Profiteroles with Chocolate Sauce

Profiteroles are one of those desserts that are a real luxury. Pastry, cream and chocolate. Where can you go wrong with that combination? Well, quite a lot of champagne won't help...

I recently moved house, and so I have a new kitchen! We had our first "dinner party" and I made these. Unfortunately by the time I came to make the chocolate sauce I was a little (very) drunk, and so it was less "sauce" and more "solid". So, take my word for it that they taste better than they look!

Ingredients (makes approx. 24)
60g plain flour
1 tsp sugar
50g butter
2 eggs, beaten
275ml (½ pint) double cream, whipped
200g dark chocolate

Chocolate Toffee Biscuits

I was at home last weekend and wanted to make biscuits, but firstly I had to coerce my sisters into giving me some of their precious Easter chocolate... I finally managed to get 50g from each of them, (the original recipe needed 200g but I knew that was pushing my luck!) These biscuits are quite fiddly to make, but if you have time they are definitely worth it as they taste delicious!

Ingredients to make approximately 25
150g butter /100g sugar / 1¼ tbsp golden syrup / 1 tsp baking powder / 1 tbsp milk / 100g white spelt flour / 40g wholegrain rye flour / 50g milk chocolate, chopped into small pieces 

 2 tbsp golden syrup / 70g sugar  / 1 tsp baking powder


50g milk chocolate bunny ears










Note If you can eat wheat it's fine to use a mixture of white or wholegrain flour (just use whatever you have in your cupboard!)

Pimm's Cupcakes

After six months away I have decided it is time to bring bakes-a-lot-lady out of retirement. The last six months haven't involved all that much baking after gaining what I can only assume is the weight of a 5-year-old child. But I am back, and what comeback could be better than one involving PIMM'S?!

Pimm's Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream Icing

Ingredients
125g caster sugar
125g butter
2 eggs
½ tsp vanilla extract
125g self-raising flour
½ tsp baking powder
50ml Pimm's
For the buttercream
8 strawberries, roughly chopped
1 tablespoon Pimm's
100g icing sugar
60g butter