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Instructions: The Great Website of Frame Bombs. That Chocolate Cake [recipe] – Winner of the Scharffen Berger Chocoholic’s Overdose. You know what they say on the Pageant circuit.

That Chocolate Cake [recipe] – Winner of the Scharffen Berger Chocoholic’s Overdose

If for some reason the reigning Miss America can’t fulfill her duties…It’s the same on the TasteSpotting Giveaway circuit…if our original winner doesn’t claim the prize, we give the Scharffen Berger Haul to the next chosen chocoholic…Jean! Congrats Jean, and to everyone else, thanks SO MUCH for playing along, Stay tuned, we’re announcing more winners from recent giveaway and more new giveaways! On this very last day of January, we’re tying up loose ends in preparation of not only the start of a new month, but a brand (Chinese) new year. We’re cleaning out our queue, which includes a recipe and post for That Chocolate Cake.

Wait, which chocolate cake? That Chocolate Cake. Oh. That Chocolate Cake. We originally baked the cake for National Chocolate Cake Day (January 27), but we had trouble typing up the post with all that frosting on our fingers. We weren’t unhappy about that. You won’t be either. That Chocolate Cake Ingredients: for the cake: Coconut Milk Chocolate Cake. I've finally moved into my amazing little flat in London.

Coconut Milk Chocolate Cake

Today my mum left after helping me out and going on holiday - we've been on the move for weeks. It feels so good that I can finally settle down into my new home. My boxes have been shifted, my furniture has been assembled. Sadly my kitchen is still in utter chaos. Unfortunately I don't have internet yet in my flat so I'm not properly online. I found this recipe months ago and have been meaning to make it since. Instead of the buttercream icing I made a coconut milk ganache - I thought of the idea a few months ago and thought I was being very original until I googled it.

The overall result is a fudgy chocolate cake that is at once very rich but not too heavy. Coconut Milk Chocolate Cake (Cake recipe adapted from this recipe on the little red house. blog) For the ganache: 125ml coconut milk 125g dark chocolate (70%) Line an 8" square pan with greaseproof paper. Sift the flour, bicarbonate, baking power and salt into a bowl. Portuguese Egg Custard Tarts Recipe. Portuguese egg tarts are an absolute delight to bake and eat.

Portuguese Egg Custard Tarts Recipe

My ex-manager, Joao, is Portuguese and from the day he came to know that I love baking, he's been asking me to bake some Portuguese egg tarts. It sounded daunting but to be fair, I didn't even do a search for Portuguese egg tarts before deciding that in my mind. As he continued telling me how delicious they are and couldn't be more different from the Chinese Egg Tarts, I said I would try baking the Portuguese version if he could bring some for me from Portugal. He agreed.

And then he went and made it happen. I had no more excuses to not bake some Portuguese egg tarts and the best opportunity came up when a bunch of were going to visit Joao and Ruth's baby, Luke. I did it and I got a huge thumbs up from Joao. Portuguese Egg Custard TartsAdapted from Not Quite NigellaMakes 12 How to Make Portuguese Egg Tarts 1.