Chocolate Cheesecake

I love watching cooking shows and then immediately making the yummy things I see. This cheesecake from Lorraine Pascale's Home Cooking Made Easy had to be made. I adore cheesecake anyway and so one packed with tons of chocolate had to be amazing. And it was. We attacked it before I even had a chance to take photos! I made minor adjustments in that I used a different type of chocolate (dairy milk) for the hard top than in the filling and used Bill's orange chocolate buttons to make the pattern. I think the orange made it look almost festive for halloween. It was so good I even made mini ones to take back to university for my housemates.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Nutella Frosting

Assuming that most people like chocolate I made these chocolate cupcakes for my sister's office. They are Hummingbird recipe chocolate cupcakes topped with Nutella Frosting. I am a huge Nutella fan and it's often eaten straight out of the tub with my housemates at university, but in frosting form it's even better.

Whoopie Pies

These are easily one of the most fun things I've ever made. The recipe is from my Whoopie pie book which was a brilliant Christmas present. With the help of the lovely Alexia we made the original chocolate with marshmallow filling combo. These were easy to make and are the best mixture of cake and cookie texture. I will definitely be working my way through the rest of the book.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

After a long and stressful week I felt like I deserved these. I've been wanting them for a few days now after watching a Friends episode that mentioned oatmeal cookies...I used this recipe but just used chocolate chips instead of nuts. They are just the right amount chewy and are perfect with a cup of tea or glass of milk. A good way to start a relaxing weekend.

Oreo Brownies

Although my mum makes the best brownies in the world, I had to try these after watching Lorraine Pascale's brilliant programme 'Baking Made Easy' (recipe here). They really were pretty easy to make and turned out to be amazing. I drooled over the smell coming from the oven and quickly had two as soon as they had cooled a bit. The sweetness of the Oreos balanced out the dark chocolate perfectly. I will definitely be trying them again with honeycomb, reese's or nuts.

Christmas Biscuits Half Dipped in Chocolate

In my family we have a lot of Christmas traditions, but making these biscuits has to be one of my favourites. They are normally our Christmas breakfast while opening presents. Although I'm told we can never have too many, this time I thought the dough would never run out... I made 49 trees and 29 snowflakes.

White Chocolate Stars

For my birthday my lovely flatmate bought me silicone cakes cases. They are amazing and make moulds so much easier as they pop right out. I covered the tops of them in Green & Blacks white chocolate which is a firm favourite in my house. I can't wait to try out the heart shaped ones for Valentines...