I was entertaining over the weekend and wanted to make an extra special, moist chocolate cake, something simple yet luxurious and Donna Hay’s Chocolate Mud Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache was perfect.  When I was flipping through Donna’s magazine I also

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A close up photo of chocolate mud cake with dark chocolate ganache frosting.
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Posted on Wednesday, 28th July 2010 by Grace

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I am a big food photography fan and you can usually find me drooling all over the food pics at FoodGawker. It’s amazing how many talented cooks and bakers there are out there. Last week a couple

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A close up photo of a 3-minute chocolate sweet cake baked in a mug in the microwave and garnished with a fresh strawberry.
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Posted on Friday, 23rd July 2010 by Grace

Get ready for a frozen dessert recipe that is going to knock your socks off! Donna Hay’s Double Chocolate Brownie Semifreddo is out of this world! I cheated a little this time and used store-bought brownies but next time I’m

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A close up photo of a double chocolate brownie semifreddo dessert served in a glass and garnished with brownie bits, a blue spoon is inserted in glass and 2 brownie bites are placed in front of glass.
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Posted on Monday, 19th July 2010 by Grace

Thank goodness, the weekend is over!  You won’t hear me say that very often but I really felt out of sorts this weekend with my son, Matt, off to Toronto. He made a comment just before leaving and it sat

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A photo of 3 devil's food cupcakes on a white dish.
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Posted on Saturday, 17th July 2010 by Grace

What a quiet weekend!  My son, Matthew, is away for the weekend and my daughter, Liana, has been hiding in the living room, engrossed in a 1000-piece puzzle that she can’t seem to tear herself away from. The house feels

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A close up photo of stacked double-chocolate chunk cookies separated with squares of parchment paper between each cookie.
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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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