This has become my go-to chocolate cake and I hope it becomes yours too! This cake is so decadent and moist, super soft and intensely chocolatey even without melted chocolate. But the BEST part is that frosting which is some sort of magical mid-way between fudge and buttercream frosting, thanks to a generous amount of…
Cakes & Brownies
Coconut Cheesecake Bars
Baking cheesecake in a loaf pan has become my new favourite way to make small-batch desserts. You can slice them in triangles or in bar-form and I did the same thing here, adding coconut cream to the batter, shredded coconut to the crust and more toasted coconut on top! It is creamy, refreshing and though…
Chocolate Coffee Cake
A super soft, easy chocolate cake with coffee in the batter and in the frosting is basically my dream dessert! The chocolate ganache here is creamy, silky and good enough to eat by itself, but the cake is worth baking for sure. I revisited this recipe recently and it’s better than ever. I hope you…
Gooey Butter Cake
I didn’t know how much I needed this cake in my life and can’t believe I was sceptical about it. Originating in St Louis, Missouri (and therefore called ‘St Louis Gooey Butter Cake’), this is unlike anything I’ve tasted. A yeasted dough with a topping of butter and sugar that bakes up into gooey, crackly…
The Last-Minute Christmas Cake
I’m not organised enough to start a Christmas fruit cake the traditional way, by soaking the fruits for weeks, and then feeding the cake with rum for another few weeks before slicing into it. If you can relate, this recipe is for you! Made just a few days before Christmas by cooking the fruits in…