Welcome to the Dark Side of Chocolate

Monday March 5th, 2018

“Have you ever noticed that there are no leftover recipes for chocolate?” In the film “Chocolat” Juliette Binoche turns a village and its inhabitants upside down with her chocolate creations. And the chocolate river in “Charly and the Chocolate factory”!... Continue reading →

Banana cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting

Tuesday March 14th, 2017

I have been craving bananas recently. Possibly because during my recent holiday in Thailand which I spent working at the Elephant Nature Park, Thailand’s first sanctuary for elephants, I was constantly sneaking bananas from the lunch buffet for some extra... Continue reading →

Dark chocolate Mud Cake

Friday February 3rd, 2017

No need to do a lot of explaining and translating about what mud cakes are on the English part of my blog 🙂 There are many recipes about and I came across this one from “Piece of Cake by Ilse”... Continue reading →

„Lightening“ Chocolate Cake

Saturday January 28th, 2017

I got this recipe from my dear neighbour. It really is prepared as fast as lightening and is super tasty and very chocolatey. The cake doesn’t bake very high but it’s super moist almost like a brownie so you don’t... Continue reading →

Dark chocolate cake with orange flavoured ganache (vegan)

Wednesday January 18th, 2017

The cold weather at the weekend had me craving for chocolate. I had seen this recipe from Gretchen a few weeks ago whilst checking out her YouTube channel. Gretchen has many great recipes, her videos are well explained and easy... Continue reading →

Moist Chocolate Cupcakes (vegan)

Monday January 2nd, 2017

I came across this recipe by Jamie Oliver (www.jamieoliver.com) about two years ago whilst looking for a suitable recipe for a party I had been invited to. It is super easy to make, very versatile and doesn’t taste „vegan“ at... Continue reading →

Chocolate Bark

Sunday December 4th, 2016

No need to translate and explain what this is. Ever since Katherine Sabbath started using homemade chocolate bark to decorate her amazing cakes this tasty treat is back. I used this recipe http://www.fivehearthome.com/2015/01/25/strawberry-pretzel-chocolate-swirl-bark/ but just google “chocolate bark” and get... Continue reading →

Avocado Chocolate Cake

Tuesday May 31st, 2016

When dear friends come to visit you need a special cake. And when I found this recipe I was hooked. A chocolate cake with avocados!? How is that supposed to work? But it does work and how it works! The... Continue reading →

Chocolate cake Sweetapolita style

Thursday May 26th, 2016

Those of you travelling around in the English speaking cake universe will not get past Rosie from Sweetapolita. Besides her dreamy pastel-coloured buttercream cakes and her heavenly decadent chocolate cakes she is the “Queen of Sprinkles”. She also has her... Continue reading →

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