award for our Chocolate Brownie Cake! Thanks Foong! Now, according to Foong’s post, we have to pass this award onto five more foo.
- Our First Award!We must be doing something right! Foong over at The Food Site has awarded the Cocoa Lounge with the Arte y Pico award for our Chocolate Brownie Cake! Thanks Foong! Now, according to Foong’s post, we have to pass this award onto five more food b...
- Chocolate of the World – FinlandFor most of us, chocolate is a comforting food. We turn to it when we’re feeling low, we eat it during periods of celebration. A simple candy bar (as can any food. My husband is transported to Fridays in 1970s LaCrosse when he eats McDonalds Fi...
- Chocolate of the World – FinlandFor most of us, chocolate is a comforting food. We turn to it when we’re feeling low, we eat it during periods of celebration. A simple candy bar (as can any food. My husband is transported to Fridays in 1970s LaCrosse when he eats McDonalds Fi...
- Chocolate of the World - FinlandFor most of us, chocolate is a comforting food. We turn to it when we’re feeling low, we eat it during periods of celebration. A simple candy bar (as can any food. My husband is transported to Fridays in 1970s LaCrosse when he eats McDonalds Fi.
- Chocolate Brownie CakeSo I’m cooking lunch for my mum and, at 10.30am the same morning she asks me what we’re having: Mum: “Meat?” Me: “No.” Mum: {pleading voice} “Not vegetarian?!” Me: “No.” Mum: “So…it must be fish?” Me: “Yes, yes it’s fish...
- Chocolate Brownie CakeSo I’m cooking lunch for my mum and, at 10.30am the same morning she asks me what we’re having: Mum: “Meat?” Me: “No.” Mum: {pleading voice} “Not vegetarian?!” Me: “No.” Mum: “So…it must be fish?” Me: “Yes, yes it’s fish...