Gordon Ramsay and his thoughts on Hot Chocolate Fondant – “Whenever I’m asked for my favourite recipe, this is the one.  It has a divine melting texture and the liquid centre is sublime.” This recipe happens to be one of

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A photo of hot chocolate fondant sliced open with oozing chocolate to show the centre, placed on a white dish and wooden cutting board.
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Posted on Friday, 9th July 2010 by Grace

Brownie Hearts are pure chocolate goodness. Obviously the mad confusion of yesterday has spilt on to today.  Hope you enjoy the Raspberry, Blueberry, Cream Cheese and Mascarpone Pound Cakes I shared with you earlier today but I completely forgot to share these

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A close up photo of 1 chocolate brownie heart decorated with icing sugar in the shape of a heart placed on a pink polka dot napkin.
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Posted on Friday, 2nd July 2010 by Grace

Happy Belated Canada Day and Happy Early 4th of July everyone!  The Canada Day celebrations were in full force yesterday. There were quite a few firework displays happening in the city.  I didn’t have to go too far, I had

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A photo of 3 black forest cupcakes on a white plate, placed on a pink placemat.
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Posted on Tuesday, 22nd June 2010 by Grace

I’m so happy I made these mini cakes - Chocolate Genoise filled with White Chocolate Mousse.  My son, Matt, definitely needed a pick me up.  Chocolate is a good pick me up, don’t you agree?  And double the chocolate is even better!

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Posted on Friday, 18th June 2010 by Grace

My son, Matt, had the worst chocolate craving all week and I was hoping these Chocolate Custard Tartlettes would hit the spot. I admit a bit of skepticism when I initially spotted Bill Granger’s recipe for these tarts. The recipe

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A photo of chocolate custard tartlettes on a white cake stand with a blue ribbon.
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Posted on Thursday, 27th May 2010 by Grace

Chocolate Mousse is my comfort food and I needed a little comfort food today! May used to be my most favourite month of the year, full of celebrations. My birthday, my husband and I met in May, got engaged in

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A close up photo of three chocolate mousse in individual shot glasses (a yellow
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Posted on Monday, 24th May 2010 by Grace

I spent Sunday afternoon making Chocolate Thumbprints and Dark Chocolate-Almond Crackles for my niece’s (Vera) bridal shower.  I made Chocolate Thumbprints for the first time last year and everyone quite enjoyed them so I decided to make them again. The

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A close up photo of chocolate thumbprints on a white dish with white doiley on a blue patterned sheet of paper.
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Posted on Friday, 14th May 2010 by Grace

Time seems to be flying by, we are only a few weeks away from the big day. We have finalized the menu, wrapped the gifts for the bridal shower games, wrapped the bomboniere (favours).  We’ve decided on the flowers for

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A close up photo of a boston cream pie cupcake on an inverted champagne glass with a purple ribbon tied around the glass.
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